ANDERSMANN Oceanmaster I [deeply understated]

By TLex This is the Oceanmaster I Ref. ANN0832 from Andersmann, which boasts a number of really lovely aesthetic features.



Starting with its dial; this is a special texturized sandwich dial in matte black with luminous markers.



The dial’s design is quite minimalist with the only hour markers, a few simple lines of text and the smallest hint of color from the water-resistance text, which is in red; a possible nod to those special edition Submariners from COMEX and of course the blue of the seconds indicator.



The watch case is in high-grade Stainless steel with a matte black DLC (diamond-like-carbon) coating. The case has a simple design with flat sides on the right where the crown guard is and more rounded feel on the other side.



For a change we see a modern diver that has not felt the need for such superfluous features as an HEV; helping to maintain the clean lines of the watch.

The case measures 47mm in diameter with a thickness of 17.6mm, a lug-to-lug measurement of 56mm and a lug-width of 26mm.



Divers features of the Oceanmaster I include: a screwdown crown, a 4mm thick double curved Sapphire crystal with a smoked anti-reflective coating and an anti-clockwise unidirectional rotational black DLC divers bezel.



The divers bezel has an engraved dive-time scale with a polish silver circular 12hr marker that has been with a vintage-orange luminous material.
Water-resistance is to 1000 meters.



On the caseback is yet another 4mm thick smoked Sapphire crystal; only this time it is flat. Beneath it is a custom Andersmann rotor that has been decorated with pearlage.
This rotor powers a Swiss made ETA 2892-A2 automatic movement with hours, minutes, seconds and a 42 hours of power-reserve.



The Oceanmaster is priced 1480CHF. It has a limited production of just 100 pieces per year.



It comes on a personalized natural rubber divers strap with a steel buckle with a matte black DLC coating.



Please follow the link below to discover more about Andermann Swiss made divers watches.

OMEGA Seamaster PLANET OCEAN 600M Master Chronometer DEEP BLACK [video]

By TLex Check out OMEGA’s state-of-the-art new diver, the Planet Ocean DEEP BLACK; designed with a combination of high-tech materials and technologies –



that make it quite unlike any other dive watch on the planet! Not sure who the narrator is, pretty dramatic ;)

OMEGA Seamaster PLANET OCEAN 600M Master Chronometer DEEP BLACK

By TLex OMEGA has just unveiled a state-of-the-art new 4 piece Planet Ocean collection called Deep Black!



State-of-the-art? I hear you ask! Well, this is probably OMEGA's most technically advanced divers collection to date and that is because, as well the use of existing technologies such as the 18K Sedna™ gold found on one of the models,



or the special blend of rubber and ceramic found on the blue and red models, OMEGA have used for the first time, watch cases that have been carved from single solid blocks of black ceramic - as well as a new patented ceramic technology called ‘’Naiad Lock’’ that keeps engraved wording perfectly positioned.



The two colored models feature bezels with a blend of ceramic and colored rubber (red or blue model depending) that highlights the 15 minute portion while Liquidmetal® completes the rest of the dive-time scale.



The reason, Omega say that red and blue were used is: if you dive to just 5m red is the first color to disappear, blending stealthily with your divers wetsuit.



Not sure how cool that is but red is certainly a popular color choice for accenting dive watches.



But if you venture much deeper to 275m, the last color you’ll see is blue. At a depth of 300m, everything goes black, except of course the SuperLuminova that has been applied to the hands and dial markers of your lovely new PO Deep Black!



Most of these watches will only see desk diving action, if they’re lucky they’ll fulfill their densities a dive watches on the wrist of recreational scuba divers who are unlikely to dive much beyond 30m or so.



You gotta love how these watches companies keep using color to sell us dive watches. They get me every time. At least OMEGA has taken a slightly bolder route than ORIS did with Aquis ORANGE & YELLOW that we saw, yesterday!



The two colored models have cases with a matte finish in an effort to reduce any unwanted reflections while the all black and black and 18K Sedna gold models have had their cases polished for a slightly more luxurious feel.



