Durable

Having owned other Bertucci watches, I was really looking forward to wearing this watch. When I received it, it was not in a Bertucci box, but loose in a plastic bag and there was no owner's manual. The tritium hands and markers were very dim, like they were either defective or very old. I bought my son, an Army officer, this same watch a few years ago (for more than twice what Sierra was selling them for), so knew how bright the tritium hands & markers should be. I was very disappointed and returned the watch.

I purchased [2] of these watches because I was curious about the T-25 tritium and the price was STP fantastic. I do not recommend the T-25 tritium because it is not powerful enough. Tritium glows at a steady rate no matter what which is a double-edged sword. Upon waking in the pre-dawn hours, with eyes fully adapted to the dark, the tritium is legible but no more so than a good Superluminova that has been sitting all night. The tritium cannot be recharged like Superluminova so, when moving from bright to dark areas like a roof to an attic or a Bilco to a crawlspace the watch has no 'luminous momentum' to bring with it and the face is surprisingly dark. I will try a T-100 some day.
One of the watches had a single fine crack dead in the center of each fixed strap pin. It is asking a lot to have fiber reinforced resin accomplish what fixed stainless pins do on other Bertucci watches. The bright side, pardon the pun, is STP's return policy.