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After its INOX, Journey and Maverick, the Swiss company Victorinox unveils a new diving watch designed to push the limits: the Dive Pro.
This new product, released during the 2024 spring season, focuses on a unique design, innovative materials and advanced features to appeal to adventurers and watch enthusiasts!
So, put on your wetsuit and take a last look at your bottles, Swiss Made Watch Magazine is today immersing you in a bath of modernity signed Victorinox.
The Victorinox Dive Pro: a watch of the depths
Technicality above all
Beyond style, what defines a true professional dive watch is its intrinsic technical characteristics. On this first point, the Dive Pro ticks all the boxes!
Its case of 43 mm diameter for 14.5 mm thickness displays a water resistance to 300 meters depth (i.e. 30 bars of pressure) and is even certified ISO 6425Well known to enthusiasts, this international standard indicates that the part, designed for great depths, also resists temperature variations.
Like any self-respecting diver, the model incorporates a unidirectional rotating bezel at 120 clicks offering a general marking over 60 minutes as well as a finer graduation over the first 20 minutes. An essential element for scuba divers!
The brand even went so far as to specify the water resistance of its model via a very small engraving on the edge of the rotating bezel of the model. If you get close enough, you can read the inscription “300 m / 900 ft” which attests to the capabilities of the watch.
But the Victorinox Dive Pro doesn’t stop there! It also benefits from the standard ISO 1413a certification that tells us that this new product is also protected against shocks, vibrations and that it also defends itself against the intrusion of sand and dust. A real must when it comes to a diving watch!
And since it is a contemporary timepiece designed for modern times, it also provides protection against the electromagnetic fields that surround us. By this, you can understand that the waves emitted by our wireless speakers, tablets and smartphones do not scare this antimagnetic watch certified ISO 764.
A timepiece that is as readable as it is comfortable
But, it would be a shame to be intimidated by the apparent bestiality of this Victorinox Dive Pro. Because, this Swiss watch designed, manufactured and tested by Victorinox watchmakers in the city of Delemont offers a completely optimal level of comfort!
In addition to offering a case with a diameter not exceeding 43 mm, it can be accompanied by a very flexible genuine rubber strap as a model in paracord. While the first reinforces the nautical aspect of the model, the second allows it to appropriate, with style, the appearance of the watches worn by adventurers who remained on land. On this subject, remember that the rubber straps are available in various colors ranging from sober shades such as black or navy blue to more eccentric shades such as yellow and orange.
This way, whether you like very sober watches or have a preference for more sparkling timepieces, you will definitely find what you are looking for!
Thanks to their pin bucklethese bracelets can be adjusted in seconds and offer an adjustment that is as easy as it is precise. In addition to being practical, they are also aesthetic! Their system of quick change integrated even allows you to mount another model that will change the appearance of your watch in no time, without tools. What more could you ask for?
Another appreciable point, with its large indexes and oversized hands, the Victorinox Dive Pro offers a high level of readability on land and at sea! Topped with a sapphire glass At triple coating and anti-reflective treatmentits matte face is easy to read in all circumstances, even when the Sun is at its zenith.
Immersed in a dark or nocturnal environment, the Dive Pro reveals a face with different tones. Indeed, the luminescent material Super-LumiNova applied to the hands and geometric indexes offers an original two-color display. While the Victorinox logo at 12 o’clock, the 11 other indexes as well as the hour hand and the second hand adopt a fluorescent green coating, the minute hand is adorned with a bright blue that echoes the luminous ball positioned on the graduated bezel.
But that’s not all! The features of this new Victorinox product, just like its style, can vary depending on the model selected. Enough to find a model that fits your state of mind.
A watch available in automatic and quartz
The Victorinox Dive Pro automatic
With its Swiss mechanism, the Victorinox Dive Pro Automatic is the brand’s flagship. It is powered by the Sellita SW 220-1a high-end caliber based on the ETA 2836-2.
This automatic movement offers interesting performances! Its operating frequency is measured at 28,800 vibrations per hour (4Hz) and its embedded architecture 26 rubies while its power reserve is given for 38 hours.
The real plus of this caliber? It offers a day-date complication in French and English which will be useful to all adventurers who have in mind the idea of making this watch their daily ally.
Beyond this day-date function, it is also through the localization of the screw-down crown at four o’clock that we can distinguish the automatic Victorinox Dive Pro from the battery-powered models. This very particular positioning provides additional comfort when worn.
Note that the Victorinox Dive Pro Automatic comes in 4 versions that can be made in stainless steel as in titanium ASTM Ti-Grade 2 and whose characteristics are as follows:
- 241994: stainless steel case and bezel, black dial, black rubber strap
- 241995: stainless steel case and bezel, blue dial, blue rubber strap
- 241996: titanium case and bezel (grey/black), black dial, orange rubber strap
- 241997: titanium case and bezel (black/black), black dial, black rubber strap
The Victorinox Dive Pro quartz
For those looking for an ultra-precise watch or simply a high-end piece that is a little more accessible, Victorinox has had the good idea of developing several models powered by a quartz movement!
Under the hood of these models is a Ronda 715 that we find. It is a quartz movement therefore, equipped with a comfortable 60 months autonomy.
These references incorporate a practical date complication as well as a screw-down crown classically positioned at three o’clock next to the window. These are also the two main aesthetic differences observable between the versions of the Victorinox Dive Pro Quartz and those of the automatic version. The diameter and thickness of the case remain, in both cases, identical!
Here is an overview of the 4 available versions of the Victorinox Dive Pro Quartz:
- 241990: stainless steel case and bezel, black dial, black rubber strap
- 241991: stainless steel case and bezel, blue dial, blue rubber strap
- 241992: titanium case and bezel (grey), black dial, yellow rubber strap
- 241993.1: titanium case and bezel (grey), black dial, black paracord strap
Designed for the underwater depths, the Dive Pro is a watch with the style and DNA typical of Victorinox. This adventurer’s watch adopts beautiful contemporary materials such as titanium and rubber to offer you a very interesting concentration of technicality.
With its unique recipe, this timepiece will, without a shadow of a doubt, appeal to lovers of modern sports watches!
