Description
The -N- is Horizon Watches' first collection. The series of dive watches is inspired by Captain Nemo’s submarine vessel, the Nautilus, in Jules Verne’s classic: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Fred Bekher, co-founder and designer of Horizon Watches, will always remember how as a child while he pored over Verne's work, he would imagine how the Nautilus looked like. These memories, aided greatly by Vernes' very eloquent description of the submersible, served as a basis for Bekher's design.
The 42mm case of the -N- comprises of two parts with side bevels that go from the bottom part of the case body to the crown guards. Crafted in either 316L stainless steel or CuSn8 marine bronze, the Nautilus’ case features different surface finishings to achieve contrast between polished and brushed surfaces.
The Horizon Watches -N- comes with two different dial designs. Dials for the stainless steel models have a textured centre while those for the bronze models have a patterned centre. A Victorian-style minute railway design marks the passing of the minute hand. Hour markers are in the form of circle indices with indices at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock shaped differently as inspired by nature, namely the nautilus, which is widely considered a symbol of beauty and perfection. Indices and hands are coated with SuperLuminova for maximum legibility in low-light conditions. The date has been cleverly built into the design as one of the hour markers with the date wheel coated in SuperLuminova so that the date window glows in the dark.
Powering the -N- is the TMI NH35A calibre, which is known and proven to be a reliable workhorse movement. The caseback of the -N- features a specially designed illustration that is etched and encased in sapphire crystal to create an illusion. Your eyes are first attracted by the apparent depths of the artwork. Then, your fingers will be drawn to explore these fathoms below only to make contact with the clean flat surface of the sapphire glass.
The bezel of the watch features a coin-edged style design and includes a dome- shaped insert made from black PVD coated stainless steel. The -N- comes with a similarly coin-edged, screwdown crown giving the watch a water resistance of 30ATM. Completing the watch is a rubber strap with quick release spring bars and featuring the same print that you find in centre of the bronze model’s dial.
Horizon Watches’ -N- comes in four dial colours: Aegean Blue, Salmon Sand, Myrtle Green and Cardinal Red.
Technical Specifications
| Case size: |
42mm (excluding crown)
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| Case material: |
CuSn8 marine bronze
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| Case back: |
Stainless steel with etched illustration, ‘In search of treasure’; encased by sapphire crystal; the inside of the caseback has a perlage finishing and an engraving of the -N-'s’ motto, Mobilis in Mobili (meaning moving within a moving element)
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| Movement type: |
Automatic
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| Movement no.: |
Seiko NH35A
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| Power reserve: |
Approx 40hrs |
| Dial: |
Patterned centred dial in Cardinal Red; dot indices filled with SuperLuminova; date window at 4 o’clock with date wheel painted in beige SuperLuminova; model name logo appears as stylised N at 6 o’clock position below which you will find the Nautilus’ motto, Mobilis in Mobili
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| Bezel: |
Unidirectional, 120-click coin-edged style design bezel with a dome-shaped insert made from black PVD coated stainless steel
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| Glass: |
Flat sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating applied on the interior side
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| Water resistance: |
30ATM
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| Strap type: |
Rubber
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| Strap material: |
Vulcanised rubber with patterned print on the skin facing-side
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| Buckle: |
CuSn8 marine bronze tang buckle
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| Warranty: |
1 year
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