MIDO Ocean Star GMT

Mido has released a trio of new Ocean Star diver’s watches this summer; one of which is this, the new Ocean Star GMT which joins the new Ocean Star Chronograph and Ocean Star Decompression Timer 1961 Limited Edition.

The Swiss brand which falls under the Swatch Group, has decided to expand its Ocean Star diver’s collection with a new version equipped with the practical GMT function clearly displaying the time in two different time zones: home time and local time.



Rather than the go the route of a world-time, which some view as a little obtrusive on a diver's watch face, Mido has opted to engrave the world's time-zone indications on the watch’s case-back.

The case is in Stainless steel with a ceramic bezel and a Sapphire crystal with double sided anti-reflection treatment.



The watch is powered by an automatic Mido Caliber 80 base (ETA C07.661) with date and GMT functions as well as a power-reserve of up to 80 hours or more.

The case has a diameter of 44.mm, a height of 13.3mm and a lug-width of 22mm. Water-resistance is 200 meters. The watch comes on a blue fabric strap with white contrast stitching.



The new Ocean Star GMT Ref. M026.629.17.051.00 has a Swiss MSRP of 1’130CHF (incl. VAT).

Thoughts? Mido watches tend to be a little nondescript, however they seem to upping their game. This is pretty nice; I’m a fan of the case-back engraving. What do you think?