I should have dedicated some ink to this wrister a few weeks ago, but here it is anyway… A very cool dive watch from Oris, and just in time for you divers wishing to be bold, brave and more.
Appreciate this, the Carlos Coste LE, a diver which is a tribute to free-diver, Carlos Coste who in 2010 established a new Guinness World Record for freediving, by completing a 150 metre underwater swim using no apparatus. The dive was made through Dos Ojos, a colossal cenote (cave network) that twists for 31 miles under Yucatan, Mexico. Coste was armed with only a torch and a monofin when he made the dive.
Functionality is not even an issue as this wrister has all the trappings of a steady, dependable and durable dive watch. Aesthetics are also top priority, typified by the minute counter that glows in the dark for ease of reading and to indicate the time spent under water, a triangle on the 2 minute position symbolises that Carlos would be reaching his own breath record of 2:30 minutes for a dynamic dive at this point, whilst a second triangle at the seven minute position highlights Carlos’s record of 7:30 minutes for holding his breath during a static dive.
The top ring of this watch is made of scratch proof ceramic, the numerals and triangle at the zero position are filled with SLN to provide optimum visibility in darkness like that experienced during cave dives. The case back is graced by the Carlos Coste logo and the limitation number.
Nice looking diver from Oris!!!
loose tape…
• automatic mechanical chronograph movement ETA 7750 with red rotor
• hour, minute and stop second from the centre, subsidiary dials at 6, 9 and 12 h position
• titanium case with ceramic top ring and Superluminova inlay and screwed case back with Carlos Coste’s logo
• pushers and screw down crown in stainless steel
• automatic helium valve at 9 o’clock position
• water resistant to 500 meters
• black dial with applied indices filled with Superluminova
• titanium metal bracelet with easy adjustable folding clasp
