Independents

A double premiere for him : not only this is his first diver watch but it is also his first stainless steel watch.

The relationship with the Antiqua Perpetual Calendar is obvious, however this timepiece really is contemporary and male in style.

VH website quotes :

"14 years after presenting his Antiqua, Vianney Halter offers you to explore the Silent World.

As a big fan of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Halter turns his precious perpetual calendar watch into a male stainless steel toolwatch purposely made for scuba diving : ANTIQUA OCEAN

 Like on the Antiqua of the early days,  the various functions are dispatched on several portholes : the time is in the upper right porthole while the date is just underneath.

 Another set of hands gives the dive duration in the lower left dial while the upper left porthole  houses an accurate  depth jauge.

 The Antiqua OCEAN is 300 m deep waterproof.  It is tight on the diver’s wrist by means of a hand sewed rubber strap and a stainless steel ardillon buckle. Hands are SuperLuminova coated for  improving legibility even in muddy water."

(source : www.vianney-halter .com)

Cheers

I had to visit his web-site - with a view of the back - because we are getting dangerously close to April 1.

Congratulations to Vianney !!!

amerix

For its own merits, crazy-weird as usual from the mad genius.

I don't understand why someone as independent as VH can't just make a watch for 'no use' and no reason'. Why pretend it is for diving?

Ludicrous meets double ludicrous.

VH is so independent and so his-own-man, why not just say, I made this nutty thing, do you like it?  

 Faisal

Pat

PAt

There are two possibilities :

If not, it can be treated as an April Fools joke ;-)

Either way, that was a most effective presentation!

amerix

THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE ....

Cheers.

Sorry for those who would like this watch to be produced !

The posted pictures were made from the ones (downloaded from the net) of the OULM watch.

It seems that the OULM watches are "freely" inspired by my watches ;-) !

Being copied of faked in such a caricatured manner is a kind of recognition, isn't it  ?

More seriously, I am busy working on a new model that shall be presented later on this year.

Stay tuned for further announcement.

Best regards.

 a

That such an obvious prank has received such positive feedback tells me that we are more than ready for your next innovation. 

All the best,

Gary

Christmas ain't on Dec 23rd!!!

Best,

Gary

Mostel, please don't be upset by having been taken for a ride : I remember to have warmly and sincerely congratulate Maximilian Busser at Baselworld for his appointment as the new Director of Creation at Patek Philippe on April 1st, 2008.

As an answer, Max told me : "Hey, dude, what's the date ?"

The April joke was not his (neither it was from PP) and was so credible that he (and PP) has too firmly deny.

Making a prank involves some risk, the first one is not to be understood.

Anyway, my position is : "Even though we do a serious job, we are not obliged to do it sadly".

I promise the next announcement will be for a real novelty.

Best regards.

Vianney