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Marathon
Marathon General Purpose Quartz
$249.00
Issued-spec military quartz with tritium tubes that glow for years.
Tritium means no charging in sunlight — the markers just glow, permanently, for a decade.
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Key specs
- Case
- 34 mm
- Lume
- Tritium tubes
- Water
- 60 m
- Movement
- Swiss quartz
Marathon General Purpose Quartz
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What the reviewers say
Published reviews from around the web
“Marathon assigned this new material to a professional-destined watch which it equipped with an array of holistic specifications which make it ready for the battlefield and overly prepared for civilians’ daily routines.”
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Video reviews from creators

Teddy Baldassarre Reviews
A Field Watch for Small Wrists - Marathon General Purpose Mechanical Review
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Impulsive Watches
Marathon General Purpose Quartz Tritium - Keep or Sell?
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JustBlueFish Watch Reviews
Marathon General Purpose Quartz - Mil-Spec Field Watch Review
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