Oh good lord, no.

Personally I’d say it’s way too small

Not g-shocks - too bulky so they get caught/knocked on stuff and they’ve got shit legibility. And the plastic straps are sweat traps. And the buttons are a pain in the tits.

Just sounds weird, like, if someone said

“I’m working with Walmart on their new range of cornflakes”

I’d expect more than they were just grocery shopping!

They’re shit, lazy watch design and have no place on anything released within the last few decades.

Even the more expensive versions just seem to be stuck on with no thought to transitioning them into the main crystal, let alone integrating them into the crystal itself.

They actively reduce legibility the majority of the time because of the edges and distortion and really only work when you move your hand into a certain position - and if you’re doing that then you could equally as well move your hand into a position where you can see the date on a proper watch.

The same lazy designers also tend to leave the date window looking pretty basic, unfinished and undersized so when you do see the date from an angle which allows you to look under the cyclops you’re reminded of those people who take their glasses off and somehow seem to have really small piggy eyes.

Once the brands most associated with cyclops designs finally shit-can them all the media etc will lose their shit about how much better they look and everyone will break free from the collective delusion that they were acceptable.

Venezianico do an ultra-black dial, hard to tell what it looks like IRL though.

https://www.venezianico.com/products/redentore-ultrablack-1221510c

What exactly does “I’m working with a local seller…” actually mean, is that just some kind of weird way of saying you’re thinking of buying something they’re selling?

Firstly, as an investment, watches are shit, the vast majority will lose value.

Secondly, as a gift idea this is also shit. You’ve no idea what sort of thing your kid will like when you finally hand it over. They might not give any fucks at all about watches or they might only care for a particular style or whatever. The chances of them actually liking the watch you choose are pretty slim.

Thirdly, what’s the actual plan? Buy the watch, stick it in a drawer, wait 18 yrs and hand it over? Cool, what about maintenance etc - I’m not convinced an automatic which has sat unused for that long is going to work that well. So now you need to spend money on getting it serviced. Obviously you could buy quartz and remember to remove the battery so it doesn’t corrode over the inside but now you’re gambling on unused electronics maintaining their function after sitting unused for a significant period? Either way that’s a gamble.

Obviously you could wear it yourself but that’s just buying yourself a watch with extra steps so not ideal.

Finally, the idea of trying to force some faux sentiment into an inanimate object to consciously create an “heirloom” is weird in itself, regardless of the value of the watch.

If you’re a complete prick of a parent (and I’m not saying you are/aren’t) but leave them a watch which has somehow appreciated in value they won’t give a shit about the sentimentality, they’ll just say “my prick of a dad (assumption) left me this, I’m gonna sell it and do something useful with the money”.

Likewise, if you turn out to be the best parent ever then you could leave them a battered old Timex or something and it’ll be the associations with the watch they value.

TLDR - it’s a shit idea, YOLO into bitcoin or something instead.

It’s very Hamilton Pan-Europ, not that that’s a bad thing.

Nite Atlas (tritium) or Elliot Brown Holton Professional

The formex essence series is similar to the aqua-terra.

https://formexwatch.com/collections/essence-thirtynine/

Not that similar but the Elliot Brown Canfords have a rotating inner bezel which is silky smooth.

Orient Star Diver 1964

The Ranger is pretty much the only Tudor I would consider owning but every time somebody posts someone like this I’m reminded that’s it’s not really Tudor’s watches I dislike, it’s the try-hard overcompensation that comes from Tudor owners.

Stick it in the middle of a list of MT fluids and hope they just order it all!

Orient Star AF02003W would be well worth a look.

43, I’ve got one and they don’t wear large

Stick Certina’s DS Action Diver in at number one and then the Tudor becomes number three and that’s your problem solved. 😉

The quality of them in your hand is nowhere close to what you’d expect it to be - I would say “tinny” is the best way to describe them.

One of the most disappointing watches I’ve ever handled.

Elliot Brown Holton Professional (has an actual NSN so you could, in theory, get one through the system) or their Beachmaster if you fancy a unique mission timer complication.