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A versatile and stylish stainless steel timepiece, this Stuhrling Original Watersport Regatta Diver Watch always looks terrific whether you are in the office or out for a relaxing day out on the boat. Its solid stainless steel construction, coin-edge bezel and luminous dial features construct a sturdy watch fit for a man. The dial boasts a hydraulically pressed starburst pattern with a scrolling date display.

Krysterna Crystals

Krysterna™ is proprietary to Stührling Original and refers to the crystals that are employed in it is timepieces. Krysterna™ stems from the eyewear industry and has more strength over a disseminate surface area than sapphire. Krysterna™ crystals are more scratch immune than solid homogeneous inorgani substance crystals and more shatter immune than sapphire crystals.

With commitment to the inheritance of Swiss watchmaking, Stührling Original timepieces appeal to the most discriminating taste at reasonable prices. The company has roots dating back to the 1800's when Switzerland emerged as the international leader in watchmaking. Stührling Original remains devoted to it is mission of sustaining the high standards set in Switzerland manufacturing all of their fine timepieces in their Swiss-owned factory! Each and each model conveys an inimitable story with extraordinary style. You'll find heirloom selections for both men and women that even the most astute watch aggregator will cherish and admire.

In the workshops of Stührling Original, the unit specializing in mechanical movements, element selection, assembly, lubrication, adjustment and testing produces horological wonders totally underneath vigilant attention of Swiss ownership and supervision. It is these workshops that invent the mechanical engines that are famous for meeting the most eminent existent criteria in there category. Starting with the main plate, the assemblage routine is performed in various successive stages up until anchoring the remainder spring, which sets the watch into motion. Assembling a Stührling Original mechanical automatic motion comprises no less than 30 checkpoints, disseminate allround the assemblage process. Adjusting the angle of lift of the pallets, centering the balance-spring, poising the remainder are just a few examples of these checkpoints; of which all are designed to heighten the performance of each movement. The motion ought to meet no less than seven criteria, including a mean variation in rate which is the most eminent ordinary in the industry in it is class.

Stührling Original cases are discerned by their technical complexity, their high-end aesthetic appeal and the quality of their finish. The watch cases are made from antimagnetic 316L surgical grade stainless steel, an exceedingly sophisticated alloy designed to stand up to intensive use. The rough parts, known as "middlecases" are blanked from a metal bar using a high-performance press. They then undergo eight successive stamping operations of a strength increasing gradually from 20 to 85 tons. Before each swaging operation, the middlecase is refired at a temperature of 1100 degrees Celsius, so as to temporarily reduce the hardness to a total stamping pressure of more than 400 tons. Finishing the cases then calls for fifteen polishing operations, all performed by hand alternating with nine baths guaranteeing immaculate cleanliness. Other parts of the cases, such as rotating bezels or rider tabs also require a meticulous finish. The elements of the cases are at long last accumulated by hand and rigorously tested.

Each Stührling Original dial has been designed to enable optimal read-off at a glance, while adding an factor of artistic design. Stührling Original's dials are blanked from a brass plate and two cylindrical feet are soldered under to see to it security with the movement. Polishing operations, creating particular effects through the use of vintage hydraulic German machines, and electroplating are just a great deal of of the more than forty operations required to make most Stührling Original dials. The transparent protective coating is employed in an immaculately clean surroundings before the respective inscriptions are transfer printed using a gelatin pad which takes an impression from an inked block. On numerous of the dials the hour markers are either on an individual basis applied by hand or embossed into the dial and then topped with a special dye. The application of Super Luminova is performed by artisans with a nozzle pen connected to a high-pressure pipe which calls for intense concentration. Once finished, each dial undergoes careful aesthetic scrutiny under extreme magnification, as well as technical testing, to ascertain it complies with all predefined dimensions and specifications.

Through meticulous labor, stringent testing and examination of each timepiece by expert horologists, the imaginativeness of the Stührling Original timepiece is brought to life inside our workshops, where...