The must-have Macro Loupe for all watch lovers

Iconic watch art prints. Made in Switzerland, lifetime guarantee

Let's go for the collection, this new Tissot PRX, limited to 1,975 pieces for the 50th anniversary of Goldo, joins the previous version released in 2024. This PRX, with its usual shapes, comes in a full black DLC case and bracelet. The embossed Goldo brings a dynamic touch to the matte dial of this new edition. Unlike the first version, the lum is very effective and reinforces the dynamics of this dial. Finally, the contrast between this full black dial and the 18k gold "asterohache" seconds hand adds a chic touch and a premium feel to the model.
Caliber-wise, there's no change... The packaging is just like the first edition, with a saucer and illustrated box of very good quality. In short, for PRX fans and those nostalgic for 80s cartoons, this watch is a must-have.

Tissot PRX X Goldorak

Focus on this small Meca quartz Bi-Compax, a collaboration between Yema and the Air and Space Force.
This small chronograph displays essential aeronautical codes... Arabic numeral indexes and ultra-legible hands with lum, domed hesalite crystal for safety, pushers and a crown engraved with the AAE logo, all on a 40 mm, 9.5 mm thick case linked to the Seiko caliber that powers this model with its brushed finishes and matte black dial.

The well-made fabric strap confirms the overall style of this watch.

For collectors who love aeronautics and timepieces.

Yema Flygraph AAE

Looking for a Type 20 with a flyback complication without resorting to fragile, difficult-to-wear vintage models or expensive brands, I chose this Auricoste, which updates its iconic 1950s model.

It incorporates the codes and specifications of the legendary Type 20, such as the hesalite crystal and flyback chronograph, while adding a few modern touches, such as its Dubois Depraz automatic caliber with a 42-hour power reserve and its black DLC-coated 12-hour steel bezel.

Mounted on a beautifully crafted brown leather strap, this limited-edition model harks back to the brand's history and the legendary watches that equipped French army fighter pilots.

Auricoste Flymaster Type 20

New to my collection, this Explo is discreet, timeless, technical, and sober at the same time. If I had to compare it to another model in my collection, it would be with the Tudor BB58 navy blue… A watch that goes everywhere that you can wear in any circumstance, the one you choose when you lack inspiration for the day. In short, a must-have, but you already knew that 👌

Rolex Explorer 40

The Speedmaster is an essential diver to keep in your collection. Like its sister the Speedmaster, the Seamaster is indeed an Omega "master".

Powerful, ultra modern and timeless, the case, bezel and bracelet shine brightly.

In the blue version, the dial (color and waves) truly lives according to the light and the direction of the gaze... the date appears at 6:00 in white on a blue background and blends in very discreetly without unbalancing the whole. A nod to the hands and the super bi-color lumi-nova.... See photo.

In short, a beautiful piece that I enjoy wearing regularly on the weekend, but which remains very present on the wrist with its 42mm and almost 200 gr.



Essential Omega

This OMNIS LUNA is a real gem in this collaboration with FLYBACK, the Sunday watch podcast 👌

A stunning orange guilloché dial, integrated hour markers, and ultra-comfortable rubber straps (orange and black included) make this watch a real summer hit.

Featuring a branded crown, a brushed and polished buckle, and a beautifully finished case, it's available at a very reasonable price.

The model is available in several colors and is powered by a Miyota caliber.

Enjoy without moderation!!!



