RSW Diving Tool CAMO onNATO

By TLex Yesterday we took a look at the new RSW Diving Tool CAMO with its digital camouflage dial, but we only saw the green dial - here's the blue version. In keeping with the military theme the watches are presented here on nylon NATO straps. COOL! 

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Maurice Lacroix Pontos S DIVER 2ndLook

By TLex Here's a bit more info. and a few more images of the lovely new Pontos S DIVER Diving CHRONO, a diver that is set to put Maurice Lacroix on every dive watch aficionado's radar this year.

From ML If any diver's chronograph can be naturally in tune with the times, this one can. The Pontos S is perfect for short dives with a modern style that perfectly combines form and function. A design that blends mechanical expertise with contemporary style: accessible yet crafted down to the last detail. This timepiece will surely speak to a generation that sees everyday living as an art.

Resolutely sporty, the character of the Pontos S is clearly inspired by the world of sport, from the tautness of its silhouette to the determination of its face. The dynamic strap is a perfect match for the case. The all steel version sports a NATO strap whose contrasting sleek design encapsulates the collection's sporting spirit.

Comfortable and hypoallergenic, especially in wet conditions, the nylon strap demonstrates exceptional strength. This no doubt explains its extreme popularity with athletes, divers and astronauts, who can easily adjust it according to the thickness of their gear.

The 43 mm diameter stainless steel case is water resistant to 200 meters. It features a winding crown and two pushpieces shaped to ensure a better grip, accentuating the chronograph's strong character. The bezel ring is inside, in an original contrast to usual practice.



Besides its artistic merits and enhanced sense of finesse and purity, this design � the subject of a patent application � enables maximum wear. The chronograph counters on the dial fit together in a beautiful balancing act, without seeking originality at all costs. Its legibility is perfect.

Available in a range of colors, the Pontos S is mechanized by the self--winding Valjoux 7750 movement, which boasts a long pedigree in terms of performance and accuracy. The Pontos S will unquestionably appeal to sports and diving enthusiasts or simply to those in love with an era that has turned elegance and sportsmanship into a way of life.

CASE

� 43 mm, stainless steel case

black circular brushed aluminum turning scale ring with grey, blue, orange or red indications

Vertical brushed middle-case and lugs sides, with polished bezel and facet on lugs

Engraved case-back

Domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides

Water resistant to 200m / 20 atm

DIAL

Black sun brushed dial

Spiral recess and satin finished counters

Applied indexes with large SLN zone for excellent legibility when diving

HANDS

Diamond-cut hands with large SLN zone for excellent legibility when diving

Minute and second hands color matching with turning scale ring and crown aluminum ring

STRAP / Bracelet

Robust 3 rows stainless steel bracelet

Extra color matching NATO strap provided

BUCKLE

Double security deploying clasp with adjustment link to wear on a scuba outfit

Stainless steel buckle on NATO strap

MOVEMENT

Personalised Valjoux 7750 calibre, with guaranteed quality and precision

Self-winding calibre ML112 based on the Valjoux 7750 movement

Vibration: 28�800 alt/h, 4 Hz

Power Reserve: 46 hours

Jewels: 25

Adjustments: 3 positions when fully wound and after 24 hours

Decoration: rhodium-plated movement.

FUNCTIONS

Hours and minutes indicated by central hands

Small seconds at 9 o'clock

Chronograph seconds indicated by a central hand

30-minute chronograph counter at 12 o'clock

12-hour chronograph counter at 6 o'clock

Date indicated in an aperture at 6 o'clock

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EDOX Grand Ocean ChronoDIVER

From EDOX The Grand Ocean collection, that hymn to the world of water sports and yacht racing, is now augmented with the new Chronodiver, a timepiece boasting features of uncompromising class and elegance.

The new, redesigned case couples the distinctive details of earlier models with some original touches all of its own. The triple lug, the push-buttons and crown remain unchanged, however, preserving the enduring character of the Grand Ocean collection.

Yet the true innovation lies in the inimitable feel of the piece�s new rotating bezel, midway between velvet and rubber. Developed specially for the new Chronodiver, the bezel offers a natural and instinctive grip.

Seductive and innovative, the new Chronodiver is thus enhanced in terms of sports performance and functionality, whilst losing none of the genetic fingerprint of the Grand Ocean collection.

An ideal 42mm diameter will appeal to the most exacting of watch lovers. The threaded back is engraved with a planisphere, viewed from the North Pole. The black PVD coating adds finesse and elegance, but also creates a highly on-trend and avant garde look.

