Marathon watches, anyone?

[aaamax]

I have long since appreciated Marathon Automatics. For a while now I have noticed a lot of reps popping up on ebay, etc. Unfortunately they are being hawked by unscrupulous sellers as gen.
Has anyone ever seen a Marathon for sale via TDs, or??
I haven't even seen the brand discussed on rwi.
Any thoughts?

 

[Fettekatze]

I've never heard of this brand period. You haven't seen it discussed here for the same reason a multitude of other lesser watch brands are not discussed here: No factory will invest in the tooling to make a decent imitation of one since it won't sell well, because the gen doesn't cost enough or is not well known enough.

 

[joes]

I've always liked marathon watches but never got around to buying one as they seem a little on the chunky side. Seen them around in the $500 range and can't imagine why any factory would want to waste their time repping them in large quantities.

 

[Tictoc1]

I've owned a few of these. Well built watches with nice wrist presence.
Not very expensive so would try and pick up a used genuine.
Not likey to be a big demand for this brand so can't doubt you will find any high quality reps for this model

 

[d4m.test]

Good watches, tritium tubes and swiss auto movements. But seeing as you can get one for $350-$500 there is no market for a rep. Would love to see some reps of Bremont or RGM.

 

[erekose]

Nice enough watches, just buy gen. It is like asking for a rep Steinhart....

 

[Enfield]

I have both a CSAR and a JSAR both chunky big watches - the CSAR goes for around 3.500$ - but have never seen a rep. The JSAR is the version with quarts think it was around 300$ - but that is 5 years ago.
I think they do have some really good looking watches, and the CSAR with tritium tubes is absolutely one of my favorites.
Chr