Because the 500 Fathoms is the latest watch that enters the Blancpain diver’s watches is also the number one in sales and in technology.
     The case of the watch is made from titanium and measures 48 millimeters in diameter and that is a dimension that is not suitable for Blancpain because they usual design smaller pieces around 35 millimeters. The big case was created to ensure that the big Arabic numbers are correctly set. The big numbers are used because the watch can reach very big debts and in that distance away from the day light the measuring components are very difficult to be read. Another important feature is that the numbers are fluorescent and only need 3 hours in sun light to sustain a glowing of 7 hours under water. Most of you will think that the properties of the letters to glow into the dark it usually disappears under the effects of time, and the watch will become impossible to indicate in the depts of the ocean but that is not just correct; yes every fluorescent compound will run out their properties eventually but the 500 Fathoms has developed a new ingenious system that every number has suffered a serious numbers of treatments and the Blancpain company is given you a warranty of 10 years just for those numbers and a warranty of 20 years for the entire watch and this is to be note that the watch is not used for diving the guaranty is up to 45 years, but it will not be a normal thing to buy this watch and not use its main property that is diving.

     An amazing piece of technology that can be found in this watch is the pressure valve and it is positioned near the hour ten. The main property of the pressure valve is to maintain the correct functionality of the watch because all of us know that when we go diving a certain force name pressure is acting on our body but not only and the same pressure appears over our instruments. What does this force do? It can be described by a factor that apply a certain force on any object that is not in the same pressure at the water and that is because the farther you go under water the more dense the water will be and so it has another pressure and you could only imagine what a tremendous force is acting on this watch. Well the pressure valve is connected to a small chamber that is filled with air from the surface (this is an automatic process) and when you submerge the pressure valve release the air so the chamber is starting to fill up with water and so the watch is getting close to the real pressure that it under water. Otherwise you realize that any other watches couldn’t stand this enormous pressure and even if there are watches that reach 500 meters under waters from then forward any watch need some pressuring methods to go even deeper.

     About this watch are many that can be spoken but the most general idea is to go and buy one and if you are a sportive person and acting in the diving area you will find out that no other watch like this one exist at this time. The watch is relatively cheap and costs only 5000 euros but this price is worthy because you buy a very strong high teak chronology.

Pictures with Blancpain 500 Fathoms

     If you want to buy a new sport watch for yourself and begin the search in the stores and on the internet Illum is in a great disadvantage because of the models name that they choose and that one is “Aqua diving watches” a name that made us think to a chinees model or a kids collection, so do not let yourself disappoint before you can take a close look of the watch. It does not matters the actually commercial of the watch and you must look at the watch characteristics and search for performance and options.

     We won’t be able to find a watch from Illum on every street. It is very hard to describe in words how this watch look like. We can say that this watch is a great combination between technology and night. It has a 38 mm case in height and with a protective glass offers to the owner an improved visibility.

     For the first time when you will wear an Illum on your hand you will notice that it doesn’t feel like you have a watch on your hand and this fact is given by the lack of indicators that we are used for the other sport watches. What are we trying to say is that the watch doesn’t have an hour indicator or a minute’s indicator. The creators of the watch the Momentum firm have design it without indicators because the indicators are a weak point when we speak about depts. So they eliminated them to make the watch resist to a higher pressure. But still how does the watch still is indicates the correct hour, a question that has a simple answer if you have seen the watch but if you don’t we will try to describe it. On the exterior of the glass that protects the watch you will find a small arrow pointed down, to the interior of the watch, and that arrow show us the correct hour and minutes (the hour that pass by the arrow are them entering a black area because the glass of the watch is divided in two section, one that is visible and another that is covered by a black color). Near the arrow will pass two indicators wheels that show the hours and the minutes, and the actually thing that make this possible is because the wheels are one on top of the other and you guess well the first wheel is indicates the hours and the second indicates the minutes and so we have obtain a aqua diving watch that is not digital and with no indicators.

     Also on the exterior of the glass we will find two colored substances colored in green and blue those actually are two laminator’s substances that can be active 35 hours from charging them only 10 minutes in sun light. This is the longest glow that exists in the watch industry so the Momentum firm may take all the credits that requires for this one.

     The bracelet of this watch is made from rubber because this watch is exclusive for diving and any other watches that resists to a dept of 200 meters can not resist with their metal bracelets because of the corrosive effect that appear in time and to a repeated exposure to diving’s. If you want to make the watch more elegant you can choose a metal bracelet from any shop.