All four models are proper Planet Ocean Divers and as such are fitted with the following features: Sapphire crystal with multi-layer anti-reflective coatings, manual Helium Release Valves, unidirectional rotational divers bezels and 600 meters of water-resistance.



The 45.5mm solid ceramic Planet Ocean Deep Black cases house the latest Omega Co-Axial Master Chronometer GMT calibers. To achieve Master Chronometer status, it has passed the 8 rigorous tests set by METAS (The Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology).



The red and blue models have color-coded GMT hands. The new Planet Ocean Deep Black collection will be available in stores from October 2016.



I have to admit that this model has one again established OMEGA has an absolute force to be reckoned with when it comes to making high-end / luxury Swiss mechanical divers watches.



Follow the link to watch the Seamaster Planet Ocean DEEP BLACK video. Also check out the new Seamaster PLANET OCEAN 600M Master Chronometer CHOCOLATE . . .

ORIS Aquis Date YELLOW [accents]

By TLex ORIS have brightened up their AQUIS Divers collection with two new models that have been designed with legibility in mind; specifically when underwater. Actually it’s no big secret that the two most visible colors underwater are yellow and ORANGE.

BLUE is the last color in the spectrum to remain visible when descending into the depths but when it comes to overall visibility; it’s yellow and orange all the way.



That is to say that, yellow for example not only pops on dry land giving you a sporty look, but underwater as well, when it counts most thus making it more easily seen when reading dive-time.

I’m not sure exactly why those two colors are more visible over say – purple or green but two researchers; John Adolfson and Thomas Berghage made this discovery which they reported in a medical paper on – Perception & Performance Under Water. You can Google it.



Okay that’s the science hype out the way with let’s take a closer look the new Aquis Date YELLOW.

The minute track which has been printed on the inside of the crystal, the triangular 12hr marker on the divers bezel and the seconds hand (movement indicator on a dive watch) have all been given the color treatment. These particular features will all benefit from the additional color.

However, I just wish ORIS had had the balls to apply the same yellow to the minute hand which in combination with the 12hr marker is used to measure dive, should your dive computer fail on you, that is! Now that would have looked properly cool! ;)




Its 43mm Stainless steel case is high-functioning with a top-notch Swiss build quality. It houses an automatic mechanical movement with: a date indicator; is water-resistant to 30 bar /300 meters; and has unidirectional rotational divers bezel with a black ceramic inlay.

It comes with a choice of three strap and bracelet options; a yellow or black rubber divers strap or a Stainless steel metal bracelet. The rubber straps are equipped with the Oris developed quick-adjust, sliding-sledge folding clasp that can be adjusted for length without ever having to remove the watch from the wrist.



Both new models, the Aquis Date Yellow and Orange available, now priced 1700CHF.

ORIS Aquis Date ORANGE [accents]

By TLex ORIS have brightened up their AQUIS Divers collection with two new models that have been designed with legibility in mind; specifically when underwater. Actually it’s no big secret that the two most visible colors underwater are orange and YELLOW.

BLUE is the last color in the spectrum to remain visible when descending into the depths but when it comes to overall visibility; it’s orange and yellow all the way.



That is to say that, orange for example not only pops on dry land giving you a sporty look, but underwater as well, when it counts most thus making it more easily seen when reading dive-time.

I’m not sure exactly why those two colors are more visible over say – purple or green but two researchers; John Adolfson and Thomas Berghage made this discovery which they reported in a medical paper on – Perception & Performance Under Water. You can Google it.

Okay that’s the science hype out the way with let’s take a closer look the new Aquis Date ORANGE.



The minute track which has been printed on the inside of the crystal, the triangular 12hr marker on the divers bezel and the seconds hand (movement indicator on a dive watch) have all been given the color treatment. These particular features will all benefit from the additional color.

However, I just wish ORIS had had the balls to apply the same orange to the minute hand which in combination with the 12hr marker is used to measure dive, should your dive computer fail on you, that is! Now that would have looked properly cool! ;)



Its 43mm Stainless steel case is high-functioning with a top-notch Swiss build quality. It houses an automatic mechanical movement with: a date indicator; is water-resistant to 30 bar /300 meters; and has unidirectional rotational divers bezel with a black ceramic inlay.

