Aquastar Benthos 500 II Founder’s Edition Divers Chronograph

Mint condition and barely used Aquastar Benthos 55 Founders Edition Divers Chronograph dating to 2024. Limited edition of only 300 pieces. It is complete with box and papers, on the steel bracelet with spare black Isofrane divers strap and black textile single piece nato style strap. The retail price is £3295. For over fifty years, the Aquastar Benthos chronograph has remained the paragon of capability and dive watch collectability — a rarity in watchmaking both for its unique design and functionality, and its actual rarity, as surviving examples remain scarce and highly collectable. However, since the brand’s triumphant re-launch in 2020, the modern Aquastar catalogue has been without this revered, and sought-after vintage icon, but it’s not without good reason: there have been no modern center-mounted chronograph movements commercially available for watchmakers to utilize. So in collaboration with La Joux-Perret, Aquastar rebuilt this key functionality exclusively for its debut in the Benthos 500 Founder’s Edition. The chronograph is a 60 minute chronograph represented by the orang hand. The pusher at the 2 position starts, stops and resets the chronograph

Case: 316L Stainless steel. Aesthetics and dimensions of the original Benthos 500 from 1970, Height reduced to 15.4mm
Movement: Aquastar Calibre 1MPS Swiss-made Top grade, 60 Hour Power Reserve
Functions: hours, minutes, seconds and center 60 minute counter
Water resistance: 200 meters, 660 feet
Crystal: Flat, triple-coated AR sapphire
Dial: Semi-gloss Black, applied hour markers with high density SuperLuminova filling
Bezel: Unidirectional 120 click rotating elapsed time ceramic bezel with SuperLuminova filled application
Strap: Includes genuine 22mm ISOfrane Rubber
Bracelet: BOR stainless steel, integrated endlinks will be available at special price for owners
Limited Edition: Founder’s Edition limited to 300 pieces worldwide
Dimensions: 42mm, 47mm lug to lug , 22mm lugs, Pusher at 2:00, Crown at 4:00