2023 Aquastar Benthos H1 42mm Limited Edition
Here we have a 2023 Aquastar Benthos H1 Limited Edition of 197/500 pieces, a modern tribute to their original 1970 dive watch, the Benthos 500, which was designed to withstand the pressures at a depth of 500m and was the first non-monobloc cased professional dive watch to have a 500m depth rating, named after the Greek word meaning “Bottom of the Sea”. The dimensions of this watch match those of the original at 42mm brushed and polished 904L stainless steel Tonneau-shaped case curves over your wrist with flat-ended tapered lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 47mm and a case thickness of 16mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side at 2 o’clock is a large screw-down crown. The unidirectional 120-click steel bezel has deep knurling for grip and a ceramic 60-minute scale insert holding a thick, flat sapphire crystal AR triple-coated above a black semi-gloss dial. A distinctive outer minute chapter ring surrounds square and baton indexes coated in “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova for that vintage aesthetic; an orange arrow pointed second-hand complements baton hands filled with the same “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova, at noon we have the Aquastar Suisse motif and at 6 o’clock “Benthos H1” complete this faithful recreation of a classic dive watch. On the reverse is a screw-down case back with the Suisse Aquastar in the middle, inside an automatic ETA Cal. ETA 2824-2, 25 jewels, beating at 28,800 beats per hour, this quality workhorse movement has hand winding and hacking seconds for your convenience. The watch comes paired with its 20mm ISOfrane rubber strap with a steel pin buckle. This watch is sold with its original Aquastar tube and paperwork, plus a signed copy of Depth Charge by Jason Heaton, a scuba-diving adventure thriller.
Here we have a 2023 Aquastar Benthos H1 Limited Edition of 197/500 pieces, a modern tribute to their original 1970 dive watch, the Benthos 500, which was designed to withstand the pressures at a depth of 500m and was the first non-monobloc cased professional dive watch to have a 500m depth rating, named after the Greek word meaning “Bottom of the Sea”. The dimensions of this watch match those of the original at 42mm brushed and polished 904L stainless steel Tonneau-shaped case curves over your wrist with flat-ended tapered lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 47mm and a case thickness of 16mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side at 2 o’clock is a large screw-down crown. The unidirectional 120-click steel bezel has deep knurling for grip and a ceramic 60-minute scale insert holding a thick, flat sapphire crystal AR triple-coated above a black semi-gloss dial. A distinctive outer minute chapter ring surrounds square and baton indexes coated in “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova for that vintage aesthetic; an orange arrow pointed second-hand complements baton hands filled with the same “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova, at noon we have the Aquastar Suisse motif and at 6 o’clock “Benthos H1” complete this faithful recreation of a classic dive watch. On the reverse is a screw-down case back with the Suisse Aquastar in the middle, inside an automatic ETA Cal. ETA 2824-2, 25 jewels, beating at 28,800 beats per hour, this quality workhorse movement has hand winding and hacking seconds for your convenience. The watch comes paired with its 20mm ISOfrane rubber strap with a steel pin buckle. This watch is sold with its original Aquastar tube and paperwork, plus a signed copy of Depth Charge by Jason Heaton, a scuba-diving adventure thriller.
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Here we have a 2023 Aquastar Benthos H1 Limited Edition of 197/500 pieces, a modern tribute to their original 1970 dive watch, the Benthos 500, which was designed to withstand the pressures at a depth of 500m and was the first non-monobloc cased professional dive watch to have a 500m depth rating, named after the Greek word meaning “Bottom of the Sea”. The dimensions of this watch match those of the original at 42mm brushed and polished 904L stainless steel Tonneau-shaped case curves over your wrist with flat-ended tapered lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 47mm and a case thickness of 16mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side at 2 o’clock is a large screw-down crown. The unidirectional 120-click steel bezel has deep knurling for grip and a ceramic 60-minute scale insert holding a thick, flat sapphire crystal AR triple-coated above a black semi-gloss dial. A distinctive outer minute chapter ring surrounds square and baton indexes coated in “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova for that vintage aesthetic; an orange arrow pointed second-hand complements baton hands filled with the same “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova, at noon we have the Aquastar Suisse motif and at 6 o’clock “Benthos H1” complete this faithful recreation of a classic dive watch. On the reverse is a screw-down case back with the Suisse Aquastar in the middle, inside an automatic ETA Cal. ETA 2824-2, 25 jewels, beating at 28,800 beats per hour, this quality workhorse movement has hand winding and hacking seconds for your convenience. The watch comes paired with its 20mm ISOfrane rubber strap with a steel pin buckle. This watch is sold with its original Aquastar tube and paperwork, plus a signed copy of Depth Charge by Jason Heaton, a scuba-diving adventure thriller.