The ebony black dial accentuates the sparkle of the silvered indices and hands.

Equipped with the famous Edox rubber strap and a robust Swiss chronograph movement, the Chronodiver is the ideal partner for water sports and gala evenings alike.

FUNCTIONS Hour, minute, second, large date, chronograph display

MOVEMENT Calibre Edox 10, based on the Ronda 5040.B

DIMENSIONS Height of the movement 4.4mm, Height of the case 11.4mm, Diameter 42mm

FINISH 316L stainless steel, black PVD coating

BEZEL Rubber and steel

WATER-resistance 250 metres/ 25 ATM / 820 feet

DIAL Black, nickel indices

CRYSTAL Anti-reflective treated and scratch-resistant sapphire

STRAP Black rubber, structured, buckle in 316L stainless steel with black PVD

coating, engraved Edox logo

MSRP CHF 2'490.- / EUR 1'950.-

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EDOX Grand Ocean ChronoLADY

From EDOX The Grand Ocean collection, that hymn to the world of water sports and yacht racing, is now augmented by a supremely elegant ladies� model. While retaining the silhouette and curves of its more masculine sisters, the new Chronolady is available in a pure, feminine style.

The 36mm steel case repeats the triple lug so characteristic of the collection. The snow white dial is decorated with an embossed wind rose while the sub-counters and indices are delicately highlighted with silver fillets. Just like the rest of the Grand Ocean collection, the case back is engraved with a planisphere, underscoring the link connecting the Chronolady to the world of water sports.

Equipped with a robust and ultra-reliable Swiss chronograph movement, the new Grand Ocean

Chronolady is the perfect companion for all women with a sporting spirit and of a roving bent,

but particularly those enamoured of freedom and elegance.

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Vostok Europe N1 ROCKET

By TLex Vostok Europe present their new - 200m Chrono, the Grand Chronograph N1 Rocket! They have selected a huge 34.6mm chronograph movement for the watch. The Japanese made Miyota 6S30 Quartz has 4 years of battery life, and if I'm correct it has a rather unusual sweeping central second hand . . .

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Maurice Lacroix Pontos S DIVER

By TLex Here's a sneak preview of Maurice Lacroix's latest divers model. The new Pontos S DIVER has a water-resistance of 200m. Its 43mm case is equipped with an internal divers bezel, which is operable via the crown / Chrono pusher at 2 o'clock - combining both operations - not too dissimilar to the previous generation of Aquatimer Chronos.

The watch is powered by the ML112 caliber based on the Valjoux 7750. Two color options are available; black 'n' orange or black 'n' blue. The watches are seen here teamed with matching NATO straps, but are also available with an Ss bracelet. A VERY attractive diver!

For reference (below) the 200m Maurice Lecroix Miros DIVER from a few years back. It was made as a three hands or a Chrono.

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RSW Diving Tool CAMO

By TLex Has the love it or hate it RSW Diving Tool now become the love it or loathe it Diving Tool? RSW have added two digital-camo dials, which are available in either blue or green to their Diving Tool family. I could be alone here, but I quite like it. Read below for more . . .

From RSW The word camouflage was established in 1914 like the brand RSW ... what could be more convenient to create a limited edition of our Diving Tool diver family integrating two � camouflage � dials limited to 49 units with an assorted nato bracelet offered in a special box set including a Swiss knife and an extra changeable rubber bracelet. It was in the year 2000 that the Canadian military devised the first computer-assisted digital camouflage, camouflage uses the synthesis of satellite images. This is the procedure that was used by RSW to create these 2 dials.

RSW Diving Tool line enters the small circles of exclusive diving watches. The diver�s watch remains in its robustness and reliability the sports watch � par excellence �. Diving Tool with its strong and very masculine contemporary case fully marries this saying. The unidirectional rotating bezel is with graduated scale measuring the duration of immersion. Water resistant to 300 meters with a Screw down crown, the � Camo � Diving Tool is available in a 3 hands and date execution for perfect readability under extreme water conditions. The � Camo � Diving Tool line is presented in solid stainless steel and in black PVD treatment in limited series.

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H2O Kalmar FixedBezel (prototype)

By TLex This prototype H2O Kalmar FixedBezel has been constructed from a single block exotic material, so exotic that it has yet to have been used for the construction of anything I have come across let alone a 3000m dive watch.

Its fantastic wood grain effect is the result the metal's highly specialized forging process. H2O continue to innovate with their use exotic materials and will introduce two extremely limited watch series in February. Stay tuned for more . . .

