BREITLING Chronomat 44 GMT

By TLex BREILTLING continue to expand their Chronomat family. In 2009 BREITLING chose the new flagship Chronomat B01 to house their first in-house calibre. In 2010 they released a Limited Edition of the watch. 2011 saw the release of the Chronomat GMT, which housed the B04, a COSC-certified, 47 jewel Breitling manufacture calibre.

They also released a special Chronomat 44 MOP 'BlackEyed' Edition for the Japanese domestic market as well as the American Tribute watch for the US market. For 2012 Breitling have simply released a scaled down version of the Chronomat GMT. The watch has all the same features and functions, houses the same B04 Cal. but with a 44mm case rather than 47mm . . .

From BREITLING Breitling presents the Chronomat GMT in a new 44 mm diameter, ready to conquer wrists at the four corners of the globe. In addition to its slightly smaller size, this new version stands out for the rotating bezel which displays a third time zone over 24 hours. The Breitling 04 calibre � COSC-certified and developed and manufactured entirely by Breitling � ensures unprecedented ease of use.

Breitling achieves what travellers everywhere have dreamed of: to move instantly to the time and date of their destination, and continue to keep time in their home city over 24 hours, with no loss of precision in the minute display.

MOVEMENT Automatic, Breitling 04 manufacture calibre, COSC-certified, 28,800 vib/h, 47 jewels, power reserve of more than 70 hours

FUNCTIONS Hours, minutes, seconds, date, second time zone over 24 hours on the dial, third time zone on the bezel, chronograph to � of a second, 30-minute and 12-hour counters, tachymeter

CASE Stainless steel, 44 mm, Bi-directional ratcheted rotating bezel, Curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides

WATER-resistant to 200 m / 20 bar

DIAL Sierra silver, Onyx black, Metallica or Blackeye blue, Blackeye grey or Metallica brown Hour and minute hands and hourmarkers enhanced with Superluminova, Tachymeter scale on the flange

BRACELET / Strap Barenia leather, crocodile, Ocean Racer rubber, Diver Pro rubber or Pilot steel

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SMW Chronograph Automatic Valjoux 7750

By TLex I'm not sure if I've introduced SMW here before, but I've had them listed under 'MILITARY' watches along with MARATHON (who have an almost identical model in their Chronograph Pilot Watch) for a couple of years now, so you might have already checked them out.

SMW's latest model features a Swiss Made Valjoux Caliber 7750 automatic chronograph movement. It uses H3 illumination technology with 16 trigalights; green is used for the hour markers and hands, and orange for the 12 hour markers on the dial and bezel.

The SMW's 7750 has a day / date display with rapid date and day correction. The chronograph has 1/5 second (100th minute) timing and is housed in an anti-magnetic casing. It has up to 44 hour power reserve. Its 47mm x 14mm Stainless steel case allows up to 30atm / 300M / 990ft water-resistance by using a screwdown crown, chrono pushers and caseback.

It features a uni-directional divers bezel and comes on a steel milanese (mesh) bracelet. Retail is 2'700euro (2'850 for the PVD model). For comparison the MARATHON Chronograph Pilot Watch (see bottom) is 2'700USD (on rubber).

MOVEMENT Valjoux 7750 Automatic Chronograph, 25 Jewels, 28,800 beats per hour, long power reserve for 44 hours

CASE 316 L stainless steel, screwdown 316 L stainless steel, sapphire crystal non-reflecting polished, screw down crown and pushers, 47mm excl. crown, 50mm incl. crown x 14mm thick

WATER-resistance up to 30 atm (= 300m / 990ft)

BRACELET 22mm Milanese / Mesh bracelet

FUNCTIONS Hour, minute, small second, instant setting Day / Date calendar, Chronograph

TRIGALIGHTS Index 12 o'clock: orange, hour markers 1 to 11 : green, Second hand: green, Minute hand: green, Hour hand: green

MARATHON Chronograph Pilot Watch

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ORIS Aquis COLLECTION

By TLex INTRODUCING the ORIS Aquis Collection. ORIS' latest diver family and what they say is the result of extensive research and collaborative thinking! The Aquis line consists of three models which are: the Aquis Date, the MALDIVES LE and the Aquis Date DIAMONDS. All Aquis models have a water-resistance of 300m and are equipped with unidirectional divers bezels with ceramic top rings.

