Italian Jeweler Bulgari Develops Professional Divers Watch
The new Bulgari Diagono Professional Scuba Chrono possesses all the features to be characterized as a timekeeping device for professionals. The watch's development required more than two years of work. As a result there appeared the timepiece provided with a range of advantageous functions as well as technical and stylistic specifications.
Bulgari wanted to create a diver's watch that would serve not just as an accurate measuring instrument but also as a reliable and vital tool in case of emergency or failure of electronic devices. The company hired a professional divers' team as consultants in the watch's designing. As Bulgari watch ateliers is located along the lake in Neuchatel. The lakes of Neuchatel and Bienne are famous for their underwater prehistoric habitations. The company cooperated with a group of divers who specialize in underwater archaeological exploration, salvage operations and scientific projects.
The company's collaboration gave birth to a veritable diver's instrument boasting 300-meter water-resistance. The Diagono Professional Scuba Chrono's creators wanted the watch to offer utmost readability under any circumstances, including low light conditions.
The new Bulgari timepiece sports luminescent markers and anti-reflective glass with curved profile. It provides the clarity of the dial indications. The brand's watchmakers placed the chronograph minute hand in the center of the dial, thus the watch's owner will be able to instantaneously read the time which passed during the decompression phase. It is possible to switch on or off the chronograph under the water.
The Diagono Professional Scuba Chrono watch is also equipped with a flyback function, so the watch's owner can re-initialize and re-start it using the single push-button. The timepiece is driven by Calibre B224, an automatic mechanical movement, the precision of which is guaranteed by the COSC certification. The mechanism was specially produced for the company.
The divers' watch features a uni-directional rotating bezel provided with special notches for most comfortable grip. It is housed in a 40 mm yellow gold case. The brand's watchmakers has also offered the choice between a steel or steel and gold models. The Scuba Chrono is secured to the wrist with help of a robust natural rubber bracelet with yellow gold links. This timekeeping device for professional divers created in the Bulgari style and spirit is equally suitable for wearing below the water as well as during some solemn dinner.
About the Company
Bulgari holds a notable position in the world of prestigious timekeeping due both to its rich heritage in the field of jewelry-making as well as its deep Italian roots, reflected by all the brand's products and collections. Bulgari affirmed design with its own peculiar character makes its creations stand out among the 'purely Swiss' products.
Besides meticulous attention to design, Bulgari is mastering new skills necessary for establishing its technical independence. Five years ago the company acquired the Roth and Genta manufactures, having also purchased a few subcontractors in the field of watch cases and finishing.