It comes with a choice of three strap and bracelet options; an orange or black rubber divers strap or a Stainless steel metal bracelet. The rubber straps are equipped with the Oris developed quick-adjust, sliding-sledge folding clasp that can be adjusted for length without ever having to remove the watch from the wrist.



Both new models, the Aquis Date Orange and Yellow available, now priced 1700CHF.

DEEP BLUE Watches PRO-TAC 1000M Auto DIVER

By TLex More than just a splash – a saturation of color!

DEEP BLUE Watches have just released a new collection of divers in with three vividly colored sunburst dials in blue, red and green; and don’t worry if you not big on bold colors; I believe black and gray are also available. ;)



And while we’re on the subject of saturation, the new Pro-Tac 1000M Auto is among other divers features, fitted with Helium Release Valve (located at the 2 o’clock position) making it suitable for – you guessed it SAT [saturation] diving.



Its 316L Stainless steel case measures 45mm in diameter with a lug-lug measurement of 50mm and a thickness of just 15mm.



Further divers features include: a Stainless steel - screwdown crown and caseback, a unidirectional rotational divers bezel, a Sapphire crystal with an AR-coating and hands and dial markers in SLN.



Water-resistance is a very respectable 1000 meters. Power comes from a SEIKO caliber NH 36 automatic movement with: 24 jewels, a beat-rate of 216,600vph and a bilingual day/date function.



DEEP BLUE’s latest collection comes on 22mm vented accordion-style soft polyurethane divers strap with printed N.D. Limits chart.

EDOX Sharkman I Limited Edition SHARK’s FIGHT [for survival]

Right, all you quartz snobs this is one is for the poor lil fishies, namely the sharks, our ocean’s majestic apex predators that are being cruelly and mercilessly hunted into extinction, so give it a fair go cos it’s actually a pretty cool watch and it’s for a great, no – desperate cause!

Did you know that last year alone, almost a hundred million sharks were slaughtered? Sorry, you might not have heard that - ONE HUNDRED MILLION sharks killed for either food or their fins, or as by-product from other catches such as Tuna fishing.



Of course sharks can instill fear in humans, they do munch the odd surfer or two, but for the most this is an irrational fear. What we should be far more afraid of is the future of our oceans in particular sharks!

World Champion freeform ice-diver and Austrian professional free-diver, Christian Redl AKA the ICEMAN is out to debunk the myths about a species that has survived on Earth for hundreds of millions of years.



He is leading the fight to bring global attention to the plight of the shark. Christian will play a starring role in a new movie documentary to be released in 2017, Shark Rescue, which will aim to bust the myths about sharks and spell out what needs to be done to save them from their impending doom!

He will be proudly rocking his new Edox SharkMan Limited Edition on his wrist!



The new Edox SharkMan 1 Limited Edition is a 45mm professional diver's model. Just 388 of the high-tech ultra-water-resistant dive watch will be manufactured. Water-resistant to 500m the SharkMan 1 Limited Edition sports a stunning deep-blue dial -

with: markers in sea-green, a chronograph, date display and a specially engraved shark motif case back. The Stainless steel watch case echoes that of the magnificent blue of the Caribbean Sea with a very special coating.



It comes in a distinctive box with a choice of water-resistant black rubber or nylon fabric strap and is the perfect.

The SharkMan 1 Limited Edition will be available as from June/July 2016. By wearing one, you have the opportunity to play a part in spreading the message to help save the shark from the planet’s deadliest predator – man!



Unless something is done, the shark will disappear from the world's oceans, irreparably damaging the delicate ecological balance that all sea life depends on and which could have devastating long-term effects for mankind itself. :(

Not digging quartz? Check out EDOX’s proper and I mean proper diver, the HYDRO-SUB 50th Anniversary LE.

CUERVO y SOBRINOS Torpedo Pirata GMT

If this isn’t a diver (it isn’t), it bloody well should be with a name like Torpedo Pirate! Something a little different today, folks; a nautical watch in my two favourite alloys – Titanium and Bronze!

