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Fear not—a persnickety critique of the Evant Decodiver is guaranteed to follow, but I first want to applaud this totally fun, funky, and functional watch that has stolen my heart and a majority of my wrist time since it arrived. For $599, this 41-millimeter diver includes an ETA 2824-2 elaboré-grade movement, a super-cool domed ceramic bezel insert, an unabashedly 1970s fumé finish over a sunburst silver dial, and a 300-meter rated case so complexly faceted that I literally giggled the first time I held it. It takes guts to release such a watch so inexpensively—or at all, really—and while the Decodiver is far from perfect, it is an admirably bold move from the Singapore-based startup, Evant.