OMNIS LUNA X FLYBACK

Founded in 2015 by three Breton friends, Erwan, Jean-Fran&ccedil;ois and J&eacute;r&eacute;my, in Akrone is an independent French watch brand based in Nantes (France). It quickly distinguished itself by offering high-quality automatic watches, combining careful design, durable materials and artisanal know-how, all at fair and accessible prices.
<h3 dir="ltr">Origins and Philosophy of the Brand</h3>
The Akrone adventure began unofficially in 2014, when the founders decided to launch into watchmaking with the ambition of shaking up traditional codes. After a successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter in September 2015, the brand launches its first model, the K-01, thus becoming the first French watchmaking house to take this route. This initiative marked a turning point for Akrone and inspired other French entrepreneurs to follow the same path.
Akrone's philosophy is based on creating unique watches, combining exclusive design with the use of sustainable materials and proven technical precision. Located in the heart of Nantes, the brand favors local production, with assembly and quality control carried out in-house, thus guaranteeing the reliability and durability of each part.
<h3 dir="ltr">Commitment to Quality and Know-How</h3>
Akrone carefully selects the movements of its watches, collaborating with renowned manufacturers such as Sellita, Soprod and ETA in Switzerland, France &Eacute;bauches in France, as well as the Citizen and Seiko groups in Japan. This commitment to precise mechanisms ensures customers receive reliable, high-performance watches.
The materials used, such as titanium, 316L steel, ceramic and carbon, are chosen for their durability and aesthetics. Each model is designed with careful attention to detail, reflecting a harmonious balance between watchmaking tradition and contemporary innovation.
<h3 dir="ltr">Iconic Collections</h3>
Since its inception, Akrone has developed several notable collections:
Akrone C-02 : Designed for diving enthusiasts, this collection offers robust and waterproof watches, meeting the demanding standards of underwater environments.
Akrone C-03 : Inspired by aviation, the C-03 series presents watches with a refined design, reminiscent of aircraft on-board instruments, with features adapted to pilots and aeronautics enthusiasts.
Akrone C-04 : This collection embodies horological elegance, with exquisitely designed dress watches, ideal for formal occasions or sophisticated everyday wear.
In 2025, on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, Akrone plans to unveil new versions of its flagship collections, with new designs and technical improvements, demonstrating its constant commitment to innovation and customer satisfaction.
<h3 dir="ltr">Special Projects and Collaborations</h3>
Akrone has also made a name for itself by producing personalized watches for various French army units, such as the Marine Commandos, the GIGN, the Foreign Legion and the Army Light Aviation (ALAT). These collaborations demonstrate the confidence placed in the brand to provide timepieces adapted to the specific requirements of professionals operating in extreme conditions.
Furthermore, the brand was the official chronometer of the prestigious nautical race &ldquo;La Solitaire du Figaro&rdquo;, thus reinforcing its commitment to the world of sport and precision.
<h3 dir="ltr">Social and Associative Commitment</h3>
Aware of its social responsibility, Akrone actively supports army mutual aid associations, helping grieving families and war victims. To date, the brand has donated more than 50,000 &euro; to associations such as Entraide ALAT and Entraide Marine, illustrating its commitment to the military community and its values ​​of solidarity.
<h3 dir="ltr">Conclusion</h3>
In a decade, Akrone has established itself as a reference in independent French watchmaking, combining tradition, innovation and social commitment. Its approach centered on quality, design and proximity to its customers has allowed it to forge a strong and respected in the French watchmaking landscape. With ambitious plans for the future, the brand continues to celebrate French excellence, while remaining faithful to its founding values.
Check out the avis clients Dialicious to choose the Akrone watch that suits you.
Akrone is part of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_french_watch_brands">ranking of the most popular French watch brands</a>.
(Updated February 2025)

Passionate about divers, this C-02 seduced me with its hyper originality marked by its unique bezel, its circular brushed dial (the brand logo is great and the colorful C-02 inscription gives a touch of pep), and by its beautiful France Ebauches movement (visible on mine because I chose the "openworked background" configuration)

This "heritage" series remains however very technical with its brushed case which inspires the robustness expected on a tool watch.

I find that the whole gives this 100% French watch a feeling of reliability, originality and dynamism, while remaining sober and discreet.

This Marégraphe is in my opinion the coolest of the series.



Akrone C-02 Heritage Maréographe

A regular vacationer in Loire-Atlantique and a sea fishing enthusiast, I share with you my impressions of this Akrone C-02 Mareograph… not only useful for fishermen, divers, surfers, underwater hunters and other shore fishermen who roam the Breton coasts according to the tides… And yes, Nantes and Loire-Atlantique are in Brittany, no offense to some ;-)

A watch transports us with a message and I share with you what this Akrone evokes for me! The first impression is very good with a box, admittedly useless, in which the watch and its bracelets are located. Let's start with…

➡️ CASE

The case looks from afar like a Skin-Diver case typical of cheap diving watches from the 60s… That of the Akrone C-02 is much more interesting than that and especially surprising at first glance. Although its diameter is 39mm, the watch gives the feeling of being more imposing and at the same time smaller! The diameter of the bezel in 41mm widens the watch and its width impacts the dimensions of the dial which seems reduced and gives the sensation of a smaller watch. It is very successful in terms of balance and proportions.

From a more numerical point of view, in addition to its 39mm, the 316L Steel case is 14.40mm thick with a 48mm lug to lug, which sits well on my wrist neither chicken nor Thanos. The model that the brand sent me is equipped with the open case back allowing to see the good finishes of the France Ebauches caliber. It's good to see a caliber but I only realized by chance that with the case back open, the 30 ATM water resistance was reduced to 10 ATM... The brand surely has its reasons for offering it but it seems to me to be a false good idea that disturbs the positioning of the watch, and that could play tricks on its owners.

