Victorinox Presents Dive Master 500 Black Ice Chrono & Mecha Watches

Precision timing meets diving in the new Dive Master 500 Black Ice Chrono, nowequipped with a chronograph movement in the same ultra-rugged and highlyfunctional 43 mm sport watch from Victorinox Swiss Army.

The 500 meters (50 ATM) water resistance, which gives its name to the Dive Master 500 line, is maintained in this chrono version through the screw-in caseback and thescrew-down crown and pushers. The chronograph function features enhancedlegibility and ease of use with central hands for the timing of seconds and minutesaround the dial, and a separate 12-hour counter at 10 o'clock, with a date windowand small second at 6 o'clock.

Victorinox Dive Master 500 Black Ice Mecha

The mechanical version of the Dive Master 500 introduced last year iscomplemented this summer with a new model featuring an exclusive Deep Blue dialand matching Swiss-made genuine rubber strap, powered with a Swiss-mademechanical self-winding movement.

The trademark Black Ice PVD coating now extends to the entire Dive Master 500 collection, including the new quartz models with a redesigned and enriched dialtaking cues from the mechanical models, and new half-opened luminescent hands.

Features of Dive Master 500 Black Ice Chrono

• Swiss-made quartz chronograph movement (ETA 251.262)
• 43 mm stainless steel case with Black Ice PVD coating
• Screw-in caseback
• Screw-down chronograph pushers and crown
• Functions:
  • Central second and minute chronograph hands
  • Central 60-second and 60-minute counters, 12-hour

    counter at 10 o’clock

  • Date calendar and small second at 6 o’clock
• Available with:
  • Orange dial and orange genuine rubber strap
  • Victorinox red dial and red genuine rubber strap
  • Black dial and stainless steel bracelet with Black Ice PVD coating or genuine black rubber strap

Features Of Dive Master 500 Black Ice Mecha

• Swiss-made mechanical selfwinding movement (ETA 2892-A2)
• 43 mm stainless steel case with Black Ice PVD coating
• Screw-in exhibition caseback with mineral crystal
• Military time
• Functions:
  • Hour, minutes and seconds
  • Date calendar at 3 o’clock
  • Stop second device
  • Deep Blue dial and matching genuine rubber strap
  • Suggested price (without VAT): EUR 746.00

Features Of All Dive Master 500 Series

• Unidirectional rotating bezel
• Protected screw-down crown
• Water resistant to 500 m (50 ATM, 1650 ft)
• Scratch-resistant, triple-coated anti-reflective sapphire crystal
• Luminescent hands, hour markers, logo and bezel markers
• Suggested price (without VAT): From EUR 479.00 to 729.00
• Availability: May 2010