Vintage Orange Depthmaster, 10 dive watches built around original vintage dials
The Vintage Orange Depthmaster is a 39 mm cushion-case dive watch built around an original vintage Nivada Grenchen dial in glossy orange, with a new old stock ETA 2472 automatic movement and a water resistance of 1,000 m. Only 10 were made, and the watch now has its place in the Retrospective of our limited editions.
It started with a lucky find: a batch of 10 vintage Nivada Grenchen dials, pristine and untouched. These glossy orange dials carry distinctive Arabic numerals and tritium indexes, the kind of dial collectors look for, and each one became the heart of one watch.
Because the dials are original vintage parts, the edition could never be larger than 10 pieces. Discover the other orange dive watches in our orange Depthmaster selection.
Each watch also runs on a carefully sourced ETA 2472, a new old stock automatic movement. It beats at 18,000 vibrations per hour (2.5 Hz), with 21 jewels, a power reserve of about 42 hours and a date with semi-quickset.
The case and hands were made in 2023, so the vintage parts sit in a new, fully sealed watch. New to dive watches? Read our dive watch essentials.
Case
39 mm cushion case, 316L stainless steel, 47 mm lug to lug, 13 mm thick
Glass
Flat sapphire crystal
Dial
Original vintage glossy orange dial, Arabic numerals, tritium indexes
Movement
ETA 2472 automatic, new old stock, 21 jewels, 18,000 vph, about 42 h power reserve, date
Water resistance
1,000 m / 100 ATM, screw-down crown, automatic helium escape valve
Strap
Black Tropic rubber strap, 20 mm, steel pin buckle
The cushion-shaped case is 316L stainless steel, 39 mm across, 47 mm from lug to lug and 13 mm thick, with 20 mm lugs. A flat sapphire crystal covers the dial.
The screw-down crown and the automatic helium escape valve make it water resistant to 100 ATM, or 1,000 m, ready for saturation diving. Explore the full Depthmaster collection.
FAQs
A dive watch is built to be worn underwater: high water resistance, a screw-down crown, a rotating bezel to time the dive and a legible dial. The Vintage Orange Depthmaster is water resistant to 1,000 m and has an automatic helium escape valve.
New old stock means original parts that were made years ago but never used. On the Vintage Orange Depthmaster, both the vintage orange dial and the ETA 2472 movement are new old stock, fitted into a case made in 2023.
A helium escape valve lets helium out of the case during the decompression phase of saturation diving, so the pressure inside does not damage the watch. The Vintage Orange Depthmaster has an automatic helium escape valve.
