To me this qualifies as reasonably priced particularly if you consider t you get for this cash. With its robust workmanship water resistance up to 30 bar 300 meters and the official COSC Chronometer certificate this watch leaves nothing to be desired. The Certina DS Action Diver Sea Turtle Conservancy 60 th Anniversary special edition the topic of todays review is a special piece. The Certina DS Action Diver watch in steel will have a price of CHF795 while the steel with rubber strap will be CHF770. The DS Action Diver has long been a favourite among admirers of the Certina collection. Certina DS Action Diver Silicone Strap blackWhite.
The DS Action Diver Titanium meets all the requirements of the demanding ISO 6425 standard and is water-resistant to 300 meters. Named the Certina DS Double Security Action Diver it boasts a 300 metre water-resistance innovative Powermatic 80 movement and solid time-keeping precision. And crucially its a nightly handsome divers watch too. Certinas resurgence is spearheaded by its new divers watch. Swiss made mechanical watch with 300 meters water resistance 80 hours of energy reserve in titanium.Ĭertina Ds Action Diver Automatic C013 407 47 081 00 Certina Watches Scuba Diving Watches Titanium Watches Certina Heritage DS Caimano Gent C0354104408700 439.Ĭertina ds action diver titanium. More information from the Certina website.Ģ1st February 2018 in Certina.Titanium case with DS system Double Security and rotating bezel black aluminum. It’s a great value watch, more expensive than the Helm Vanuatu but better-looking. The Certina DS Action Diver Automatic is reference C032.407.11.051.00, and it costs 795 Swiss francs, or 775 Swiss francs in the version with a rubber strap. And in a watch like the Certina DS Action Diver Automatic, you can’t see the movement anyway, so the industrial finish of the Powermatic 80 isn’t a problem. As there are chronometer-certified versions of the Powermatic 80, you can’t fault the ETA technology. The Powermatic 80 has a silicon balance spring and no regulator: its rate is set by laser during production. As regards regulation, most customers will never want to remove the case back and try to work on the movement. Personally I don’t think it’s a great problem, plastic has been used in other movements before this one and it helps reduce friction. The ones used by Hamilton don’t have any plastic parts, and likewise the movements used by Mido, whereas there are plastic components in the movements used by Tissot. As regards the plastic components, there seem to be different versions of the Powermatic 80. The long power reserve is achieved in part by an improved mainspring and barrel and in part by a lower beat frequency of 21,600 vibrations per second, 3 Hertz. The main points of debate are whether there are any plastic components in the movement, and the fact that its construction makes it difficult to adjust for amateur watch repairers. It is the new version of the ETA 2824-2, The industrial nature of this movement leads to a lot of discussion on watch forums. The movement is the ETA Powermatic 80 (ETA C07.111), which is self-winding and provides the exceptional power reserve of 80 hours. You can’t see the movement because the watch has a solid case back with an engraving of a turtle, a Certina trademark. Hands and hour markers are coated in SuperLuminova, and likewise the reference triangle on the bezel, and a small circular disc on the second hand which shows you that the watch is running, one of the requirements for a diver’s watch. Case and bracelet are in stainless steel, while the bezel is in aluminium. The unidirectional rotating bezel is divided into minutes divisions, which makes it useful for timing any event and not just dives. The date window is discreetly camouflaged into the 3 o’clock hour marker. It comes in three variants, blue dial, black dial, black dial with green second hand. The brand says that the DS Action Diver Automatic “fulfils all the requirements of the ISO 6425 standard – and is waterproof up to 300 m.” Its water resistance is tested for three hours in water under pressure. I think that it is the only watch with ISO 6425 on the dial. The DS Action Diver Automatic by Certina is something of a rarity in the world of diving watches.