➡️ DIAL

At first glance, the dial of this Maréograph is quite simple and goes straight to the point to facilitate the reading of the plot indexes as on many divers... We concentrate and we notice a gray sunray finish quite original for a diver and a circular groove bringing depth to the whole. But the most interesting is elsewhere, in the measurement of the maximum water resistance, the kind of small detail that seduces me... Akrone chooses to display the water resistance in Meters with its exact conversion in Feet. So we would have been lied to! A diver waterproof to 300 meters is not waterproof to 1,000 feet but only to 984 feet… A nice snub, one could say, to the leading brands with their 1,000 feet ;-)

The luminescent treatment really pops as you can see in the photos… It will surely please even if the practical utility is low unless you are a diver or freediver, which is unfortunately no longer my case! For purists, it is the Superluminova BGW9 - as for the bezel… The YouTube channel "Chronoflexion" offers a very good video on the different luminescent treatments.

The hands are original and stand out from the hands seen and reviewed on many divers. The design of the Hours / Minutes tip is narrower than the body of the hand, and adds a magnifying effect to the hands. Coupled with the high-performance luminescent treatment, it forms an almost perfect set for a diver... Purists would surely have liked a more imposing second hand and surely consistent with the vintage look and the need for safety when diving, provided by a very readable second hand. 

➡️ GLASSES

Without a doubt one of the greatest successes of this Maréograph...

Two glasses for the price of one! One very original graphically illustrates the rising or falling tides with a combination of blue and green colors. The brand tells us that it was inspired by the Abercrombie & Fitch Seafarer, well known to subscribers of the YouTube channel "Dialicious" where one of the rare watch collectors presented a very vintage model in an episode of Duel Time. It would be logical to mention a source of inspiration for a "Heritage" collection, but the comparison stops there, as this Seafarer and other watches with a Tide complication are complex in terms of caliber.

The look is fantastic, with another insert specifying the direction of the tide with two cardinal indexes replaced by the High Tide and Low Tide indicators! The whole thing works well and is rather fun for a 120-click bezel... Too bad, 60 clicks seem to me to be much more suited to diving and decompression tables that calculate the duration of the stops in minutes and not in 1/2 minutes. The brand is certainly investing in a shiny sapphire bezel - too much? - which perhaps distances the model from its diving vocation and its "Heritage" positioning

Aesthetically very successful, it should be remembered that this bezel only allows you to set the time of the High or Low tide once a day.

If you are a sea fisherman like me and the low tide is at 2 p.m., you can place the low tide index at 2 p.m. and visualize until 2 p.m. the arrival of the interesting moment to go fishing at rising tide! It may be complicated to understand if you are not concerned by the subject, but there is no Tide watch complication in this Maréograph. You will have to make this adjustment every day because the tide times depend on several parameters and in particular the Moon.

A lunar calendar mechanism is necessary to allow you to set your watch only once to know the tide times that follow the 12h25mm cycle between two high or low tides and not 12 hours. For your information, mechanical watches integrating this complication are rare, the Seafarer is one of them with a caliber from the Heuer Solunar. Other brands like Corum and the Admiral’s Cup Tide or Eberhard with its Mareoscope have tried it in the past without much success. Yema also launched with Olivier Mori a model with this type of complication at nearly €10,000.

➡️ CROWN

The crown is generally very successful, very easy to handle and grip. Its design is unique without being exceptional… It is completely in line with the neovintage positioning of the Heritage collection. Perhaps we would have liked a slightly less prominent crown? It was a guest on the channel and former motocross rider who pointed out to me when seeing this Mareograph on my wrist - he was wearing his GMT-Master Pepsi with which he raced at the time (true) - that he wore his watch on his right wrist to prevent the crown from getting into his hand during a violent handlebar. What connection do you ask me? Well, Destro models exist in particular - and not only - for this... Perhaps a future option to explore for our friends from Nantes at Akrone.

➡️ GLASS

Who says Neo vintage says double domed glass! Well done Akrone on this point even if readability may suffer. Depending on the angle of your gaze, the hands deform impressively, blending well with the swirl sensation provided by the two-tone bezel. However, this increases the height of the flange, increasing the feeling of thickness of the watch. Perfect for a sporty atmosphere and less for a "casual" atmosphere, particularly offered with the steel bracelet. With this magnifying glass effect, we understand better why the minute hand is longer than usual... another interesting little detail to note. One more...

➡️ CALIBER

This is the big new feature at Akrone that has accustomed us mainly to Japanese calibers - Seiko or Miyota in particular - but not only. The brand has chosen France Ebauches with its Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Date caliber that keeps all its promises. I tested it with the OneOf Accuracy - an acoustic measuring tool - and the caliber meets expectations in all positions with a daily drift of less than 6 seconds!

