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A tribute to the brand’s inaugural dive watch from 1957
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Devised and originally patented by Aquastar, this simple, but critical feature would later become a standard feature echoed by legions of dive watches in the years that followed.
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Diver, Innovator, Disruptor
Aquastar was founded in 1962 in the city of Geneva in Switzerland by Mr. Frédéric Robert. Mr. Robert, a diver, a sailor, a pilot, a watchmaker, a mathematician. He also represented Switzerland at the 1948 yachting world championship.
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AQUASTAR – Deepstar Chronograph - 1962🔺
With extensive experience on the high seas, Robert set out to start a watch company that focused on developing watches, watch parts, and specialized instruments exclusively for underwater activities, ranging from sport diving to professional scientific excursions and underwater exploration, with the ultimate goal of making all diving exploits safer.
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It was November 1962 when Robert renamed his father’s company JeanRichard™ company to “Aquastar,” and it was here, where an entirely new underwater legacy was born.
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AQUASTAR – Deepstar Chronograph - 1962🔺
Aquastar marked the first time in the Swiss watchmaking world where a company was dedicated to producing professional-grade watches and timing instruments in a single market segment.
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AQUASTAR – Deepstar Chronograph - 1962🔺
And with a catalog that quickly grew into dive watches and other aquatic tools like dive compasses, depth gauges, and thermometers – all of which could be fit onto watch straps, Aquastar’s mission soon became quite a unique one at the time for a Swiss horology Maison.
It was during this time that Mr. F. Robert distributed his range of diving instruments under the new name “Aquastar” almost exclusively through specialized stores instead of regular retailers.
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Given the socioeconomic environment of the times, this non-traditional sales tactic seemed risky at first, but it reflected Robert’s innovative approach to problem solving – a trait that would reflect in his many patented designs, as well as the backbone that would define the brand’s disruptive legacy many years later.
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MODEL 60, KEEPING WITH THE TRADITIONS
Thoughtfully sized in a 37mm stainless steel case the Model 60 is a somewhat unique reference in the deep Aquastar archive, as it follows a more traditional dive watch execution, using bold hour markers and lume-filled paddle hands, a 60 minute rotating bezel, and a center-mounted seconds hand, eschewing the bold asymmetrical dial elements that would characterize later Aquastar watches, like the iconic Deepstar Chronograph.
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The Aquastar model 60 comes on a choice of straps and bracelets. A seatbelt NATO, a genuine or a beads of rice stainless steel bracelet.
Keeping the traditions
“WITH EVERY AQUASTAR RELEASE, WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE PRODUCT CYCLES INTRODUCED BY THE BRAND’S ORIGINAL FOUNDER, FREDERIC ROBERT, AND LOOK AHEAD TO WHAT HE MIGHT STILL BE PRODUCING, HAD THE BRAND NEVER BEEN PAUSED DURING THE QUARTZ CRISIS,” SAYS RICK MAREI, AQUASTAR’S MODERN HELMSMAN. “WE ARE PROUD TO BE BOTH HISTORIANS AND CUSTODIANS OF THIS RICH BRAND, USING THE NEW MODEL 60 TO PAY TRIBUTE TO AQUASTAR’S INFLUENCE AND INNOVATIONS IN THE WORLD OF UNDERSEA EXPLORATION,” HE CONTINUES.
THE NEW POWER HOUSE G100, DEVELOPED AND MANUFACTURED IN SWITZERLAND BY LA JOUX PERRET
The new Aquastar model 60 re-edition is powered by the Swiss made manufacture calibre G100 from La Joux Perret.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Model: AQUASTAR Deepstar 60 Re-Edition
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DIAL:
Black glossy dial design
High density filling old light Radium super Luminova application
Re-edition of the Aquastar model 60 from 1957
CASE:
Bi-directional rotating bezel on a ceramic bearing
316L Stainless Steel case with highly domed, AR triple coated sapphire crystal
Case Diameter 37mm
Bezel Diameter 37mm
Length from lug to lug 47mm
Case height 11mm
MOVEMENT:
High end Swiss Made Manufacture caliber by La Joux-Perret G100
Physical Dimensions Ø26 mm x 4.50 mm
Frequency 4 Hz
Power reserve 68 h
Lift Angle: 51 degrees
Reassembly Clockwise (uni-directional) automatic
Number of rubies 28
Rotor: 100% Tungsten, Ball Bearing
Anti-Shock Device: KIF
Country of Manufacture: Switzerland, Swiss made
FUNCTIONS:
Hour, minute and seconds indicators
Bi-directional Rotating 60-minute elapsed time bezel on ceramic ball bearing
STRAP:
Seatbelt NATO Strap or
optional genuine Tropic strap or
optional STAINLESS STEEL BOR BRACELET WITH FITTED ENDLINKS
🔴 Price: RETAIL PRICE: 1'590 USD 👉 ORDER PRICE: 1'390 USD💰
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