DAVOSA Ternos Professional TT GMT

DAVOSA has released an additional version of the Ternos Professional with a dual-time function.

It seems like this might have just come off the back of the Steinhart Ocean Titanium 500 GMT a few posts down, but in fact the Ternos Pro GMT was a Basel release from earlier this year.



Like the Ocean Titanium 500 GMT, it was also inspired by another well-known Swiss GMT Diver – it has the same beautifully contrasting two-toned black and blue ceramic 24hr bezel inlay.



We’ve also got a lovely blue accent in the form of a GMT pointer. If the blue is al little too much for you – then a second all-black version is also available.



Basic spec. includes: a satin-finished all Stainless steel case measuring 42mm x 15.5mm, an anti-glare Sapphire crystal, a scratch-resistant and two toned ceramic bezel, SLN hands and markers and Swiss ETA2893 automatic movement with second time-zone function.



It has a water-resistant to depths of 200 meters. Prices are as follows: 1298€ (black/blue), 1248€ (black). So what do you think – Ocean Ti 500 GMT or Ternos Pro GMT.

I think the Steinhart has the edge, firstly its Titanium, but it’s a little more youthful – it also has a decorated movement.

CARL F. BUCHERER Patravi SCUBATEC Red GOLD ‘n’ BLUE

Here’s a new reference for Carl F. Bucherer’s Patravi ScubaTec collection. Ref. 00.10632.22.53.01 boasts a stunning 44.6mm by 13.45mm 18K red gold case and beautiful blue patterned dial.



The vivid blue used for its dial and bezel is said to recall Lake Lucerne on a beautiful summer’s day.

Blue is also the main color on Lucerne’s municipal coat; a perfect choice for the dial of a watch by Carl F. Bucherer, a proud Lucerne-based Swiss brand.



Lucerne is a also city shaped by Baroque influences, like the new Red Gold and Blue ScubaTec it is also characterized by gold. 



These minimalist gold elements are a tribute to the brand’s home town as well as its proud Baroque heritage.



Divers features of the watch include: a blackened Titanium Bezel also in 18K red gold with a black and blue ceramic inlay, automatic helium valve and crown protection also in blackened Titanium.



A screw-down crown and case-back along with a Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides ensure a water-resistance to 500 meters.

CARL F. BUCHERER Patravi SCUBATEC Ladies SFA Special Edition

Here’s ANOTHER high-end diver for footie fans and this time it’s one for the lasses!



This new reference of Carl F. Bucherer’s Patravi ScubaTec Ladies is the SFA Special Edition Ref. 00.10634.23.23.99 which has been created for the for Swiss Football Association.



As the first official timekeeper for the Swiss national football teams, Carl F. Bucherer has launched the official watch for the Swiss national women’s football team.

The team qualified to enter the 2017 European Championship in the Netherlands, where they will kick off with a Patravi ScubaTec in their Swiss national colors: red and white.



As well as this, the base of its steel also features a stylized football, engraved with the SFA logo long with the name of each player.


Spec. includes a 36.5mm by 11.37mm Stainless steel case with a Stainless steel and ceramic bezel,  a screw-down crown, a Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides and a water-resistance to 200 meters. 

ETERNA KonTiki Diver GENT

Taking inspiration from ETERNA’s historical divers watch from the 1970s, the new KonTiki Diver Gent is equipped with a distinctive ratcheting divers bezel topped off with a scratchproof engraved ceramic inlay.

The ceramic inlay is marked out with an old school-style US Navy developed ‘’No Decompression’’ Table with the depths and their corresponding ‘’No Deco Limits’’ which were used out in order to determine how many minutes a diver could safely spend at each depth on route to the surface.



So long as the minute hand was correctly lined up with the bezel’s 12hr marker, a diver following these tables could avoid having to pause for decompression during an ascent thus avoiding the dreaded bends.

The bezel sits on top of a combination polished and brushed Stainless steel case with a generous 44mm in diameter by 12.20mm thick. It sealed tight by a screwed-down crown and caseback, and is pressure tested to 20 bar, the equivalent of 200 meters of depth.



The KonTiki Diver Gent is equipped with a self-winding mechanical movement, the Sellita SW200 caliber with 26 jewels and a power-reserve of 38 hours.

A scratch-resistant Sapphire crystal protects the watch’s matte dial – available in either black or blue, it sports the same distinctive triangular luminous markers that have appeared on the ETERNA KonTiki dive watches since the 1960s.



The black and blue dial versions of the KonTiki Diver are available on either color –coded rubber divers straps with folding and locking diver’s clasps, or a polished and brushed Stainless steel bracelet.

The ETERNA KonTiki Diver Gent’s Swiss retail price is 1790CHF on rubber or 1890CHF on steel. Liked this? Check out ETERNA’s 3902A Cal. powered KonTiki Diver BRONZE.

ZODIAC Super Sea Wolf 53 CHRONOMETER

This is the Super Sea Wolf 53 Chronometer from ZODIAC. Its case is in Stainless steel measuring 40mm in diameter by 14mm and is water-resistant up to 200 meters.