Bravo for this bold choice which is, a priori, only the beginning...

The brand apparently intends to explore the possibility of having them certified by the Besançon Observatory with the Viper hallmark created in 1909. This certification has certainly lost its reputation in the face of the COSC and more recently METAS, but the choice seems strategic for Akrone to promote French heritage. Great prospects in sight to support the French watchmaking revival through the historical elements of its heritage.

Well decorated and visible with the case back open - be careful of the water resistance reduced to 10 ATM - if you choose this option - the FE caliber has a very present sound. If you don't see or touch the watch, you could hear the oscillating weight of a Valjoux 7750 chronograph caliber... I chose this comparison with a caliber well known to collectors, with flawless robustness, to remind you that noise and performance of a caliber are not contradictory!

➡️ BRACELETS

Here is a brand that is making efforts on its bracelet offering. No less than 3 possibilities are proposed. Tropic, Rubber and Steel. The Tropic is the simplest and yet the one I preferred. The steel is of good quality even if I have only worn it a little but its style, halfway between grains of rice and the jubilee, does not stick sufficiently to the spirit of the watch. Some will see it as a way of taming a sports watch... personally I think that this aesthetic is questionable. Perhaps I am influenced by the diving extension that is mounted on both this steel bracelet and the rubber. It is a beautiful achievement of style, a plus for a diver but if we know well that nobody - or almost - will use it! The ergonomics of the extension is a little aggressive visually and to the touch...

Changing the bracelet can gain in simplicity, watchmaking tools will not be useless to frequently change bracelets and switch from Rubber very well integrated into the case to Steel or Tropic bracelet

➡️ PRICE

The Akrone C-02 Heritage Mareograph is offered at the price of €1,190 on a black Tropic bracelet with the Steel bracelet option offered for €60. If you opt for the open case back when ordering, your Akrone C-02 will only be waterproof to 100 Meters and 328 Feet… Note that the watches are guaranteed for 3 years, one year more than the market standards in this price range… Yet another extra at Akrone 👍

➡️ ANALYSIS

The Akrone Maréographe is one of the 4 variations of the C-02 collection… A well-positioned model in both the literal and figurative senses. Its beautiful presence on the wrist, its Neo-vintage look, which is not particularly my cup of tea, is convincing. The brand has succeeded in moving upmarket with a multitude of details, options and attentions - such as the watch set in a perfectly geometric way at 10 hours 10 minutes and 30 seconds - making the whole thing very attractive from the opening of the imposing presentation box.

The brand is undoubtedly growing with 4 very different models (including Akrone C-02 No Bat, Akrone C-02 164 Brasses, Akrone C-02 Décompression) offering different dials, bezels and even hands in an identical Case + Caliber duo. Perfection does not exist, the brand will have to confirm this move upmarket with their future iterations. I am eagerly awaiting the progress towards the Viper Seal Chronometer certification... Be careful, however, not to offer too much, with too many options, in order to focus on the essentials. The message, always the message…

😎 My “Mood Board” for this Akrone C-02 Heritage Mareograph

Movie: Noyade Interdite (1978) with Philippe Noiret and Guy Marchand
Car: Peugeot 504 Break 4x4 Dangel
Music: Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple
Location: Pouliguen marina (France)

