H2O Orca DRESS High POLISH

By TLex H2O Watches of Germany have released a special edition of the Orca Dress. The H2O Orca Dress Polished Edition boasts a highly polished case.



Both the outer and inner portions of the case have been finished with an ultra high polished finish as well as the watch's exhibition caseback, bracelet and the steel buckle that comes with the watch's leather band.



The combination of the highly polished mirror-like surfaces of the watch with the new 4mm domed Sapphire crystal give the watch a truly exceptional and unique look!



In addition to the new Orca Dress Polished Edition H2O have introduced two new brushed Stainless steel inlays with lumed markers in BG W9 Super-LumiNovo, which they believe to be the perfect fit for for the watch!



H2O plan to phase out the Stainless steel inlays with black paint and a single lumed 12hr marker shortly.



The delivery time for the watches is approx. 4-6 weeks. All watches will be individually assembled and tested in Switzerland according to each customer's order.



The NEW H2O Orca Dress Polished Edition can be purchased direct, HERE from H2O's online store, priced 890USD . . .



Follow the link below to discover H2O's divers collection or HERE to read up on H2O's new vintage label, HELBERG.

NAUTICA NMX650

By TLex Introducing the NMX650, celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Nautica's Founding. Its case is in Stainless steel with a black IP coating. It measures a huge 50mm in diameter and is fitted with a contoured aluminum top ring and pushers as well as a mineral crystal.



Its water-resistance is 100 meters. Its movement is a Swiss made ISA Quartz caliber with tide cycle, tide amplitude and moonphase complications. The watch has a black silicone divers strap with steel buckle with a black IP buckle.

VITTORIUM DeepDiver AT

By TLex Introducing the Vittorium DeepDiver AT. The watch has a 42mm 316L Stainless steel case, which is fitted with a screwdown crown and caseback -



as well as a Sapphire crystal with Ant-reflective coating and highly polished polygonal fixed bezel. The watch has a water-resistance of 500 meters. It is powered by a highly accurate Swiss made ETA F06.11 Quartz caliber.



The watches come in wide array of bold colors: blue, orange, pink, purple and red. Each with their own color coded strap made from hypoallergenic Swiss rubber.



Read my REVIEW of the Vittorium DeepDiver . . .

CAVENAGO Diavolo di MARE [between the devil and the deep blue sea]

By TLex Introducing the new 'Diavolo di Mare' AKA the 'Sea Devil' from the Italian, luxury, independent watchmaker, CAVENAGO. A watch that bares the mark of the beast!



The watch boasts an imposing 45mm in diameter, brushed Stainless steel watch case with: a Sapphire crystal, a screwdown crown and caseback and a unidirectional rotational divers bezel. The crown guard is without a crown as was typical of vintage divers of the 70s.



The divers bezel has dual tracks of bezel teeth allowing not only enhanced grip, but giving a rugged look. The caseback has been engraved with the Cavenago logo along with some basic spec. and the watches LE #. It insures a water-resistance of up to 1000m.



The Diavolo's water-resistance has been tested using the latest in pressure testing equipment. Each watch is completely Swiss Made and has been hand-assembled in Switzerland. They are equipped by a trusted Swiss made automatic, the ETA 2824-2.



Functions include: hours, minutes and seconds as well a classical diving bezel for measuring elapsed dive time in SuperLuminova, which has also been applied to the dial indexes and hands to give them good visibility no matter the light conditions.



The bright red dial sports a set of starkly contrasted all-white hour and minute hands along with a needle seconds pointer, which again recalls the 70s. The white on red makes for good contrast and the oversized hands ensure excellent readability of the time. And there at 6 o’clock is the number ‘666’!



The watch comes with a black silicon divers strap with a personalized steel buckle. It is produced in a numbered series of numbered of 100 pieces per annum. For further details please follow the link embedded below.

Liked this? Check out the new CAVENAGO Gladiator MARIS.

DAVOSA Argonautic Lumis CHRONO

By TLex Davosa have released a new Tritium diving chronograph with an ETA Valjoux 7750 automatic winding caliber. Its satin finished 42.5 mm x 17.5 mm Stainless steel case is fitted with a Helium escape valve, a Sapphire crystal and a screwdown caseback and crown. It has a water-resistance of 30atm / 300m.



The case is also fitted with a unidirectional rotational divers bezel with a high-tech ceramic insert. Its black dial and hands have been applied with active luminous Tritium gas tubes. The watch comes on a solid steel bracelet with a divers safety clasp and extension.

SUISSEMECANICA SM8

By TLex Introducing SUISSEMECANICA and the SM8 Collection. The company was founded by François Renoult and Juliana Arbeláez-Renoult in early 2010.



They are geographically based in Paris however their exceptional looking timepieces are made in La Chaux-de-Fonds, right in the very heart of Swiss watchmaking territory.



Currently they have one collection, but others are in development. The SM8 family consists of two beautifully designed and crafted 200m sports / diving instruments.