The Aquis DATE comes in two case sizes: Gents 43mm or Ladies 36mm. The Gents model comes in two colors; black or blue. The black version has a black dial with a matching black matte finish ceramic bezel insert. The blue version has a blue dial and blue gloss finish ceramic bezel insert.

The Ladies version comes with either a black or white dial with matching gloss finish ceramic top ring. The Aquis Date Diamonds is based on the 36mm Aquis Date. It's only distinguishing feature is the use of 12 set diamonds for its hours markers. It is also available in either black or white with a matching gloss finish ceramic bezel.

The ORIS Maldives Limited Edition is based on the 43mm Aquis Date, however it has a Titanium case construction rather than Stainless steel. Its blue top ring has a matte finish with a single orange marker at 12. Its blue dial features a blue sub-seconds dial and orange hands and hour markers.

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AQUADIVE Bathyscaphe 100 BRONZE

By TLex AQUADIVE have a released these two renderings of their stunning new Bathyscaphe 100 BRONZE. There are two crown-strap-bezel color combos: brown and yellow or black, silver and white.

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BENARUS Megalodon 500

By TLex INTRODUCING the new BENARUS Megalodon 500. The 47mm Stainless steel diver has an internal bi-directional divers bezel, a new lower profile, a slimmer caseback and a lower double domed sapphire crystal. It uses the same bracelet, end links, and custom rubber strap as the Megalodon 3 and 4. There are 2 dial options; grey / balck or black, and a total of 9 variations. Its weight is just 317g compared to 360g of the Meg 3. The Meg 500 will be available next week from the Benarus website for 850USD + shipping.

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BENARUS Megalodon IV Ti

By TLex Here is the new BENARUS Megalodon 4 Ti. There will be 12 variations of the watch, which will include two dial colors, blue (seen here) and black. The teeth surrounds on the dial are now also in blue. Specifications for the new Titanium Meg remain the same the SS Meg 3. So that's 49mm (bezel) / 47mm (case) x 19.6mm with a lug to lug measurement of 55mm and a lug width of 24mm, a 4mm thick double domed sapphire crystal and a water-resistance of 2'500m.

The dial, hands and bezel markers will now also use BGW9 SuperLuminova. The Meg 4 Ti case will house an anti-magnetic shielded ETA 2824-2 Automatic movement. It will be supplied with a 24mm bracelet and a custom Meg rubber strap with a Titanium buckle. The Meg Ti's weight is just 239g compared to 360g of the Ss version. the Price is 1'100USD + Shipping.

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LUMINOX Deep Dive 1509 (in action)

By TLex Checkout this cool image of SAT diver, Sean McGree wearing his Luminox Deep Dive 1509 whilst on a recent 31-day saturation diving project in the Gulf of Mexico. He attained a maximum diving depth of 268msw, in 2500 meters of seawater. The storage depth was 240msw, which means the pressure inside his saturation system, was 24bar or 353psi.

''My Luminox 1509's performance on the job and during decompression (all 10 days of it!) proves it is a quality piece of professional divers equipment.''

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LUMINOX Deep Dive GIVEAWAY Winner

By TLex CONGRATULATIONS, Chris Chop from Singapore Kuala Lumpur, our LUMINOX Giveaway winner, who has won himself the Deep Dive 1509 Prototype watch! He is our first winner in Asia. It's great to finally see a winner from SE Asia, where OceanicTime has such a following. Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

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TECHNOMARINE NightVision GREEN

By TLex TechnoMarine introduces their new Night Vision watch with monochromatic black-on-black and a contrasting vibrant green. The 316L Stainless Steel case with its black PVD coating measures 45mm x 17mm. It has a water-resistance of 20 ATM, 200m or 660ft and is fitted with a uni-directional rotational divers bezel and a screwdown crown.

The hands and dial markers have been applied with SuperLumiNova. Both, cover and strap are black and colored silicone. The buckle is 316L black PVD coated. I'm not too sure about the movement; I think it's a Japanese Quartz, possibly a Citizen. Functions include: hour, mins, 24hr and date.

