By TLex This superb looking diver is the new Edox Hydrosub Northpole Limited Edition watch; made in celebration of Edox's 130th Anniversary and due to equip the wrist of the first man to freedive under the polar ice-cap, Christian Redl AKA the Iceman, who will make the historic freedive in February 2015.
The 500m dive watch, which is due for a worldwide release this Autumn will be made in a Limited Edition of just 350 pieces features (that's not going to enough). It features an ample 46mm 316L Stainless steel case (49mm if we are to include the crown-protection system). It will be powered by an Edox 07 caliber that is a C.O.S.C-certified chronometer. MSRP is likely to be over 3400USD. I want one!
By TLex Tissot have added a new red bezel model to their existing Seastar 1000 Automatic family. Maintaining a water-resistance to a pressure of 30 bar (300 m/ 1’000 ft) the Tissot Seastar 1000 Automatic Gent Ref. T066.407.17.057.03 is equipped (as are all models in the family) with a Helium Escape Valve that allows it automatically depressurize its case.
Further diving features of the Swiss powered mechanical include: a unidirectional divers bezel, a black rubber strap with a divers buckle and extension and Swiss SuperLumiNova applied hands and dial markings.
By TLex First presented in 2012 in red, then awarded the 'revival' category prize by the jury of the 2013 Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève the following year, the TUDOR Heritage Black Bay is back in cool midnight-blue for 2014.
Not just a mere re-edition, the Heritage Black Bay combines styling cues from both the past and the present. Its vintage aesthetic dates back almost 60 years to the brand’s first divers’ watch, the Tudor Submariner Ref. 7922, launched in 1954.
It owes its domed dial to the first Tudor Submariner models, its imposing winding crown to the 1958 Ref. 7924 AKA Big Crown and its characteristic Snowflake hands to models dating back to the late 60s to the early 80s.
Echoing Tudors military heritage, when the Marine Nationale Française were equipped with Tudor dive watches, which were generally blue -
its 41mm steel case is now fitted with a blue anodized aluminium crown tube in the same midnight-blue as the bezel. And its deep-black dial now sports contrasting silver-accented hour markers and hands with white luminescent material.
As are all models in the Tudor's Heritage line, the Black Bay comes with two bracelets or straps: an adjustable blue fabric strap with a sophisticated weave; and a choice of either a midnight-blue distressed leather strap to match the bezel, or a satin-finished and polished steel bracelet. Each come with a folding clasps.
By TLex Oris have made a Limited RED Edition of the Aquis in tribute to the Red Sea and dedicated to the ongoing support of marine life projects there. The Aquis Red Limited Edition watch features a ceramic bezel inlay with red dive-time indications and a grey dial with 5 minute indications and red seconds hand.
By TLex In 1957, OMEGA introduced a new watch, designed specifically for divers and professionals that worked underwater. That watch was the Seamaster 300. It was fitted with a unidirectional rotational bezel with a dive-time scale, which along with the combination of a clean black dial, lightly colored hour markers and large hands and numbers, made it possible for divers to read the time in different of light conditions whether they were on land or below the surface of the sea.
It was considered to be one of Omega's most iconic and important dive watches, and one that has stood the test of time in terms of its aesthetic. After more than half a century it is finally back! Introducing the new Seamaster 300 Master Co-Axial - not only Omega's cleanest, purist and most classically styled diver, but probably one of the most technically advanced Seamasters we have ever seen; boasting a veritable 'whose who' of Omega's most cutting-edge innovations in watch-making.
From an impressive selection of metallic case materials that include: Stainless steel, 950 Platinum, Grade 5 Titanium and 18K Sedna™ Gold - to the materials used to aesthetically enhance and prolong the life of the watch and its components: such as the ceramic used for the SM 300's dial or the Liquidmetal® or Ceragold™ that Omega have used for its dive-time scale.
As well as classic Stainless steel the 41mm Seamaster 300 is available in: 950 Platinum, Grade 5 Titanium and 18K Sedna™ Gold. There are also two-tone variants that team Grade 5 Titanium and 18K Sedna™ Gold or Stainless steel and 18K Sedna™ Gold. The cases are each fitted with vintage-style domed Sapphire crystals and are water-resistant to 300 meters.
The Seamaster 300 features a black ceramic dial with transferred dial elements that are made using a combination of Gold and Palladium. The white gold color is enhanced by a patented process that involves a high temperature treatment; the curving contour of the indexes is created by using an enamel under-layer.
The 18K White Gold central hour, minute and seconds hands are each coated with vintage-style SuperLumiNova. The hour and seconds hands emit a blue light as do the recessed hour markers. The minute hand is also applied with SuperLumiNova but emits a green light, so that it can be easily distinguishable from the hour hand.
The Stainless steel SM 300 features a sand-blasted black dial which complements the polished black ceramic bezel inlay decorated with its Liquidmetal® dive-time scale. Recessed hour markers are coated with vintage-style SuperLumiNova which emit a blue light as do the rhodium-plated hour and seconds hands; the minute hand and the dot on the bezel are coated with SuperLumiNova that emits a green light.