One three hands model and a mono-pusher chronograph, each illustrating great ingenuity not just in terms of design and aesthetic (they are somewhat avant-garde, but at the same time pretty timeless), but there's some real technical innovation, too.



The watches are characterized by an impressively imposing looking (patented) Sliding Crowns Protector System that can be slid between 2 and 4 o'clock depending on which of the crowns you wish to access. It looks uber cool!



All SM8 models are also equipped with dual internal timing bezels, which are operable via crowns at 2 and 4 o'clock. One is for a 'Dual Time' function that simultaneously offers a dual time reading.



The other is a more traditional unidirectional ratcheting bezel designed for measuring dive-time with its 3D markers in C3 Luminova.



The watches are 100% Swiss made. They look absolutely amazing. They are bound to have suitable price tags. There is a load of info. on the website (in French) follow the link embedded below to discover more . . . 

TOKKOTAI Project by G.GERLACH

By TLex Something a little different today, and quite special actually. Not a diver but a very lovely interpretation of a Japanese naval watch. The TOKATAI Project is collaborative effort between Polish watchmaker G.Gerlach and the Spanish watch forum, Clubseiko. It pays tribute to a legendary Seiko (Seikosha) WWII Japanese Imperial Navy pilot's watch.



Its 43mm case is made of 316 Stainless steel. It is fitted with an AR-coated Sapphire crystal. Its water-resistance is 200 meters. The design of the hands and dial have been kept as close to the original as possible, but of course the old hand wound movement is now replaced by an automatic, the NH35 (4R35) with hacking and hand winding.

Please follow the link HERE for further details . . .

BASELWorld 2013 DIVER RoundUP

By TLex So hardly a smorgasbord of new divers this year, and by all accounts no real show stoppers either (for me at least), but there were certainly some pleasant new offerings as well as one or two unexpected new models shown at Baselworld this year.

Below (in alphabetical order) is a run down on some of the more important new divers models shown. Which was you favorite?

ALPINA Extreme DIVER 300 Chronograph AUTO Alpina expanded their Extreme Diver family with this lovely new chronograph model. Looks great on mesh!



BLANCPAIN Fifty Fathoms BATHYSCAPHE This was an unexpected release from Blancpain, released to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the the Fifty Fathoms. It boasts Liquidmetal® bezel insert.



CLERC Hydroscaph H1 CLERC's first three hands divers model since the Scuba. The new Hydroscaph H1 with its prominent fluorescent yellow hour hand was one of the coolest divers at the show!



Girard-Perregaux SEA Hawk CERAMIC Seems you aren't anybody unless you have a high-tech ceramic cased diver in your line up. A number of the upper echelon watch brands have turned to ceramic for their latest divers models.




JEANRICHARD aquascope JR have given the Aquascope collection a new look. The watch is a little more generic looking than previous models with its single crown at 3, but is much more the diver!



MAURICE LACROIX Pontos S DIVER Maurice Lacroix have surpassed themselves with the new Pontos S DIVER. One of my favorites at the show! It looks amazing on the leather NATO. ML seem to really have their eye in!



Mühle-Glashütte RASMUS 2000 A redesigned and re-engineered Rasmuss from MG. This version sports a lovely orange sunburst dial.



OMEGA Semaster PLANET OCEAN GMT 'GoodPlanet' It's a Planet Ocean, what's not to like about it. Omega deliver the goods as usual!




ORIS Aquis Depth GAUGE Oris release a depth gauge that uses a simple yet effective way of measuring depth. 



ORIS ProDiver Pointer MOON This new model from Oris reminds just how closely linked the moon and the ocean are. Not a watch for everyone, but still pretty cool!



ORIS Aquis REGULATEUR 'Der Meistertaucher' The return of an old favorite. Oris's  regulator diver makes a welcome return.


RALF TECH WRV "V" Automatic 1977 Limited Edition This has to be the nicest and most unexpected release. The crowning jewel of RT's new 'WRV' family. Limited to just 77 pieces.


SINN T1 & T2 A new case material, a new case design and even new dial markings and hands, but otherwise bearing all the hallmarks of a great Sinn diver!



TECHNOMARINE BlackReef Ti ULTIMATE This one takes the 'What in God's name were they thinking?' award. Designed to shock - the good news is there are several other models without the obnoxious jewels!


VULCAIN Nautical Cricket 1970 LIMITED EDITION Vulcain faithfully recreate a classic milestone from the 70s.One for the aficionados!

VintageVDB Marlin CARBON

By TLex Here's something very special from Vintage-VDB.



After eight weeks of labor intensive handwork, the Erfurt watch smiths proudly present the Marlin Carbon.



Harmoniously combining solid silver and carbon, hand cut and polished and with VDB's unmistakable artismal quality.



Specifications of the exclusive 'one off' edition include: a 59mm x 49mm x 20mm silver and carbon constructed case with a 24kt gold serial# badge, indicating '1/1' plus the year of manufacture.



The watch features a domed, non-reflective acrylic plexi glass and a 'Marlin' hand-etched plexiglass caseback.



The Marlin Carbon is powered by a vintage Rolex 3185 GMT caliber.