It is powered by a C.O.S.C. certified STP caliber 1-11. within a 40mm x 14mm stainless steel case with 200m WR up first.



Divers features include: an anti-reflective-coated Sapphire crystal, a screwdown caseback and crown and divers bezel.

Its black dial is with orange luminous block-hands and markers, and is presented on a steel diver’s bracelet.

EDOX Delfin Fleet 1650 BRONZE Limited Edition

Seems that the BRONZE revolution is in full swing – even mainstream watch brands, of the type that you might encounter down the local mall are creating tempting vintage-styled bronzed beauties like the new Fleet 1650 L.E. Bronze from Edox.



A revival of the vintage Delfin timepiece collection, the 43mm case of the Delfin Fleet 1650 has a stunning bronze case, the same material used on the fittings of 17th Century Dutch ships.



Divers features include: a unidirectional rotational divers bezel with a navy blue aluminum inlay, an anti-reflective doomed sapphire crystal, a screw-down crown and solid caseback, and a water-resistance of 200 meters.



The Stainless steel caseback is engraved with a wind rose design like the ones found in historic drawings along with a special engraved inscription reading “There is no certainty, there is only adventure “plus its Limited Edition number out of 200. Its dial is in deep blue.

The watch is powered by a Swiss-made Edox Cal. 88 automatic movement.



Presented in a hand-made leather travel pouch, the Edox Delfin Fleet 1650 Limited Edition also comes with a vintage heritage leather strap and a bi-color NATO strap.

The EDOX Delfin Fleet 1650 Bronze Limited Edition Ref. 88004 BRZBU BUI will go on sale from July 2017, priced 1990€.

EDOX Delfin Fleet 1650 STEEL Limited Edition

There is no denying the popularity of Edox’s HYDRO-SUB – the fact that they were heavily discounted online might have helped but it always was a looker, right?



 Edox have gone old school again with a new vintage design that recalls the watches of the original Delfin collection. Today's Delfin Fleet 1650 has a Stainless steel case measuring 43mm in diameter; however it is also available in BRONZE.



Divers features include: a unidirectional rotational divers bezel with a black aluminum inlay, an anti-reflective domed Sapphire crystal, a screw-down crown and solid caseback and a water-resistance of 200 meters.



The Stainless steel caseback is engraved with a Wind Rose design like the ones that featured in historic drawings - along with a special engraved inscription reading “There is no certainty, there is only adventure “plus its Limited Edition number out of 300. Its dial is in matte black.

The watch is powered by a Swiss-made Edox Cal. 88 automatic movement.



Presented in a hand-made leather travel pouch, the Edox Delfin Fleet 1650 Limited Edition also comes with a vintage heritage leather strap plue a bi-color NATO strap.

The Edox Delfin Fleet 1650 Steel Limited Edition Ref. 88004 3 NIN will go on sale from July 2017, priced 1725USD.

DELMA Oceanmaster COLLECTION

DELMA has created a brand new nautical / divers’ watch collection based on the SHELL STAR which has been given a new look and host of new features that were inspired of the world of offshore yacht racing.



The new Delma Oceanmaster collection combines the Swiss brand’s 90 years of watchmaking experience with the IMOCA Ocean Masters, where the world’s best sailors compete at the highest level as they race across the waves.



In their role as the Official Timekeeper of the Transat New York to Vendée Race, Delma worked closely with the world’s best skippers to design the Oceanmaster.



With their invaluable input Delma were able to create a watch to weather the storms, stand up to the rigors of one of the globe’s toughest sailing races while providing its wearers with all the information that they need to compete.



With the capable Shell Star diver as a base, Delma added vital navigation features, including a nautical bezel and a tactical planner to time and position the crossing of the starting line, to the watches of their new Oceanmaster collection.



Whether you are sailing the rough seas or exploring the depths beneath them, the Oceanmaster is endowed with all the necessary design elements and features to help you achieve optimal performance.



Equipped with the robust housing of the Delma’s Shell Star divers’ watch, the Oceanmaster Automatic is water-resistant to an impressive 500 meters while the Quartz and Chronograph models are water-resistant to 200m.



Sporting a new Delma-embossed genuine rubber divers strap or stainless steel bracelet, both the Automatic and Quartz 3-hand models feature a very visible date at 6 o'clock.



The Quartz versions display a distinctive offshore racing-designed back, while the Automatic affords a view of its decorated automatic movement that powers it – much like the Shell Diver Auto.




The Oceanmaster Chronograph takes timekeeping to a new level, offering all the features and robustness of the 3-hand model, while also featuring a Chronograph with a highly visible red-colored central seconds hand and a 30-minute counter at 10 o’clock with 5- and 10-minute intervals specifically colored to measure the countdown of a race.



Equipped with a 12-hour counter at 6 o’clock, the Oceanmaster Chronograph also helps keep track of time in longer races. Prices range from CHF 1050 to 1090 for the Automatic, from CHF 510 to 550 for the Quartz, and from CHF 660 to 700 for the Chronograph.

DELMA Blue Shark II BLACK L.E.

Here’s something special from Delma, a Limited Edition version of their 3000 meter diver with a stealthy new black DLC-coated case.