The Seamaster 300 is powered by two new high-quality mechanical movements. The Master Co-Axial caliber 8400 and 8401 that not only boast the same accuracy, precision and reliability as their Co-Axial predecessors but also feature Omega's revolutionary anti-magnetic technology, ensuring that they can resist magnetic fields greater than 15,000 gauss (1.5 tesla).
The SM 300's caseback is engraved with 'Si14, ANTI-MAGNETIC > 15’000 GAUSS' and, depending on which alloy the dive-time scale is made of, either 'Liquidmetal®' or 'Omega Ceragold™'. A domed scratch-resistant Sapphire crystal allows an unobstructed view of the movement inside. The Master Co-Axial caliber 8400 equips the two-tone, Stainless steel and Grade 5 Titanium models while the Master Co-Axial caliber 8401, with its special high-end finish, powers the models constructed from 18K Sedna™ gold and 950 platinum.
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The SM 300's bracelet is made using OMEGA’s patented rack-and-pusher clasp, which is adjustable to six different positions making it possible for the watch to fit over the sleeve of a divers wetsuit. The bracelet is adjusted by releasing the clasp, pressing the push button and sliding the inner clasp to the desired fit.
By TLex Ulysse Nardin have fully redesigned the Marine Diver for 2014 - showcasing all the qualities required of a watch intended for use in the murky depths of the ocean!
In terms of performance, the new Marine Diver has all the attributes one would expect from such a watch. Starting with its 300 meters of water-resistance, made possible thanks to a screwdown crown and caseback and its new 'saw-tooth' unidirectional rotational divers bezel that prevents any accidental adjustment of dive-time.
It was for this specific safety reason that UN insured that every aspect of the new Marine Diver had been designed to facilitate the reading of its precious indications: with an impressive 44mm face display, large hour-markers and hands with a white luminescent coating and a bold red stripe, for perfect visibility.
The small seconds at 6 o'clock are also deliberately oversized, so as to reassure its wearer that the watch is indeed ticking and that everything is functioning as it should be. Lastly, the claw-shaped rubber molding over the crown is there to offer extra grip, even when wearing diving gloves.
On to the rest of the dial: starting with UN's anchor emblem, proudly displayed at 2 o’clock. The dial is available in either black or blue. It is decorated with UN's signature wave-pattern, which is carried over to the grooved rubber molding of the bezel.
A solid caseback, engraved with a boat surrounded by the inscription: 'Conquer The Ocean' protects the engine within - a UN-26 caliber self-winding movement with a power reserve of 42 hours. Its functions include: a date aperture at 6 o’clock and a power reserve in the counter at 12 o’clock.
A slightly more petite 40mm, Lady Diver is also available. It features the same aesthetic qualities as the Marine Diver and is equipped UN-815 caliber self-winding movement with hours, minutes, seconds and date at 6 o’clock. Its water-resistance is just 100 meters, though! The new Marine Divers are available in steel, mounted on a rubber strap or steel bracelet.
By TLex Blancpain’s 2013 reinterpretation of 1950s Bathyscaphe is joined by a new model with a flyback chronograph complication for 2014. Echoing the aesthetic of the original Bathyscaphe, a diver that was designed so that it was as equally suited to wear on dry land as it was beneath the waves, the Bathyscaphe Chronograph Flyback’s 43mm in diameter case is available in either brushed black ceramic or brushed steel.
It is fitted with a ceramic unidirectional rotational divers bezel with its dive-time scale filled with LiquidMetal®, a patented metal alloy with an amorphous structure that bonds with the ceramic of the bezel to form a sleek and highly scratch-resistant surface.
The Bathyscaphe Chrono Flyback is also fitted with a Sapphire caseback; not an uncommon sight on a divers watch these days. However if it is to have any sort anti-magnetic shielding of its movement (from potentially damaging magnetic fields), a solid steel or titanium caseabck is usually employed to form a Faraday cage.
Blancpain have overcome this by the use of a balance-spring made in silicon – a material endowed with anti-magnetic properties that enables the watch to dispense with an inner Faraday cage. The exhibition case back affords a view a new 13-lignes Manufacture Blancpain movement with an 18-carat gold rotor clad in NAC platinum alloy that features a sculpted Blancpain logo.
Beating at a rate of 36,000 vph, the new caliber is equipped with a column-wheel chronograph mechanism and a vertical clutch - offering a flyback function that allows the wearer to reset and instantly restart the chronograph by simply pressing the pusher at 4 o’clock. Its chrono-pushers are also water-resistant so can be used underwater to depths of 300 meters without any risk of damaging the watch.
Finally a domed black or meteor grey dial, free of any numerals, highlighted only by lines and dots offers excellent readability of the time coupled with the presence of SuperLuminova guaranteeing perfect legibility when diving. A subtle black date window appears at 4 o’clock on the sunburst finished dial and a set of white rectangular hands, reminiscent of those featured on the 1950s Bathyscaphe models balance nicely with the snailed chronograph counters.
Both models are fitted with a NATO fabric or sail canvas strap – two extremely sturdy materials that are ideally suited to diving. The steel version comes on a metal bracelet, a first for the line.
By TLex Someone's been a good boy! Here's a new video featuring both RED and BLUE versions of the Tudor Heritage Black Bay.
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