The watch we’ve got for you today is an absolute Corum 130-330-47-0137PN34 WoMen's watch cracker - it’s called a Time-Depth and it’s made by Aquadive.It’s massive at 46mm wide and 18mm high (that’s a lot chunkier than an Omega Ploprof, as a point of comparison).It's a chunk of 1970’s steel that really looks the business and has the specs and features to back up its gargantuan appearance.It’s powered by a electric dynatron movement, a pre-quartz electric number with an integrated circuit.It’s rated to 10 bar (100 meters), has protection from magnetic fields, and one other very cool feature.
This watch integrates an oil filled bourdon tube depth gauge (the same technology used in this Rolex prototype).This oil (or to be technical, Corum 130-330-47-0138BN34 WoMen's watch fire resistant hydraulic liquid’ ) filled gauge gives a pressure reading up to 200 feet, and is superior to air filled depth gauges because they are more accurate at shallower depths as well as generally more reliable.The depth is indicated on the dial by the large orange hand.What’s really cool, and a little surprising about this example, is that the depth gauge is still functioning correctly.This was a pretty serious watch for the time; with real functionality and a sense of purpose that is so often lacking in the desk divers of today.This just makes it that much cooler.
Even if it is ‘only’ rated to Corum 138-181-20-0001 BA44 Men's watch metres, we’d be willing to bet it was more likely to see serious water than most 1000+ meter watches today.But, given it’s venerable 30 odd years in existence, we reckon you’d want to consider keeping this watch mostly on dry land.For more infomation on Aquadives, including some great print ads, check out this MWR forum thread.Click here for the sales page (and be prepared to scroll down a bit).
