Friday, December 12, 2008

Three Divers


Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean Chronograph
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Beyond the requisites of a professional diver’s watch (300 metres/1000 feet) this model is water resistant to 600 metres/2000 feet. Other features that distinguish this as a professional diver’s instrument are the screw-in crown and screw-down case back, the helium escape valve, the fluted uni-directional rotating bezel featuring a luminous dot and the highly visible hands on the dial.
The matte black dial offers excellent contrast thanks to applied luminous hour markers and the use of Arabic numerals in either white or orange at 12, 3, 6 and 9 o’clock. The date window is positioned between 4 and 5 o’clock. The facetted rhodium-plated arrowhead hour and minute hands have SuperLuminova inserts and a highly visible orange tip further enhances the luminous arrowhead seconds hand. Along with the luminous dot on the bezel, the high visibility of the markers and hands are invaluable for measuring precise dive times, even when descending to the darkest depths of the ocean.



BALL Engineer Master II Diver Chronograph
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BALL Engineer Master II Diver Chronograph watch powered by Valjoux/ETA 7750 automatic chronograph movement with day and date calendar. 330 feet water resistant. Stainless steel satin finished case, black rubber watch strap, sapphire crystal, inner turning 60 minutes bezel with orange color sector, micro gas tubes for night reading capability. Very cool looking watch....



IWC Aquatimer "Cousteau" Divers Chronograph
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The Aquatimer Chronograph “Cousteau Divers” has the useful, supplementary function of a rotating inner bezel that is indispensable for diving, but which can only be rotated in a single direction for safety reasons. The chronograph reset button at 4.00 is designed with a dual function – as a crown for adjusting the unidirectional rotating bezel and, at the same time, as a reset button for the chronograph. When this combined operating element is depressed, the small internal transmission wheel for the rotating bezel is disengaged automatically. This facilitates operation of all the functions of the watch.


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