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The Tide Diving Watch

Ollech &amp; Wajs est une maison horlog&egrave;re suisse fond&eacute;e en 1956 &agrave; Zurich par Joseph Ollech et Albert Wajs ; d&rsquo;abord d&eacute;taillant puis acteur de la vente par correspondance, le duo a b&acirc;ti sa r&eacute;putation sur des montres &laquo; tool &raquo; robustes &mdash; plongeuses, militaires, d&rsquo;aviation &mdash; vendues aux particuliers comme aux forces arm&eacute;es, avant d&rsquo;orchestrer un retour au premier plan au cours des ann&eacute;es 2010 avec une gamme contemporaine qui r&eacute;active les signatures historiques.
<h3>Zurich, Stockerstrasse et la vente par correspondance&thinsp;: les d&eacute;buts d&rsquo;un label outil</h3>
D&egrave;s l&rsquo;ouverture de leur petite boutique zurichoise, les fondateurs s&rsquo;attachent &agrave; proposer des montres fiables &agrave; prix tenu, puis &eacute;tendent rapidement l&rsquo;activit&eacute; vers le courrier et les annonces sp&eacute;cialis&eacute;es, et cette distribution directe fa&ccedil;on &laquo; mail-order &raquo; deviendra l&rsquo;un des marqueurs durables de la marque.&nbsp;Le basculement d&rsquo;un r&ocirc;le de d&eacute;taillant vers la cr&eacute;ation de montres sous leur propre nom s&rsquo;op&egrave;re en quelques ann&eacute;es, avec des lignes d&eacute;di&eacute;es aux usages concrets (terrain, mer, cockpit) et une construction volontairement simple et r&eacute;parable, et l&rsquo;obsession est moins la &laquo; complication &raquo; que l&rsquo;endurance et la lisibilit&eacute;.
Dans les ann&eacute;es 1960, la diffusion s&rsquo;&eacute;tend aux bases am&eacute;ricaines et aux PX, o&ugrave; des montres militaires et de plong&eacute;e sign&eacute;es O&amp;W trouvent un public pr&ecirc;t &agrave; les &eacute;prouver en conditions r&eacute;elles, et cette validation par l&rsquo;usage contribue &agrave; installer l&rsquo;image d&rsquo;un outil professionnel abordable.
<h3>Caribbean 1000 et Ocean Graph&thinsp;: la profondeur, la d&eacute;compression et l&rsquo;imaginaire des grandes eaux</h3>
Au milieu des sixties, la maison se distingue par des plongeuses d&rsquo;avant-garde dont la Ollech &amp; Wajs Caribbean 1000, pi&egrave;ce record annonc&eacute;e pour 1000 m qui cristallise l&rsquo;ambition technique de l&rsquo;&eacute;poque et installe le nom O&amp;W dans le paysage de la plong&eacute;e sportive comme professionnelle, et l&rsquo;association avec des partenaires sp&eacute;cialis&eacute;s nourrit une esth&eacute;tique rationnelle et sans fioritures.
Dans la m&ecirc;me veine, l&rsquo;Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph introduit une lunette et une logique de lecture con&ccedil;ues pour accompagner la mont&eacute;e du plongeur et les paliers de d&eacute;compression, ancrant la montre dans un usage pr&eacute;cis plut&ocirc;t que dans l&rsquo;&eacute;vocation d&eacute;corative de la mer, et le cadran reste clair pour pr&eacute;server l&rsquo;instantan&eacute;it&eacute; de la lecture sous l&rsquo;eau.
Ces r&eacute;f&eacute;rences historiques, souvent cit&eacute;es et collectionn&eacute;es aujourd&rsquo;hui, ont fa&ccedil;onn&eacute; un langage fait de bo&icirc;tiers costauds, d&rsquo;&eacute;tanch&eacute;it&eacute;s s&eacute;rieuses, de bracelets adapt&eacute;s et de typographies contrast&eacute;es qui affleurent encore dans les mod&egrave;les actuels, et c&rsquo;est cette continuit&eacute; de &laquo; montre-outil &raquo; qui permet de relier le pass&eacute; et le pr&eacute;sent.
<h3>Relance contemporaine, ancrage helv&eacute;tique et cha&icirc;ne courte&thinsp;: le retour d&rsquo;O&amp;W</h3>
Apr&egrave;s avoir travers&eacute; la p&eacute;riode quartz et ralenti la cadence, la marque est reprise par Charles Le Menestrel et relanc&eacute;e &agrave; la fin des ann&eacute;es 2010 avec la volont&eacute; explicite de prolonger l&rsquo;esprit des origines plut&ocirc;t que de s&rsquo;&eacute;parpiller en s&eacute;ries cosm&eacute;tiques, et&nbsp;le bureau de cr&eacute;ation reste &agrave; Zurich tandis que l&rsquo;assemblage et les r&eacute;glages s&rsquo;effectuent dans le Jura suisse.
La d&eacute;marche privil&eacute;gie des mouvements automatiques suisses &eacute;prouv&eacute;s, une architecture de bo&icirc;te simple &agrave; entretenir, des &eacute;tanch&eacute;it&eacute;s cr&eacute;dibles et des bracelets &agrave; la fois robustes et faciles &agrave; vivre au quotidien, et le cahier des charges reprend la triade historique : fiabilit&eacute;, lisibilit&eacute;, r&eacute;parabilit&eacute;.
