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2011 Suzuki SX4 Sport GTS Sedan
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By TLex Last year Swiss watch manufacturer, ORIS took us to the Great Barrier Reef with their special edition diver. This year's destination is the Maldives, where ORIS also aim to help protect Marine life that includes endangered species like the majestic Manta Ray, which ORIS have payed homage to by featuring a Manta Ray logo on the caseback of the new diver. ORIS will be donating 20CHF to environmental NGO Bluepeace with each of the 2'000 Limited Edition Maldives dive watches sold. It's nice to see watch companies getting involved with marine conservation, I wish more would do it especially when we consider the huge markups there are on big brand Swiss watches.
The Maldives LE features a 43mm titanium case with a double domed AR coated sapphire crystal and a water-resistance or 300m / 1000 ft or 30bar. It is fitted with an automatic helium valve at (9 o’clock) and a stainless steel screw-down crown (3 o’clock) guarded by titanium crown protectors, which are fixed with distinctive Oris screws for added security. The unidirectional rotational divers bezel has a stunning dark blue ceramic inlay engraved with a 60 minute scale which can be used for precision timing for diving. The indices and hands of the Maldives LE have been applied with Swiss Superluminova in dark orange for increased legibility of the time / dive time even when under water.
From ORIS Stop the Countdown for the Maldives With each Oris Maldives Limited Edition watch a contribution of 20 CHF is made to Bluepeace. Following the success of the Oris Great Barrier Reef Limited Edition in 2010, Oris proudly presents the Maldives Limited Edition Series for 2011. Limited to 2000 pieces, CHF 20 per watch will be donated to environmental NGO Bluepeace, to help protect endangered marine life in the Maldives.
Available in a titanium case, the back of this unique divers watch features the Manta Ray Logo, paying homage to the endangered species. The dark blue ceramic inlay on the unidirectional revolving top ring comes with an engraved 60 minute scale which can be used for precision timing for diving and other sporting activities. The indices and hands of the time piece are in Superluminova dark orange – resulting in an easy to read timepiece even when under water.
The logo on the back of the Oris Maldives Limted Edition watch shows the famous and endangered Manta Rays. The titanium crown protector is fixed with distinctive Oris screws for added security and the double curved sapphire crystal is coated with an inside anti-reflex layer. The buckles of the rubber strap and metal bracelet can easily be adjusted to the desired length for comfortable fitting. Water resistant to 30bar (300 m 1000 ft), the Oris Maldives Limited Edition is perfect for serious Scuba Divers along with those looking for the stylish aesthetics of a beautiful functional divers watch.
* Oris Maldives Limited Edition No. 643 7654 7185 RS or MB, Ø 43.00mm Limited to 2000 pieces
* Automatic mechanical movement Oris 643 with centre hands for both hours and minutes, subsidiary second at 9h, date window
* Multi-piece Titanium case with unidirectional revolving top ring and ceramic inlay with engraved 60 minutes scale
* Inside and outside doomed sapphire crystal with non reflective coating on the inside
* Automatic helium valve at 9 o’clock position and stainless steel screw-in crown at 3 o’clock position
* Case back with special Manta Ray logo
* Water resistant to 30 bar / 300 metres
* Blue dial with applied indices filled with Superluminova in dark orange colour
* Easy adjustable black rubber strap with folding clasp or
* Multi-piece titanium metal bracelet with folding clasp
* Set Multipurpose soft pouch and Limited edition certificate
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By TLex ARMIDA Watches are very kindly offering all OceanicTime readers a 100USD discount on ALL versions of the A1 Diver. That means the Miyota is now only 399USD and the ETA with its fantastic domed crystal can be your for 599USD. When placing your online order with CCNow all you need do is enter the coupon code 'OCEANICTIME'. Many thanks to ARMIDA Watches for their generous offer . . .
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By TLex I'm really not sure what to make of this new brand from . . . Italy? Really?! On paper the watches have some fairly reasonable specs. A 46mm AISI 316L Stainless Steel case with a water-resistance of 300m housing an ETA caliber 2824-2 mechanical with automatic winding, a domed AR coated sapphire crystal, black enamel dial with applied luminescent indexes with blue hue and a custom adjustable rubber divers strap.
But then there's all this unnecessary text everywhere. We've got Superlative Design (not superlative chronometer), Original Sea God Design (not original gas escape valve), and Professional Diver Instruments (not divers instrument) plastered all over the dial. They've even used 'design' twice for sea-god's sake! Then there's the bezel system, which if I'm correct is a two part design. The outer, which is a fixed bezel with 12 titanium screws (wonder if they're real screws or faux) with wave design . . .
OK I've just answered my own question; anyone got a wave-head screw driver handy! The inner (that's inner not internal) part, which is a unidirectional bezel is in fact a ceramic disc with no apparent means for gripping it. Try setting that with a wet divers glove! I think it would be fairly safe to assume that the team who designed this watch probably have little dive experience if any at all. The case design itself is a generic Rolex-type design, nothing special even with all the embellishments.
However I’m not ashamed to admit that there are some design elements that I do quite like though. If you were to remove 90% of the text from the dial, you might be able to notice its applied circular white markers with blue lume à la DEEP SEA. They’re nice! I have no quibble with the handset either, apart from the silly triangle in the center of the hour hand’s arrow head. Then there's the 'Sea Doo' (oops I meant Sea God) engraved case side, again totally unnecessary, but kind of cool. Nothing wrong with the Maserati-type trident logo engraved caseback either, it seems securely bolted down by its 12 titanium screws.
With that said I’m still passing on the Sea God, which will no doubt be coming to a shopping mall near you, soon! PS I have no idea on pricing, sorry!