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H2O Watches & Maddog

By TLex H2O Watches have partnered with German handmade strap-maker, Maddog, specialists in vintage ammo and baseball-mitt straps. H2O plan to use Maddog for their next major project due to launch this summer. The first 50 pre-orders will receive a FREE one-of-a-kind handmade leather strap.

No two Maddog straps are ever the same; each have aged slightly differently from each other, each come from a different cut of each of the materials and each with the possibility of a number of stitching types using different yarns.

H2O have 5 Maddog strap series planned:

- Swiss ammo strap from WWII bag leather in dark grey

- Swiss ammo strap from WWII bag leather in black

- Swedish pistol holder leather from WWII in black

- US baseball mitt leather in brown

- US football leather

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BLANCPAIN X Fathoms (robbery)

By TLex Below - the aftermath of an attempted burglary that took place on Friday at the Blancpain X Fathoms exhibition at the 'Cit� du Temps' in Geneva. Thieves apparently smashed display cases to get at the world's most technologically advanced mechanical dive watches.

Fortunately, nobody was hurt during the robbery, and thanks to an efficient intervention from the SIR security company one of the four thieves was promptly arrested with most of the watches. However the damage caused to several pieces forced Blancpain to close the doors to the event earlier than scheduled.

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Jaeger-LeCoultre Deep Sea Chrono ADVENTURE

By TLex The Jaeger-LeCoultre Deep Sea Chronograph is revealed in the mysterious setting of the submerged subterranean tunnels and passages beneath the city of Paris.

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DOXA Splash Gent (waterpark edition!)

By TLex Introducing the new DOXA 'Splash Gent' (complete with tachymeter trachymeter)  - oops, a slight spelling mistake! The imaginatively named new DOXA isn't by any means worthy of the Doxa name; what do you think?

When I visit the Doxa booth at the Basel fair this year am I going to find the new 'Splash Gent' displayed alongside the latest SUBs or will they have a man outside in a long rain-coat lined! I hope it's the latter because I'm no great fan of the splash gent! :(

From DOXA This new line in the Aqua collection by Doxa is pure eye candy. Splash! A watch for active men who grab life by the horns. Date, chronograph and tachymeter are contained inside its 47 mm diameter, along with the three essentials of hours, minutes and seconds.

This feast of colour is dominated by orange and the steel of the case. The rubber strap adds a softer touch to the otherwise distinctly sporty, manly lines. Proposed in six other shades, from bold to subdued, this timepiece loses none of its original and fresh style.

MOVEMENT Quartz

FUNCTIONS Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph and tachymeter

CASE Stainless steel, 47 mm, Seconds engraved on the bezel, Scratchproof, anti-reflective sapphire crystal, Water-resistant to 100 m / 10 ATM

DIAL Black, 30-minute counter at 3 o'clock, 12-hour counter at 6 o'clock, small seconds at 9 o'clock, Luminescent hourmarkers and hands, Tachymeter scale on the flange, Date window at 4 o'clock

STRAP Orange rubber with steel buckle

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CREPAS Tektite Giveaway CLOSED

By TLex CREPAS Watches are the kind sponsors of this month's OceanicTime Giveaway. They are giving away one of just 24 / 199 pieces that are left of their highly coveted TEKTITE diver; a watch inspired by the famous CERTINA DS2 and one that pays tribute to the incredible 'Tektite' aquanaut missions of the late 60s and early 70s.

The watch, which has retail of 670euro houses a Swiss ETA 2824 TOP grade movement and has a water-resistance of 2000m, although it was in fact recently and successfully tested in Germany to 2'500 meters. The watch comes on a polished mesh bracelet along with a custom rubber divers strap and a zulu nylon strap. The lucky winner will receive their watch sometime in mid May, when CREPAS expect to take delivery of the new watches.

HOW TO WIN the CREPAS Tektite . . .

STEP (1) Simply 'LIKE' these FOUR Facebok pages:

Page 1 OceanicTime

Page 2 CREPAS Watches

Page 3 El Buzo by CREPAS

Page 4 t.a.c.t.i.c.o

STEP (2) Send an email to oceanictime@oceanictime.net with the subject marked: 'CREPAS Tektite Giveaway' confirming that you have met the criteria. If you have you entered correctly you will receive a short courtesy email within 48hrs of your entry.

The contest will run from today, February 2nd until March 2nd 2012. The lucky winner will be announced shortly after. Good luck, folks!

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