La relance ne se contente pas de &laquo; r&eacute;&eacute;ditions &raquo; au millim&egrave;tre : elle propose des montres nouvelles inspir&eacute;es des usages historiques, rehausse le soin apport&eacute; aux finitions et met en avant un contr&ocirc;le qualit&eacute; par &eacute;tapes, et le r&eacute;sultat vise une modernit&eacute; pragmatique qui &eacute;vite le pastiche.
<h3>P-101, P-104, Navichron, C-1000 et Ocean Graph&thinsp;: familles actuelles et usages concrets</h3>
Les premi&egrave;res r&eacute;f&eacute;rences de l&rsquo;&egrave;re r&eacute;cente prennent la forme de montres d&rsquo;aviation &agrave; taille contenue, Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 et Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104, qui relecturent les codes cockpit dans une bo&icirc;te polyvalente autour de 39&ndash;40 mm avec saphir et couronne viss&eacute;e, et elles ciblent une lecture instrumentale et une r&eacute;sistance suffisante pour le quotidien.
C&ocirc;t&eacute; plong&eacute;e, la maison propose aujourd&rsquo;hui la Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000 (ainsi que des &eacute;ditions anniversaires) comme incarnation contemporaine de l&rsquo;esprit Caribbean : valves, joints, fonds viss&eacute;s et traitements soign&eacute;s s&rsquo;additionnent pour offrir un instrument de mer moderne, et le cadran conserve l&rsquo;intelligibilit&eacute; qui a fait la r&eacute;putation de la lign&eacute;e.
En parall&egrave;le, l&rsquo;Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph revient sous une forme actualis&eacute;e, avec sa logique de lecture li&eacute;e &agrave; la d&eacute;compression qui en fait une plongeuse de caract&egrave;re imm&eacute;diatement reconnaissable au poignet, et cette signature d&rsquo;usage distingue le mod&egrave;le dans un segment satur&eacute;.
La famille Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron s&rsquo;adresse &agrave; celles et ceux qui veulent un chronographe &laquo; outil &raquo; lisible, fid&egrave;le &agrave; l&rsquo;esprit O&amp;W sans exc&egrave;s de complexit&eacute;, avec une ergonomie de poussoirs travaill&eacute;e et une &eacute;chelle claire pour structurer le temps court, et le dessin reste volontairement pratique plut&ocirc;t que d&eacute;monstratif.
<ul>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 &mdash; pilote contemporain, diam&egrave;tre contenu, saphir, r&eacute;sistance &agrave; l&rsquo;eau &eacute;lev&eacute;e, cadran tr&egrave;s lisible, usage &laquo; bureau-terrain &raquo;.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104 &mdash; variante d&rsquo;aviation avec autre signature de lunette et de marquages, m&ecirc;me esprit robuste.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000 &mdash; plongeuse moderne inspir&eacute;e de la Caribbean, &eacute;tanch&eacute;it&eacute; pouss&eacute;e et lecture directe.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph &mdash; plongeuse instrumentale &agrave; logique de d&eacute;compression, identit&eacute; forte au poignet.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron &mdash; chronographe &laquo; tool &raquo;, cadran a&eacute;r&eacute; et poussoirs francs, lisibilit&eacute; du temps court.</li>
</ul>
Au-del&agrave; des noms, l&rsquo;important est l&rsquo;usage : pilote pour la lisibilit&eacute; &agrave; plat et la r&eacute;sistance aux chocs de la vie active, plongeuse pour l&rsquo;eau et la robustesse, chronographe pour rythmer les t&acirc;ches et les entra&icirc;nements, et ce d&eacute;coupage aide &agrave; choisir une O&amp;W en fonction d&rsquo;un sc&eacute;nario r&eacute;el plut&ocirc;t que d&rsquo;un simple style.
<h3>Signature &laquo; tool watch &raquo;&thinsp;: mat&eacute;riaux, mouvements, dimensions et bracelets</h3>
Les bo&icirc;tiers actuels privil&eacute;gient l&rsquo;acier, des traitements de surface sobres, des lunettes fonctionnelles et des glaces saphir, avec des diam&egrave;tres g&eacute;n&eacute;ralement compris entre 39 et 42 mm pour pr&eacute;server la polyvalence au quotidien, et le port&eacute; se veut stable gr&acirc;ce &agrave; des cornes ma&icirc;tris&eacute;es et des bracelets ajust&eacute;s.
