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Aquastar Model 60 Black Dial on Tropic Strap
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2023 marks the opening of the latest chapter in the last great story in dive watches, as venerable Swiss dive instrument maker Aquastar returns with a new Model 60, a fully modernised tribute to the brand’s inaugural 1957 dive watch of the same name, which introduced a crucial safety measure for dive watches of that era: a friction ring in the rotating bezel to prevent accidental rotations. Devised and originally patented by Aquastar, this simple but critical feature would later become a standard feature echoed by legions of dive watches in the following years.
The 2023 Model 60 continues Aquastar’s earliest traditions of capability, adventure and exploration, which began in earnest on 23 January 1960 when US Navy Lieutenant Don Walsh, wearing an original Model 60 and co-pilot Jacques Piccard made a pioneering journey to the bottom of the Challenger Deep aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste to a record-breaking depth of 10,916 meters (35,814 feet).
Walsh’s Model 60 is recognised as Aquastar’s inaugural tool watch. It would set an early precedent for the then-nascent maker. Aquastar’s innovative and ultra-reliable watches would quickly earn a reputation as the foremost timekeeping choice for mariners, professional divers, and ocean conservationists.
DIAL:
- Black glossy dial design
- High-density filling old light Radium super Luminova application
- Re-edition of the Aquastar model 60 from 1957
CASE:
- Bidirectional rotating bezel on a ceramic bearing
- 316L Stainless Steel case with highly domed, AR triple-coated sapphire crystal
- Case Diameter: 37mm
- Bezel Diameter: 37mm
- Length from lug to lug: 47mm
- Case height: 11mm
MOVEMENT:
- High-end Swiss Made Manufacture caliber by La Joux Perret
- Physical Dimensions Ø26 mm x 4.50 mm
- Frequency 4 Hz
- Power reserve 68 h
- Lift Angle: 51 degrees
- Reassembly Clockwise (uni-directional) Automatic
- Number of rubies 28
- Rotor: 100% Tungsten, Ball Bearing
- Anti-Shock Device: KIF
- Country of Manufacture: Switzerland, Swiss-made
FUNCTIONS:
- Hour, minute and seconds indicators
- Bi-directional Rotating 60-minute elapsed time bezel on ceramic ball bearing
STRAP:
- Genuine Tropic strap
- Optional Stainless steel bor bracelet with fitted end links or Seatbelt Nylon Strap
| Strap Material Colour | Black Dial - Tropic Strap |
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| Watch Bezel | Bi-directional rotating bezel on a ceramic bearing |
| Watch Case Back | Screw-in Case Back |
| Watch Case Colour | Silver |
| Watch Case Finish | Brushed |
| Watch Case Material | 316L Stainless Steel |
| Watch Dial | Black glossy dial design |
| Watch Dial Colour | Black |
| Watch Diameter | 37mm |
| Watch Glass | Highly domed, AR triple-coated sapphire crystal |
| Watch Lug Length | 47mm |
| Watch Lug Width | 19mm |
| Watch Lug Luminescence | Old Light Radium Super Luminova |
| Watch Movement | La Joux Perret |
| Watch Movement Type | Automatic |
| Watch Power Reserve | 68 hours |
| Watch Style | Dive |
| Watch Water Resistant | 200 Mtrs (20ATM) |
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