The Style of The IWC Aquatimer
by Ed J Price
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The renowned IWC Aquatimer watches are intended to be fashionable and long-lasting while also being easy to wear. Their materials are titanium and stainless steel, very tough and light. Watches do eventually cause muscle fatigue, although not enough for most people to notice. You will find that an Aquatimer watch is much lighter than your current watch and the difference is highly noticeable.
Components and Features
The cases are built from either titanium or stainless steel with a brushed finish that helps reduce the appearance of small scratches and cuts down on glare. A lot of effort goes into the components and casings, since they are turned, milled, and drilled instead of stamped. This allows for a closer fit of the pieces; for instance, the crown, which fits snugly and doesn’t wiggle regardless of what setting it’s in.
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
To their Aquatimer 2000m watches IWC introduced many interesting features. Before it can turn, the bezel must be pushed down on both sides. This is done as a safety precaution in case something accidentally turns the bezel. The ability to remove it to clean it is another feature of the bezel which is worth noting down. Eventually, dirt from the material will build up underneath the bezel whenever the watch is in use. So instead of having to send your watch to be cleaned or repaired, you can simply repair and clean it yourself just by removing the screws holding the bezel in place, this saves both time and money.
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.
Two types of bands that are available through IWC which are very common dive bands: the Velcro version which is tear resistant and the metal link bracelet. Although the bracelet is susceptible to scratching easily, it is well made and comes with everything you need to make it larger or smaller by adding or removing links. Some of the versions, like the Aquatimer 2000, are designed to narrow toward the clasp to minimize interference with wrist movement. Also available for purchase from IWC is the special diving strap that won’t irritate skin like numerous other straps are wont to do. The rubber bracelet that IWC makes, however, also counts for a perfect band for diving.
Conclusion
Comfort and strength is what the IWC Aquatimer watches are designed for. Some people think the watch could use a modification or two, but most believe that IWC dive watches have already obtained this goal. It is not hard to see why IWC has remained a pioneer in watch manufacturing because of their ground-breaking designs and technologies.