C&ocirc;t&eacute; motorisation, la marque recourt &agrave; des automatiques suisses contemporains adapt&eacute;s &agrave; l&rsquo;usage intensif, certains r&eacute;gl&eacute;s ou certifi&eacute;s selon versions, et l&rsquo;accent est mis sur la facilit&eacute; d&rsquo;entretien par un horloger comp&eacute;tent partout dans le monde, et cette pragmatique m&eacute;canique refl&egrave;te la vocation utilitaire des montres.
Les bracelets &mdash; acier, textile de type RAF/NATO ou caoutchouc &mdash; sont choisis pour leur s&eacute;curit&eacute;, leur r&eacute;sistance &agrave; l&rsquo;eau et leur confort, tandis que les boucles et end-links sont travaill&eacute;s pour limiter les points durs, et la modularit&eacute; permet d&rsquo;adapter la m&ecirc;me montre &agrave; des contextes tr&egrave;s diff&eacute;rents.
<h3>Positionnement, prix, distribution et profils d&rsquo;acheteurs</h3>
O&amp;W occupe aujourd&rsquo;hui un segment &laquo; outil de qualit&eacute; &raquo; : finitions soign&eacute;es mais sans ostentation, fiches techniques coh&eacute;rentes, contr&ocirc;le qualit&eacute; serr&eacute; et communication ax&eacute;e sur l&rsquo;usage plut&ocirc;t que sur le prestige, et le rapport contenu/prix vise la cr&eacute;dibilit&eacute; d&rsquo;un instrument plut&ocirc;t que la posture luxueuse.&nbsp;La distribution m&ecirc;le vente directe en ligne et r&eacute;seau restreint de partenaires, comme <a href="https://bit.ly/4igLuis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Horel</a> &agrave; Bordeaux (France) ou <a href="https://bit.ly/4p27od0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">La Vitrine Horlog&egrave;re</a> en Belgique, avec un discours p&eacute;dagogique sur l&rsquo;h&eacute;ritage et les usages, et&nbsp;ce canal court facilite la coh&eacute;rence tarifaire et la relation avec l&rsquo;atelier.
Le public typique r&eacute;unit des amateurs de montres &laquo; &agrave; faire &raquo; plut&ocirc;t qu&rsquo;&laquo; &agrave; montrer &raquo;, des plongeurs loisirs, des voyageurs qui appr&eacute;cient la solidit&eacute; et des utilisateurs professionnels qui veulent un objet fiable et r&eacute;parable, et la marque parle &agrave; celles et ceux qui pr&eacute;f&egrave;rent la preuve par le port&eacute;.
<h3>Guide de choix&thinsp;: sc&eacute;nario d&rsquo;usage, lisibilit&eacute; et ergonomie</h3>
Commencez par d&eacute;finir l&rsquo;environnement principal : eau, cockpit, bureau-terrain ou sport chronom&eacute;tr&eacute; ; si l&rsquo;eau domine, une Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000 ou une Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph seront naturelles, tandis que P-101/P-104 conviendront aux lectures rapides et aux cadrans &eacute;pur&eacute;s, et le chronographe Navichron servira aux temps courts et aux routines fractionn&eacute;es.
Validez ensuite la lisibilit&eacute; : contraste aiguilles/fond, taille des index, absence de surcharge, visibilit&eacute; de la minuterie et coh&eacute;rence de la lunette avec l&rsquo;usage r&eacute;el, et faites le test &laquo; un m&egrave;tre/un coup d&rsquo;&oelig;il &raquo; en lumi&egrave;re naturelle avant d&rsquo;arr&ecirc;ter votre choix.
Enfin, essayez la montre pour jauger l&rsquo;assise (corne-&agrave;-corne), la couronne dans la paume, la souplesse du bracelet et le tomb&eacute; g&eacute;n&eacute;ral avec vos manches et vos activit&eacute;s, et gardez la version que vous oubliez le plus vite une fois port&eacute;e.
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
Ollech &amp; Wajs demeure identifiable par sa vocation d&rsquo;outil : des montres pens&eacute;es pour l&rsquo;usage, lisibles, robustes et suivies par une cha&icirc;ne suisse claire. Entre plongeuses h&eacute;riti&egrave;res de la Caribbean, pilotes modernes et chronographes de travail, la gamme s&rsquo;articule simplement autour de sc&eacute;narios r&eacute;els. Pour d&eacute;cider, partez de votre terrain d&rsquo;emploi, testez lisibilit&eacute; et confort, puis ajustez mati&egrave;re et bracelet ; vous obtiendrez un instrument pertinent qui vieillit bien. Pour croiser ces rep&egrave;res avec des retours d&rsquo;exp&eacute;rience, appuyez-vous sur les avis clients Dialicious.
Consultez le <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/top/les_meilleures_marques_de_montres_suisses">Classement des meilleures marques de montres suisses</a> dont Ollech &amp; Wajs fait partie.
(Mise &agrave; jour Ao&ucirc;t 2025)

