The Style of The IWC Aquatimer
November 25, 2009 by Ed J Price
Filed under Recreation Sports
IWC Aquatimer watches are designed to balance a comfortable design with a sturdy and stylish casing. These quality dive watches are made of lightweight yet very strong materials, either titanium or stainless steel. Heavier watches tend to cause some muscle fatigue, which most people who regularly wear watches are used to and don’t notice. However, once you try out an Aquatimer watch, you will realize just how heavy your old watch is.
Components and Features
The titanium and/or stainless steel cases have a brushed finish to reduce glare and the appearance of small scratches, and are carefully designed and intended to have these effects. The pieces fit very closely in these cases as a lot of effort goes into the assembling of components and cases, meaning they are milled, drilled, and turned instead of being stamped. For example, the crown is a very tight fit so that it will never wobble in any given situation or setting.
Useful Readable Features
The convex sapphire crystal combined with a black background, steel indices, and hands is another remarkable feature that makes this watch easily readable. It has precisely applied luminescent material which means that there is no bleeding, staining, or holes. There are some Aquatimer watches that use tritium, while others may use super Luminova or even a combination of both. Tritium glows constantly, but should be used in reasonably small amounts as it contains radioactive characteristics. On the other hand, Super Luminova glows only for four or five hours but is not radioactive like Tritium. Therefore, combining both is a great idea. The dial is big enough to easily tell what the exact time is, but it is not too big to make this brilliant watch look overwhelming in any way.
Bezel, Movement, and Bands
IWC introduced an interesting feature to their 2000m watches. The bezel must be pushed down on both sides before it will turn. This lowers the chance of something accidentally turning the bezel. Another feature of the bezel is the ability to remove it to clean it. Since the course of normal wear material is inevitably going to build up under the bevel making it hard to turn. Now all you need to do is remove the screws holding the bezel in place and clean it yourself, instead of having to send your watch to be repaired.
The Aquatimer watches are made differently from ones made specifically for a line of watches by adding kits with their own parts so that you do not have to replace or buy a whole new watch if something gets missing. This is also done to ensure that the dive watch you purchased maintains its quality features and to make sure it can endure the same conditions the rest of the watch was made to withstand.
Tear resistant Velcro and metal link bracelet are the two bands that are common for diving which IWC makes. With the bracelet, you can add or remove links, but the only downfall is that it is easy to scratch. However, apart from these two common dive bands, the rubber bracelets which they manufacture make superb dive bands as well. The Aquatimer 2000 has a design where the bracelet tapers off as it nears the clasp so that it doesn’t interfere with wrist movement. You can purchase the diving strap directly from IWC, and, unlike other straps, it doesn’t rub the skin.
In Conclusion
IWC Aquatimer watches are the leaders in the dive watch industry. Satisfied customers describe them as sleek, strong and comfortable. IWC has truly met and exceeded expectations with the design and technology applied to their watches. It is easy to see why when customers want to choose a stylish yet dependable underwater watch, they choose IWC. The main purpose of the design of the watch was durability as well as comfort, and the Aquatimer watches have managed to attain exactly that and more.
Ed J Price has had a keen interest in the sport of scuba diving for several years. For more details, notably on the IWC Aquatimer and other diving watches, visit his online resource site today.