Actually, Titanium, Bronze and Burnished steel have been combined in a complicated modular case design that pays homage to the humble pirate.



The 45mm case is in the shape of a cannon mouth while the lugs represent the bow of a ship plundering on the Caribbean Sea. The crown, a subtle design in the shape of the globe while the buckle echoes the bow-design of the lugs.

Divers features include: a Sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating on both side and a water-resistance to just 5atm.



It is a well-known fact that pirates cross multiple time zones in their line of business, so a GMT is the way to go. It’s a good job then that the Cuervo y Sobrinos Torpedo Pirata (sounds way cooler with a Latin accent!) –

houses an automatic movement with an independent 24 hour hand. A Sapphire crystal caseback on each model reveals the details of the mechanism. Engraved on the crystal caseback is a unique logo with 2 swords surrounding the classic CyS logo.



The Torpedo Pirata GMT features a strap in black alligator or ostrich with grey stitching and pin buckle in Titanium.

Like Cuervo y Sobrinos? Here’s a there proper diver, the Robusto Manjuari 1882FEET

RALF TECH WRX Hybrid Black PIRATE SOUL

By TLex Continuing with today’s pirate theme (see post, below), folks; this is the latest release from RALF TECH, a special collection of the WRX Hybrid Black, called Pirate Soul!

On the back of RALF TECH’s resent WRX A Hybrid O STEEL for the TRANSAT BAKERKLY solo transatlantic race of which they were the official timekeepers –

are these 4 exclusive models that have been specially developed by RALF TECH for COLETTE store in Paris.

Named after the ship name of the most famous pirates in history, these four parts are recognizable by their dial representing the famous "Jolly Roger" and are available in 4 pirate inspired colorways!



WRX Pirates Soul 1/4 The CHIMERA Chimera is the terrible Long Ben Avery’s ship. In 1695 the English pirate captured the most beautiful boat of all, the Great Mogul, which was carrying a fortune gemstones destined for Europe.

This version can be distinguished by its grey dial with black skull ‘n’ crossed sabers motif. Its caseback is signed with the pirate ship’s name along with its number from 1 to 4.



WRX Pirates Soul 2/4 Le ROC The Roc is François Nau’s ship. The French pirate was considered one of the most cruel and bloodthirsty of all time!

This version can be distinguished by its red dial with grey skull ‘n’ crossed sabers motif. Its caseback is signed with the pirate ship’s name along with its number from 1 to 4.



WRX Pirates Soul 3/4 The ROYALE FORTUNE The Royal Fortune is John Roberts’s ship; known to have captured up to 22 boats in a single attack!

This version can be distinguished by its black dial with red skull ‘n’ crossed sabers motif. Its caseback is signed with the pirate ship’s name along with its number from 1 to 4.



WRX Pirates Soul 4/4 QUEEN Anne's REVENGE The Queen's Anne's Revenge is the infamous Edward Drummond Teach, known as Blackbeard’s ship. With over 300 men and four ships, he ravaged the Carolina coast for ten years.

This version can be distinguished by its red dial with black skull ‘n’ crossed sabers motif. Its caseback is signed with the pirate ship’s name along with its number from 1 to 4.

Specification of the WRX Hybrid Black PIRATE SOUL

Hybrid Movement RTH002®

Exclusive system Quartz Self-winding with battery charge

Ultra-high speed rotor

150 day Power Reserve

Sealing real 1000M / 3300ft

Compliant with ISO 6425 "dive watch"

Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, calculation of immersion time

Surgical steel 316L matt black PVD diameter of 47.5mm

Custom Dials "Pirates Soul"

Index and matte black needles

Cambered sapphire glare treated 5.9 mm thick

Unidirectional bezel screw steel, matte black insert Ceramfine®

Crown strengthened, protected and screwed

Screwed and engraved with # in the series and the name of the pirate ship

26mm vintage gray calf-skin and black silicone strap straps

Comes in a shockproof authorized NATO Explorer Case

Ultra-limited series of 4 x 1 different examples

Retail price: 2500 € Availability: Friday, June 10. Exclusively at Colette, 213 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001, Paris.