Swiss Army Leather Strap Watches

Victorinox Swiss Army Dive Master 500 Mecha diving watchFor the year 2009, Victorinox Swiss Army has updated its Dive Master collection of diving watches with this 500 Mecha model.Available in three different colors and coming either on a color-keyed rubber strap or a metal bracelet, the Victorinox Swiss Army Dive Master 500 Mecha is a nice alternative much more expensive models like TAG Heuer Aquaracer 500m Calibre 5 or, say, DOXA Sub 600T-Graph.The watch has a diameter of only 43mm, however its lugs seem to be on the longer side, so one should actually try the 500 Mecha on his/her own wrist before ordering one on eBay or from some other online retailer.Its 3-dimensional dial with large hour indices and broad sword-shaped hands offer enough contrast even in poor lighting conditions. There also seems to a generous amount of lume on them and on the first 20 minutes on the outer rotating bezel.The watch comes powered by a time-proven ETA 2892-A2 automatic movement. Both reliable and accurate, the caliber often serves as a base movement for much more expensive watches like, for example, Omega, Breitling, Perrelet and even Ulysse Nardin. Of course, movements that go to Omega or UN undergo strict quality control procedures, but even watches powered the most basic ETA 2892-A2 calibers rarely give their owners too much trouble.The watch’s transparent caseback offers good view at the movement, but, judging by the available photos, there is not much to look at. Besides the company’s logo painted on the rotor, there is no additional decoration. Well, you didn’t expect one on a watch priced below $1000, did you?

Watchmaker Chronoswiss has unveiled a new timepiece which goes for a simple design, yet packing in plenty of features.Called the Sirius Triple Date, the watch looks to honour the brightest star which can be seen in the sky, Watch Luxus has reported.Looking at the face of this timepiece reveals a wealth of elements which will appeal to watch fans hoping to find a product offering more than just telling the current time.This is because there are two windows below the 12 o'clock position which calculates the current day and month, with a mini-dial around the six o'clock location showing the date, as well as the moon phase being applied as an added touch by Chronoswiss, a name which was first etched into the watchmaking industry in 1984.However, these are all designed in a style which does not overload this part of the watch, in which the website noted: "The Sirius Triple Date is characterised by timeless, elegant design, proving that sometimes less is indeed more."