The Blue Shark II was first released at Baselworld 2011 but is back and looking better than ever.



The new Blue Shark II Black Limited Edition from Delma boasts all the same impressive professional diver’s features as the 2011 Blue Shark did.

So that’s: a thick AR-treated Sapphire crystal, a massive screw-down crown and case-back, an integrated automatic HEV, a lumed unidirectional rotational divers bezel, an impressive 3000 meter depth-rating and ISO 6425 compliance.



Only this time around it has been treated to a sleek Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) coating.

Besides the obvious aesthetic enhancements offered by DLC it also gives the case an exceptional-level of scratch-resistance – second only in hardness to diamond.

This means that the new Blue Shark II Black LE not only has an exceptional level of water-resistance but also boasts an extremely high level of scratch resistance.

Besides the now enhanced durability offered, the DLC-coating has given Delma’s deep-diving Blue Shark II a whole new lease of life.



The orange elements such as those found on the hands, Arabic markers and the rehaut running around the outside of the dial as well as the luminous dive-time scale on the bezel are all beautifully contrasted against the new shiny black case making for a far more dramatic look.

Special features of the dial include a textured surface and vintage-style hands with a prominent serpent-headed minute hand seconds indicator with a large arrow-head.

The generous 47mm in diameter DLC-coated Stainless steel case of the Blue Shark II Black Edition houses a reliable Swiss automatic mechanical movement.



It is presented on a black diamond-studded genuine rubber divers strap with a DLC-coated signed steel buckle.

The Blue Shark II Black has been produced in an exclusive Limited Edition series of just 99 pieces priced 2100CHF.

Follow the links to read my in-depth reviews of the BLUE SHARK 3000M and the new SHELL STAR from Delma.

CITIZEN Eco-Drive PROFESSIONAL Diver 1000M BN7020-09-1

This - JAMSTEC-tested, Duratect & DLC coated, Super Titanium-constructed, Eco-Driven, 1000M water-resistant diving behemoth is the new CITIZEN Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000M Ref. BN7020-09-1, the world’s first light-powered SAT-divers watch coming to you this Summer priced 2300USD!

An impressive introduction for an impressive dive watch – did you manage it in one breath? The mere sight of the new Eco-Drive Pro Diver 1000M is enough to leave the best of us breathless and for good reason, too.



The watch is brimming with high-tech construction techniques and boasts a whole boat load of cutting-edge dive watch technologies. Take its brick-like structured case for example which measures a monstrous 52mm in diameter by 21.4mm thick.

This has been constructed using Super Titanium, a CITIZEN proprietary technology that treats solid Titanium with Duratect, CITIZEN’s proprietary surface hardening technology making at least 5 times harder and roughly 40 % lighter than Stainless steel.



Super Titanium uses a various surface-hardening technology which Citizen has expertly used to allow the functions required for each of the watch’s components to collectively achieve a robust surface finish. In order for all the parts to also withstand water-pressure at 1000 meters depth, they applied one of these hardening technologies.

Duratect MRK was used for the case parts such as the crown tube and the escape valve tube. Once in place, they bonded each of the individual components to the case at an atomic level to achieve an even higher level of adhesion. The technical name for this process is known as solid phase diffusion bonding!



And how about that PROMASTER divers bezel! It is of course in line with ISO standard for a divers watch and has been designed to further eliminate the danger of its wearer accidentally turning the bezel the wrong way during a dive. So the Eco-Drive Professional Diver 1000m is equipped with a special bezel-locking mechanism.

When the bezel lock is set to FREE, an orange warning color is appears to alert the user. The crown also uses the same mechanism, revealing an orange color between the case and the crown to warn the wearer when the crown has not been correctly pushed into lock-mode.



As well as its PROMASTER diver’s bezel, the watch also has PROMASTER photo-luminescent markers that absorb light faster and stay brighter for longer. CITIZEN ensured a generous application using a luminous material that has more than twice the afterglow brightness than a conventional material even after 5 hours.

The Eco-Drive Pro Diver 1000m is an ISO compliant dive watch that can perform even in a SAT-diving environment. The escape valve set at 10 o’clock on the case side releases any Helium gas that enters the watch during saturation diving to prevent any damage or rupture upon the movement.

CITIZEN conducted testing of the Eco-Drive Pro Diver 1000M with the cooperation of JAMSTEC AKA the Japanese Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, who conducted a pressure-test to examine the effects of waterproof performance in a high-pressure environments as well the dial visibility, and luminous features in deep water.



Being a 1000m SAT-diving watch meant not only passing its water-resistance test, but also a performance test that kept the watch operating for 15 days in a pressurized chamber that contains Helium and Oxygen or 100% Helium gas and then revert back to atmospheric pressure within 3 minutes after a high-speed decompression from 125 bar.

Finally the Eco-Drive movement housed inside this incredible diver watch – the Citizen Cal.J210 that has an accuracy of ±15 seconds per month and can runs for about 1.5 years on a full charge. A power-reserve indicator tells divers the remaining battery charge.

So what do you think are you smitten or like me do you think a new Autozilla will be the way to go???