Sandoz could be the first watch company to develop a monobloc watch case that could meet the water resistance of 1000m.
Of course this are just based on information I got from this site: http://www.rruegger.ch/sandoz_typhoon.htm
http://www.rruegger.ch/first_1000m_dive_watch.htm
Whether it’s Jenny or Sandoz, they are part of my collection now, part of the monobloc case theme.
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The 2nd purchase of 2011, a long awaited piece as a bday gift for myself.
The Helson Sharkmaster.
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I also got this recently, after I got poison deeply by the Omega Ploprof 600m !
I got to learn that Ocean7 actually released a Ploprof homage, LM-7, couple of years ago. I was tempted by it, didn’t really like the SS version, so I managed to source a pre-owned PVD version.
It’s using a Sellita SW200 movement, a ETA 2824 clone. Time keeping is still great, +5-6s after 5 days, even thou it’s a year old watch and I might be the 3rd owner already.
Anyway, I spent some time reading about the whole process of this watch in Watchuseek Ocean7 forum, from how the idea was formed to production, it took a year before it started shipping at the end of 2008 !
It’s amazing how they managed to design this watch with so many inputs from the forum, going over the details of the color of the dial, 5-minute interval markers, acrylic or sapphire bezel insert etc.
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