Glycine - History, Models and Owners' Reviews

Glycine is a Swiss watch brand founded in 1914 in Biel by Eugène Meylan. Its history is closely linked to aviation, as evidenced by its most famous model, the Airman. I particularly like their Combat line, with watches inspired by military style, renowned for their durability and readability. Since 2016, Glycine has been part of the Invicta group, which has allowed the brand to maintain its production and market presence, while continuing to offer quality watches at competitive prices. I had been eyeing the Glycin…

My first automatic mechanical watch. To start my watch collection, I wanted to own a low-cost diver. This bronze Glycine reveals a real robustness which, matched with a nato strap, has everything of a sea adventurer! Its deep blue smoked dial echoes its 20 atm water resistance and reminds us that it is made for diving. Two additional assets, the qualitative unidirectional crown and the readability of the indexes whose luminescence is similar to the torches of diving suits. An unbeatable quality-price ratio for this…

here is my Airman 36 GMT. and I might as well say it right away now that I have it I don't understand why it took me so long to decide to buy it. It has so many criteria that I like in a watch such as: - the professional side - readability - the thinness of the case. - the date - the monster strap side. - the gmt that I missed so much. -

Bronze diving watch 20 atm, 42 mm and only 10.6 mm thick. Selita sw200 movement. Steel diving bezel, superb quality of clicks, no play. Blue dial with submariner style indexes and hands, superluminova. Blue ruber strap with bronze buckle. Watch of exceptional quality in every way.

A big fan of the Combat Sub glycines, this bronze GL0242 offers us a more "dress watch" side of the usual military diver. It manages to keep the attributes that make the success of the Combat Sub (case design, indexes with 24-hour reminder, feeling of robustness, perfect visibility, finesse of the watch) and sublimates them in a blue and gold reinterpretation that offers us a watch of absolute class. The bronze case, which is neither too big nor too small so that the beautiful patina does not take over the watch…

2nd watch in my collection with this little-known yet legendary model in 24-hour format released at the time before the famous Rolex GMT-Master. The Airman was notably a watch used in space and also during the Vietnam War by American soldiers. This aviator model is a reissue in 42mm format with a water resistance of 300m. It leaves no one indifferent with its unparalleled vintage adventurer style.

After seeing a video on our favorite channel on 5 bronzes where the wisteria was still absent ... I am motivated and start my testimony again after having lost it completely by putting photos .... that is to say my motivation. This version is a 42 a little big for me and difficult to find in dark green gradient dial. Custom-made Xamlam bracelet won in the channel competition This watch has increased 68% in value but it is unimportant since in terms of watches as well as vintage cars I am unable to resell anything…

I was looking for a diver and I found it. This glycine has filled me since I received it. The manufacturing quality is immediately obvious when you put it on your wrist. The Sellita SW200 that powers it makes it a reliable and robust watch. Speaking of robustness, it is waterproof to 300m. Easy for this summer!!! The unidirectional bezel is well proportioned and this 39mm version fits perfectly on my wrist. It comes with a steel bracelet but I prefer it on NATO. I'm attaching some photos 😉