     In the end we wish to tell you the watch is mechanical but has some quartz accessories an amazing combination that offer it a great technology inside the watch. It is a certain risk to combine mechanical parts whit quartz part and obtain a watch that works but also can dive whit it, but a risk that the Momentum firm transforms to success.

Pictures with IllumII Diving Watch

     Today in the memory of that ship and that sailor the Schaffhausen Corporation that are know to the world because of their special watches want to show their appreciation and come up with a limited collection called Aqua timer Chronograph of only 2500 exemplars and they will be donated to the Cousteau Society.

     So the proud owners of this watch not only enters the Cousteau Association and bringing a tribute to who was Cousteau they also become protector of nature and become one with Francine Cousteau mission, to save the planet. Every watch has a different component on it, component that where on the ship or even the ship name or the mission name a special figure that creates from the Cousteau watch a masterpiece that is elegant and very special for those who understands him. If you search throw the world 2500 watches that are from the same firm and every single one to be different with something you will see that the only place for this is Cousteau Society. This shows us that every single one of this watch was created manually at least for the exterior design.
     Being stamp on the back steel case and under the safe glass is a piece of wood that cam from the famous ship.

     The under water watches have a general problem when it cams about pressure and still indicate the correct time whiteout any mistakes. High pressure that appears in bigger depths can malfunction some equipment even if there are mechanical or electronically. When the pressure raises some forces created can affect a hermetic close chamber even if we speak about a watch. Those forces are affecting the watch indicators or the quartz and so the correct time can not be shown to us. But these things can not appear to the new Cousteau watch because the manufacturers implemented an inert gas inside the watch, a gas that has the property of eliminating pressure forces even if we speak of 200 meters bellow waters.

     So the correct time in a double way that the Cousteau watches show us, have become one of the most important property. The resistance under water and with function that are required for any diver creates a new chronograph that can help a diver in any problem and can be easily used like a watch that is specially created for under water used by navy divers.

      The Cousteau Diver can be found also in the standard mode and it cams with a bezel like a supplementary function but it can only rotate in a single direction. The button that can be found near the 4 o’clock number have a double use one to reset the watch and another to turn the bezel around.

Pictures with IWC Aquatimer Chronograph Cousteau Divers

     Ulysse Maxi Marine Diver Chronographer is a fusion of elements. Maxi Marine represents the fusion between chronograph and diver. This diving instrument is made to be used in hard conditions. The small counters of Maxi Marine indicates the minutes and seconds of the chronograph. You can set them in 0 modes instantly by pressing in the same time on both of the buttons.

     Made from steel and pink gold of 18 karats and it is tooled up whit a screwed crown, this time keeper can reach 200 meters in debt. A special spyglass that rotates was developed for this model. Its purpose is to make the watch more easy to use and combines the modern times whit aspect. The sapphire glass top it reveals the gold rotor made from gold of 22 karats. Every case is numbered in an individual way.

     Special factors.
     The INNO Vision program created by Ulysse Nardin that was reveled in august 2007 develops 10 technologically innovations. Tree from them are already being part into a finite product and ready for sale:
- the insertion of the plasma on the both faces permits to realized the anchor and the arrow from a single piece.
- the insertion of the plasma that permits the development of the plane and to the impulse finger also made from a single piece.
- the coil made from a sand plate and its have the orientation of 1.1.1.

     Sigatec a corporation created by Mimotec and Ulysse Nardin develops all of the sand components that are used by this exceptionally time keeper.

     The technical details of the Sonata Silicium are similarly whit the one used for the Sonata Cathedral Dual Time:
- the ring bell with the counter in the opposite way
- the Dual Time system.
- the turn of the watch is realized by the mechanical move of the arm
- the caliber UN26.

     The most important characteristics of the watch are given by the design and the watch performance. If you are pensioned by scuba diving or the dept of the sea the Maxi Marine Diver is the perfect choice for you. For the main characteristic of using the Maxi Marine Diver are the following:
- the crown needs to be screwed down
- to turn the clock you need to follow the next steps: unscrew the crown and turn it clockwise this is used if the clock does not cams to a full stop. If the watch is in full stop you will need to turn it proximally 30 turns to the crown.

     An important aspect of the watch is not to use the quick correction of the clock between 9 and 3 am this can create some damage to the calendar option of the clock.
     Finally you must know that this watch is created in a limited edition and costs around 14 800 euros.