Not a particularly serious dive watch, perhaps a fun accessory if you're digging the color combo or even a daily wearer for the Green Hornet?! Regardless TechnoMarine seem to have found their niche and have asserted themselves as a leading purveyor of fashion sports watches.

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OMEGA Seamaster 300M James Bond 50th Anniversary Edition

By TLex Yesterday we saw a couple of leaked images of the new OMEGA Semaster 300M James Bond 50th Anniversary watch. The images weren't of a particularly good quality, so perhaps didn't do the watch justice. Suffice to say the watch looks a lot better now. That's not to say that I'm in love with it; far from it! I'm still really not keen on the '007' pattern on the dial, but have a new found appreciation for other details like the ceramic bezel insert with its red matte chromium nitride '50' minute marker and the the custom bullet rotor and gun barrel effect caseback . . .

To commemorate 50 years of James Bond film-making, OMEGA will release a special updated version of their Seamaster Diver 300M James Bond watch, which was worn by Bond in Goldeneye and a number of movies prior to that. The James Bond 50th Anniversary Seamaster 300M has been produced in two case sizes, 41mm for gents and 36.25mm for ladies. The 41mm version will be produced in a Limited Edition of 11'007 pieces; the 36.25mm version in 3'007 pieces.

The watch cases are constructed from Stainless steel and feature ceramic bezel inserts with elapsed dive-time scales in matte chromium nitride with their '50' minute markers in red to reflect the 50th Anniversary. Each version of the watches comes on a classic brushed and polished OMEGA patented screw-and-pin stainless steel bracelet.

Their lacquered black dials features a 007 monogram pattern. The 41mm version has 11 applied hour markers; whereas the 36.35mm version has just ten with a diamond index at the 7 o'clock position to signify James Bond's agent number '007'. The hour markers have been applied with white SuperLumiNova of the type used on all new generation Seamaster divers. Presumably the minute-hand and the 12 o'clock bezel marker have been applied with green SuperLumiNova to allow optimum reading in poor light conditions. There's a black date window at 3 o'clock.

Both versions will house OMEGA's calibre 2507 self-winding movement, which is fitted with their revolutionary Co-Axial escapement, the component that has driven a revolution in mechanical watchmaking since it was first launched in 1999.The watches are certified chronometers.

The screwdown caseback has been stamped with a gun-barrel design. And a custom 'bullet' adorned rotor can be viewed through a central sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on its inside. Further features include: a unidirectional rotational divers bezel, a helium escape valve or HEV designed as such to allow helium atoms to escape during decompression, a feature required for SAT diving, where professional divers operate from diving bells. As indicated by its name, the watch has a water-resistance of 300 meters.

So not such a terrible watch after all! However I think the news that we (Omega / Bond fans) are all waiting for is - which version of the new PO family will Daniel Craig be wearing as James Bond in the upcoming movie Skyfall? There has been some speculation and even rumors of the new Blue Ti version - we shall see!

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OMEGA SM 300 '007' 50th Anniversary Edition FirstLook

By TLex Here's a spy shot of the new OMEGA Seamaster 300 '007' 50th Anniversary Edition that celebrates 50 years of James Bond film making. The watch looks to be based on the NewGeneration of Seamaster 300 watches that are equipped with the latest Omega Cal. 2500 Chronometers and that come with lacquered dials and ceramic bezel inlays.

Special features of the watch include a '007' pattern on the dial, a red '50' minute marker on the divers bezel (in connection with the anniversary) and a custom bullet rotor, which can be viewed through the display window of the caseback with signature James Bond spiraling gun barrel effect taken from the opening sequence of the Bond films. As we can see from the caseback the watch is a (not so) Limited Edition of 11'007 pieces.

Not a particularly attractive version of the new SM 300 I have to say; the dial pattern is gaudy and the rotor a little tacky, but to many it will be quite a  collectible item  . . .

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VintageVDB 2011 TRILOGY

By TLex INTRODUCING the Vintage VDB 2011 Trilogy, which includes the Limited Edition 2011, the 2011 PVD Helsinki Edition and a new all Polished Edition with custom vintage Ammo strap . . .

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