When style and sports go hand in hand
Move over clunky. Sports watches can be a statement of style too
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Watch model: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver
Specific features:
Water resistance: 300 m
Rubber strap with stainless steel pin buckle
Other features:
Self-winding
Selfwinding Manufacture Calibre 3120
Diameter: 26.6 mm
40 jewels
Power reserve of 60 hours
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Watch model: Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore Diver
This model features the characteristic double indices at 12 o’clock, making the dial more visible under water. Visibility is further enhanced by the internal rotating bezel, which is colour-blocked with the diving scale and zone (from 60 to 15 minutes). To comply with ISO 6425, the international standard for diver’s watches, Audemars Piguet made the baton hands highly distinguishable from each other for optimum readability. They also added a lume pip on the sweep seconds hand so that a diver can read whether his watch is running even in darkness. The Royal Oak Offshore Diver Chronograph comes in four bright colors: Bright blue, orange, yellow, and lime green. All fitted with corresponding rubber straps.
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Watch model: Carl F Bucharer Patravi Scubatec
Specific features:
Water-resistant up to 500 m
Steel bracelet or rubber strap, with stainless steel diver’s (butterfly) clasp
Other features:
Automatic
CFB 1950.1 caliber
Chronometer
Diameter 26.2 mm
25 or 26 jewels
Power reserve of 38 hours
The crown of the watch screws down securely, and the sapphire crystal is nearly 4 mm thick, making it ideal for professional divers. The case includes a helium valve, protecting the watch from damage from pressure changes while a diver is ascending or descending in a diving bell. The large hands and prominent hour markers are all coated with Super-LumiNova, which glows light blue in the dark, making them more legible under water.
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Watch model: Citizen Promaster Altichron Cirrus
Specific features:
Altimeter
Atmospheric pressure sensor
Altitude measuring button
Compass
Titanium case
Direction measuring button
Other features:
Calibre J280
Water resistance: 200 m
Polyurethane strap with titanium pin buckle
Power reserve indicator
The range of this watch’s altimeter is wide enough to be able to measure height from 300 m below sea level, up to 10,000 m above sea level. Three hands indicate altitude, measuring it in increments of 1,000 m, 100 m, and 2.5 m. The altimeter measures altitude and time simultaneously. The electronic compass indicates north by reading the geomagnetic field through an electric sensor, displaying direction and time simultaneously. Wearers can find their location with the push of a button even when the electronic compass is in the middle of measuring altitude.
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Watch model: Corum Admiral’s Cup AC-one 45 Tides
Specific features:
Displays timing of the next two high and low tides, current strength and tidal process indicator
Made of grade 5 titanium
Water resistant: 300 m
Vulcanised rubber bracelet with titanium triple folding clasp
Other features:
Automatic
Diameter: 45 mm
21 rubies
Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment
Rotor with CORUM dedicated decoration; skeletonised and circular rotor
Power reserve of 42 hours
In most parts of the world, tides follow a twice-daily lunar cycle, with each tide coming in (on average) every 12 hrs 25 minutes, before receding. The CO 277 caliber, which lies at the heart of this watch, was specifically designed to predict the timing of the next two tides. The CO 277 caliber provides essential navigation-related information, along with other subdials. The moon appears at 12 o’clock. When it is full or new moon, the amplitude or strength of the tides—indicated by a specific hand on the dial—is at its peak, with a coefficient of between 95 and 120, dipping to between 20 and 45 during the first and last moon quarters. The 6 o’clock subdial shows the time of the next two tides within the next 24-hours. The counter at 9 o’clock indicates whether the tide is rising or ebbing, as well as its strength. When the pointer is on the horizontal red line, the tide is at its maximum intensity.
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Watch model: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon
Specific features:
Reversible watch-face
Other features:
JLC Calibre 179
Mechanical movement
Dimensions: 51 m x 31 mm
Front dial: Silvered grained, appliqued hour-markers
Back dial: Silvered skeletonised, appliqued hour-markers
Power reserve of 40 hours
Alligator leather strap with double folding buckle
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Watch model: Jaeger-LeCoultre Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon
Jaeger-LeCoultre created the first Reverso in 1931 for polo players who did not want their watch-faces cracked in the course of a rough match. The solution to this problem was simple: A watch in which the dial could be swiveled inwards. Since the 1930s, JLC has come up with several versions and variations of this watch, adding different degrees of complications and style to an eternal design.The Reverso Tribute Gyrotourbillon is the latest in this line of innovation, and celebrates the watch’s 85th anniversary.
