Product Overview

This is the classic quartz GSAR variant with government markings.

Comes with rubber strap, bracelets available.

Other variants: No US Gov’t markings: 194007NGM..

Automatic movement also available: 194006..

The Marathon Search & Rescue Diver’s Quartz is a dive watch designed for use by Search and Rescue (SAR) divers and issued to the United States Marine Corps, the Diver’s Quartz is a watch built to withstand the most extreme conditions. The Diver’s Quartz is also known as the Government Search and Rescue (GSAR). The watch is manufactured in accordance with US Government Specification. Issued to and worn by troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The GSAR Quartz is made in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland to guarantee the highest level of quality and accuracy in manufacturing. Powered by a Swiss made, high torque, 3 jewel ETA FØ6 quartz movement, the GSAR Quartz guarantees you a high degree of accuracy in timekeeping. The ETA FØ6 movement is accurate to -0.3/+0.5 seconds per day and also includes an End of Life (EOL) indicator that will advance the seconds hand once every 4 seconds to inform you that a battery change is needed. Replacement battery is a 371 cell.

The GSAR Quartz uses self-contained Tritium gas tubes to ensure constant visibility in low light situations. A gas tube is placed on each hour marker and each hand. Tritium tubes are self-illuminating gas tubes which contain an isotope of hydrogen, meaning they will not dull down in brightness like normal photo-luminescent paint which requires an external light source to create a glow.