Saint Honore’s offerings are a bit of a mixed bag (in my humble opinion of course), but this one’s not bad: roman numerals for the win!
It’s a 41mm piece in stainless steel.
There’s a sapphire crystal and a display back.
Water resistance to 50 meters.
Movement is an ETA caliber 2824-2 with 25 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 40 hours.
It struck me, looking at the IWC Big Pilot DFB, that we don’t see enough watches in this colour combo (silver dial in a silver coloured case). I think it looks really good, don’t you?
Whilst I love this piece I couldn’t buy one though. And not just due to financial sensibilities. As an English/Australian I’m not sure I should be sporting a watch made in support of Germany’s Euro 2012 hopes!
Only 250 lucky Deutschlanders will be able to get their hands on one anyway, it being a limited edition.
It’s a rather large 46mm piece, in stainless steel. There’s an AR-coated sapphire crystal and water resistance to 60 meters (so no taking a dive then Germany. Haha!).
The dial is rhodium-plated, in a sun-pattern finish.
Power comes via the automatic IWC in-house caliber 51011. This has 42 jewels, beats at 21,600 vph and holds a power reserve of 168 hours (7 days) – shown on the dial.
Really very nice.
Can I have one for anyone else but Germany though please? :-)
If you’ve not yet had your fill of Oris watches (we’ve had a few on here recently), can I please introduce you to the Artix GT?
I actually really like this one – it looks a bit more refined than some other Oris models, which can be a little agricultural at times.
Still relatively large (but not huge) at 44mm, in stainless steel, this one has a black ceramic minute scale on the bezel surrounded by a rubber grip.
The crystal is sapphire and water resistance is to a reasonable 100 meters.
Power comes from the old fave – an ETA 7750 – but Oris have added a trick retrograde seconds indicator in the form of a sliding red bar at the 9 O’Clock position. Like that :-)
They’ve also coloured the rotor, which can be seen via a rear crystal.
Not too shabby at all.
I seem to be spending the bulk of my time on the road at the moment, which means I am incredibly late to the (birthday) party on this one – my sincere apologies for the inconwenience!
To celebrate the 80th birthday of the legendary Jack Heuer, the brand that partly bears his name has released this special edition Caliber 17 model.
Echoing design element’s from Heuer’s original designs this limited 41mm piece also features his signature on the rear, as well as the Heuer coat of arms.
Impressively, the latter can be traced back to the 15th century!
Another in this year’s ‘Year Of The Dragon’ line-up.
This one from Paul Picot.
A rather un-dragonlike 37mm in size, this 60-piece limited edition is available in either 18kt yellow or rose gold, or stainless steel.
It has a sapphire crystal and water resistance to 50 meters.
Movement is the automatic ETA caliber 2892-2 with 21 jewels, 28,800 vph and a power reserve of 38 hours.
The dial is engraved mother-of-pearl in white or black.
An unusually named Oris diver, but there is a good reason for it.
The Tubbataha is a limited edition (2000 pieces) with a percentage from each sale going towards the conservation of the Tubbataha Reefs National Park in the Philippines.
“Rising from the volcanic depths of the Sulu Sea in the Western Philippines, Tubbataha Reefs National Park is home to some of the most beautiful coral reefs in the world. These magnificent atolls support an unparalleled variety of marine creatures. Colourful reef fish crowd corals growing in the shallows while sharks and pelagic fish haunt the steep drop-offs to the open”
This is a 47mm piece, in titanium.
There’s a sapphire crystal and water resistance to a diver-friendly 500 meters.
It features a Helium escape valve and a blue ceramic bezel inlay.
Round the back is a shark motif: natives of the reef apparently.
Something blue from Chronoswiss.
A 40mm piece, in stainless steel, it has a sapphire crystal and sapphire display back.
Water resistance is to 100 meters.
Movement is the automatic Chronoswiss caliber C281. This has 21 jewels, beats at 28,800 vph and holds a power reserve of 42 hours.
If you love really technical information you may also like to know that it also has the following: a Glucydur balanace, a Nivarox flat hairspring, Incabloc shock protection and fine adjustement via an eccentric cam.
And if that’s not enough, how about: a skeletonized and rhodium-plated rotor with Côtes de Genève finish, ball bearing, polished pallet lever, escape wheel and screws, plates with perlage, bridges with sunburst pattern and Perlage finishing.
Phew!
Oh, and it tells the time and date :-)
I do like the retro period font on this one – reminds me of old maps (another interest!).
This is a 42mm piece in 18kt rose gold.
It has an AR-coated sapphire crystal, a sapphire display back and water resistance to 30 meters.
Movement is the automatic in-house caliber 3300-0057. This has 57 jewels, a 28,800 vph heartbeat and a power reserve of 46 hours.
The strap is alligator with rose gold ardillon buckle.
Another solid offering from Oris (in the very literal sense).
46mm in size, but thankfully the weight is kept down somewhat courtesy of a titanium case.
The crystal is sapphire and water resistance is to 500 meters (second model in a row with this fine attribute).
Power comes from the workhorse automatic ETA 7750 movement.
There’s also a screw-down stainless steel crown and stainless steel pushers with an automatic Helium escape valve at 9 o’clock.
Available in a range of funky colours, and two size options – 38 and 43mm – this is the new(ish) Victorinox Swiss Army Dive Master 500.
To get a bit more specific about the various combos:
- 4 quartz models in black, burgundy, khaki green (with gold PVD coating)
- white with a 38mm case size
- 2 quartz models in white or khaki green with a 43mm case
- 3 grey, red or brown mechanical editions in 43mm.
AR-coated sapphire crystal and water resistance to 500 meters.
The movement for the quartz versions is the Swiss Ronda caliber 715.5. For the automatic – an ETA caliber 2892-A2.
Ready for the off in a couple of months.
