The Blue Ocean

From Votum -

Courtesy of Votum

Another really cool piece from Votum.

While I certainly appreciate that there are a lot of very nice looking so-called field or what are sometimes referred to as "Unitas Style" (meaning a watch of approximately 40 mm with a Unitas hand-winding movement and (usually) a fairly plain dial, and marketed as a "larger dress" watch.  But then, every so often a brand thinks a wee-bit outside of the watch box.  

Courtesy of Votum

It's almost as if the folks from Votum climbed inside of my skull and grabbed two ideas that I love - 

1.  Large legible hand-wound 

and 

2. Slightly nautical and sporty 

And merged them into something special.

Here are the pertinents -

Case -
316L Stainless steel
Caseback -
Display caseback, screwed back
Diameter -
42.50mm
Height -
11.20mm
Movement -
Handwinding Swiss Made Unitas 6498-1
Power reserve -
50 hours
Functions -
Hour/minute/small second
Crystal -
Scratch resistant domed Sapphire
Dial -
Metal dial, blue
Hands -
Nickel, diamond cut
Lume -
BWG9 SuperLuminova - dial/hands
Strap -
22mm genuine leather, steel buckle
Water resistance -
100m/10ATM
Warranty -
24 Months
Packaging -
Genuine leather pouch

The Blue Ocean

From Ulysse Nardin -

Courtesy of Ulysse Nardin

This is one of the latest specialties from the folks in Le Locle.  45.8 mm of stainless steel that has been treated with what Ulysse Nardin refers to as a:  

"specially treated with a blue rubber coating using a sophisticated vulcanization process". 

It is an intriguing idea that no doubt adds an interesting visual and tactile twist to the standard steel case.  Not exactly sure what you do when the rubber starts to split or crack, as it does not appear to be something that could be "polished out"...