The summer 2022 is here and Chronosect presents you with a review of the best mechanical watches to take to the beach. The criterion on which we based our choice is the color of the dials: in the season of outdoor life, we want to present you with colorful, lively timepieces, which are well combined with the joy and lightheartedness of summer days.
Find here the first part of our article, in which we have seen the first four colored watches for your summer.
Read on to find the most suitable colored watch for you!
Mido Ocean Star Tribute Gradient red
Mido is one of the brands of the Swatch Group. An excellent business card, if you consider that we are talking about a timepiece well under a thousand euros - to be precise, the price di list and of 850 -. Belonging to the largest watchmaking group in the world brings advantages such as movement Powermatic 80 di AGE, reference of the category, with eighty hours of power reserve and excellent anti-magnetic and precision performance.
What really sets the Mido Ocean Star Tribute is its quadrant Red gradient. The gradual nuance creates a vintage effect that gives personality to a watch whose shapes, if we want to find a fault, are perhaps a little too common.
Sub-39 Blue Shark
Squale is a watchmaking company that has linked its name to underwater exploration since its inception. Like the rival Doxa, also Squale Over the years, it has carved out a small but solid niche of enthusiasts who appreciate the House's approach to building rugged, reliable and visually pleasing underwater instruments.
Il Sub-39 di Squale it is a watch that meets the recent tendency to bring some timepieces that had seen their size rise excessively in recent years to "human" dimensions. The push towards compact sizes comes from the growing interest in style vintage, which led to the recovery of the proportions of the seventies. The list price of the Shark Sub-39, in the version Blue, it's about 1200 euro.
Omega Seamaster Aqua Terra 38 mm 150 M red
The Aqua Terra, integrated within the scope of Seamaster, is the answer of Omega at the Rolex Datejust. Unlike the crowned one, the Aqua Terra brings the date window to an unusual position, at six o'clock: the effect is to give balance to the dial, more than what happens in the usual position at three o'clock. Speaking of the dial, the metallic red with s finishoil ofOmega Seamaster Aqua Terra 150 M. is one of the strengths of this watch: it sets it apart without being tacky.
Compact case from 38 millimeters with lyre lugs, which lend themselves well to the use of fabric or leather straps in case you want to add further color to theAqua terra, water resistance up to 150 meters and Omega with chronometric certificate are the other trump cards of this timepiece that records a list di 6400 euro.
Orient Kamasu green graduated
We close our review with a mechanical watch within the reach of all budgets. Orient is a brand of the Group Seiko-Epson, and uses the same technologies of the more famous parent company. The top of the range of its underwater production is the Kamasu, watch equipped with sapphire crystal, automatic mechanical movement with bidirectional rotor and water resistance to twenty atmospheres.
Perfect for beach activities, theOrient Catch them makes of the dial - as per tradition East, after all - its strong point. The model we present to you is the Catch them pine green, whose shades change from intense green to blue depending on the light reflections. The list price of theOrient Catch them is from 315 euro.
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