When you have already worn the Rolex Water Ghost, Omega Seamaster and Blancpain 50 Fathoms, if you want to upgrade your luxury diver's watch, what watch can you put on? In the past, many players have opted for the Royal Oak offshore. And today, I would like to share with you a new option, the Ulysse Nardin Diver skeleton diver.
Athens DIVER cut-out OPS, army green color.
Athens DIVER cut-out, azure colorway.
The Ulysse Nardin DIVER skeleton, on top of the durability and 200-meter water resistance of the diver's watch, not only has new technology, but also gives the diver's watch an "artistic component". In the field of art, water ghosts and offshore types can't catch up with it. The Athens DIVER Hollow currently on sale, including DIVER Hollow OPS Army Green, DIVER Hollow Blue, DIVER Hollow White, etc., are all priced at 206,300.
Athens DIVER cut-out, dazzling white color.
The 200,000 level, the Athens DIVER hollow is more "artistic" than the royal oak offshore type.
Diver's watches such as the Rolex, Omega Seamaster, Blancpain 50 Fathoms, including the Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 15710/15720, must have a legible dial in order to meet the standards of a professional diver's watch (IS0 6425 or DIN 8306); Eye-catching luminescent hands and luminescent hour markers; A rotating bezel (or inner bezel) with a fixed size. Therefore, this leads to the fact that even if these diver's watches have ceramic rings, karat gold hour markers, sophisticated appearance polishing, etc., there is still a strong "sense of tool" in these diver's watches.
From left to right, the Omega Seamaster 300m "No Time to Die", the Rolex Calendar 126610, and the Blancpain 50 Fathoms Submersible Blue Ceramic.
Athens DIVER cut-out OPS, army green color.
The Ulysse Nardin DIVER hollow is a diver's watch that focuses on "appearance" and "art", without the "baggage" of a professional diver's watch. Athens can have more "technology" and "decoration" on the basis of maintaining the DIVER Hollow 200-meter water resistance. Therefore, it is also a luxury diver's watch with a public price of 200,000 yuan, the Ulysse Dins DIVER skeleton and the Audemars Piguet offshore 15720 are placed together, and it is obvious that the Athens DIVER skeleton has brought us a stronger "visual impact".
Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore 15720 (left) and Athens Diver Skeleton (right)
Athens DIVER cut-out, azure colorway.
Only the Athens DIVER is hollowed out, jumping out of the style of "water ghost".
If modern diver's watches are more or less referenced to the style of the Rolex water ghost and Blancpain 50 fathoms in history, then only the Ulysse Diver skeletonized and jumped out of the circle of "water ghosts". The DIVER skeleton, with its huge X-shaped cut-out, is something you won't find on any luxury diver's watch outside of Ulysses.
Athens DIVER is hollowed out, and the plate surface has a huge X-shaped cutout.
The X skeleton is both the dial and the movement bridge. The upper part of the X is the barrel; To the right of the X is the dial train that winds the time on the crown; Below the X is a huge silicon balance wheel; On the left of the X is the three wheels of the time wheel train. The hollow area is larger, more than some hollow watches of Vacheron Constantin and Piaget.
Athens DIVER is hollowed out, and the plate surface has a huge X-shaped cutout.
The dial has a huge X cut-out and is richly polished. The outer layer of the X is brushed, and the inside of the X is polished, so that the X can form a good reflection at any angle of light, which is eye-catching. Different styles of DIVER cut-outs have different crossings on the X. The luminescent hour markers of the watch, surrounded by the X-bezel.
The huge blue-purple silicon balance wheel below the X is visible.
Glow-in-the-dark effect
The UN 372 automatic movement underneath the X skeleton makes extensive use of silicon components. The balance, escape wheel, pallet fork, and hairspring are all made of silicon. In particular, the silicon balance wheel formed by photoelectric etching is eye-catching, with blade-like counterweights around the balance wheel and a non-jamming micro-adjustment weight on the inside. The silicon balance, compared with the conventional beryllium copper balance, has a significant weight reduction and high operating efficiency, which allows the DIVER skeleton diver's watch to have 96 hours of power in the case of a large area of hollowing out and no multiple barrels. In terms of movement polishing, Athens is a modern style, mainly brushed and sandblasted. Looking at the back of the watch, the oscillating weight of the movement is also a huge X-shaped.
The Athens DIVER skeleton uses the UN 372 automatic movement, which shows that the rotor is also X-shaped.
High-end diver's watches, now commonly equipped with ceramic bezels. On the one hand, the ceramic circle is scratch-resistant, and on the other hand, it can be made into color. And the Athens DIVER is hollowed out, directly on the "carbon fiber bezel". In luxury diver's watches, carbon fiber bezel is rare, except for Athens, which is basically Panerai sneaking. The use of carbon fiber bezel is mainly focused on high appearance and light weight. Carbon fiber is the lightest material in famous watches, lighter than ceramics and titanium. At the same time, in the process of forging, carbon fiber can make a unique pattern of carbon fiber (you can also add color) to enhance the appearance. In order to ensure the functionality of the diver's watch, Ulysse Nardin also used luminescent scales on the carbon fiber bezel of the DIVER skeleton diver's watch. The glow-in-the-dark light is brilliant for a stand-out effect.
The carbon fiber bezel with the Athens DIVER skeleton.
The DIVER hollow white color scheme uses a white rubber bezel, and the whole watch body is all white.
The white rubber bezel of the dazzling white version.
Ulysse Nardin DIVER skeleton, size 44 mm, titanium case. OPS army green, azure version, titanium case plated black. At 44 mm, it is a larger diver's watch, but because of the titanium case and carbon fiber bezel, the weight of the watch is very light. The weight of the DIVER skeleton is much lighter than that of ordinary steel and ceramic diver watches.
Athens DIVER hollowed-out tape with a folding sheet on the tape to increase the angle of movement of the tape.
DIVER cut-out, usually with tape or canvas velcro straps. Ulysse Nardin's tape, which is not ordinary, adds a folding sheet to the upper part of the tape, which increases the angle of movement of the tape, which is not available on the tape of other famous watches, so the Ulysse Nardin DIVER skeleton diver's watch fits the wrist very well. Generally, the problem of insufficient adhesive tape fitting and dangling on the wrist does not exist on the Ulysse Nardin DIVER skeleton diver's watch.
Athens DIVER cut-out OPS, army green color.
At the level of 200,000, it is basically the top level of luxury diver's watches. Royal Oak offshore diving, I wear more. Although the size of the offshore type 15710/15720 is not large on paper data 42, the hands are actually relatively thick and heavy, and the tape is also very wide. And the wearing feeling of the Athens DIVER hollow hand has been improved a lot, and the appearance is also eye-catching. The FOB 15710/15720 is undoubtedly a very classic diver's watch, but after encountering the Ulysse Nardin Diver skeleton, I also recommend you to really try the Ulysse Nardin Diver skeleton. (Photo/text: Watch House, Yan Danping)