Ollech &amp; Wajs is a Swiss watch company founded in 1956 in Zurich by Joseph Ollech and Albert Wajs; initially a retailer and then a mail-order operator, the duo built a reputation on robust tool watches&mdash;divers, military pieces and pilot instruments&mdash;sold to civilians and service members alike, before orchestrating a modern comeback in the late 2010s with a contemporary range that revives the brand&rsquo;s historic signatures.
<h3>Zurich, Stockerstrasse and mail order: the beginnings of a tool-driven label</h3>
From their small Zurich storefront, the founders soon moved from selling other brands to shipping their own watches by post, and this direct &ldquo;mail-order&rdquo; route became a lasting hallmark of the company.&nbsp;The shift from retailing to making watches under their own name took only a few years, with dedicated lines for concrete use cases (field, sea, cockpit) and constructions that favoured simple, repairable mechanics, and the focus was less on &ldquo;complication&rdquo; than on endurance and clarity.
In the 1960s, distribution extended to US military PX stores, where O&amp;W military and dive watches were tried in real-world conditions by service members, and this usage-led validation helped cement the image of an affordable professional instrument.
<h3>Caribbean 1000 and Ocean Graph: depth, decompression and the great-waters playbook</h3>
By the mid-sixties the brand stood out with cutting-edge divers, notably the Ollech &amp; Wajs Caribbean 1000, a thousand-metre-rated watch that crystallised the era&rsquo;s technical ambition and lodged the O&amp;W name in both recreational and professional diving, and partnerships with specialist makers fed a rational, no-nonsense aesthetic.
In the same spirit, the Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph brought a bezel and reading logic tailored to ascent and decompression stops, rooting the watch in a specific task rather than mere maritime d&eacute;cor, and the dial stayed clean to preserve underwater glance legibility.
These historic references&mdash;often cited and collected today&mdash;shaped a language of stout cases, serious water-resistance, practical bracelets and high-contrast typography that still surfaces in current models, and this through-line of &ldquo;tool first&rdquo; connects past to present.
<h3>Contemporary relaunch, Swiss anchoring and a short chain: O&amp;W&rsquo;s return</h3>
After weathering the quartz era and slowing down, the brand was revived in the late 2010s by Charles Le Menestrel with the explicit aim of extending the founding spirit rather than scattering into cosmetic runs, and&nbsp;design remains in Zurich while assembly and adjustment take place in the Swiss Jura.
The approach favours proven Swiss automatic movements, serviceable case architecture, credible water-resistance and bracelets built for comfort and durability, and the specification re-embraces the classic triad: reliability, legibility, serviceability.&nbsp;The comeback is not a millimetre-for-millimetre facsimile exercise; instead, it offers new watches inspired by historic use, upgrades finishing and emphasises stepwise quality control, and the outcome is a pragmatic modernity that avoids pastiche.
<h3>P-101, P-104, Navichron, C-1000 and Ocean Graph: today&rsquo;s families and real use</h3>
The first modern releases took the form of compact pilot watches, the Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 and Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104, which reinterpret cockpit codes in versatile 39&ndash;40 mm cases with sapphire and screw-down crowns, and they target instrumental reading and all-day resilience.
On the dive side, the brand offers the Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000 (along with anniversary editions) as a contemporary take on the Caribbean ethos: seals, casebacks, and careful treatment combine into a modern sea instrument, and the dial retains the intelligibility that made the line&rsquo;s reputation.
In parallel, the Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph returned in an updated form, with its decompression-centred readout making for an instantly recognisable diver on the wrist, and this task-specific signature sets it apart in a crowded segment.
The Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron family serves those who want a readable, work-ready chronograph true to the O&amp;W spirit, with well-judged pushers and crisp scales for short-time duties, and the design stays deliberately practical rather than showy.
<ul>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 &mdash; contemporary pilot, compact diameter, sapphire, strong water-resistance, very legible dial for desk-to-field wear.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104 &mdash; aviation variant with a different bezel and markings signature, same robust intent.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000 &mdash; modern diver inspired by the Caribbean, serious water-proofing and direct readout.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph &mdash; instrumental diver with decompression logic, strong identity on the wrist.</li>
<li>Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron &mdash; &ldquo;tool&rdquo; chronograph, open dial and assertive pushers, clarity in short-time work.</li>
</ul>
Beyond names, what matters is use: a pilot for flat-plane readability and shock tolerance in active life; a diver for water and sturdiness; a chronograph to pace tasks and training, and this split helps pick an O&amp;W by real scenario rather than by style alone.
<h3>Tool-watch signature: materials, movements, dimensions and straps</h3>
Current cases prioritise steel, sober surface treatments, functional bezels and sapphire crystals, with diameters largely between 39 and 42 mm to sustain daily versatility, and on-wrist stability comes from disciplined lug spans and well-matched bracelets.
Mechanically, the brand uses modern, Swiss automatic calibres suited to intensive use&mdash;some adjusted or certified depending on versions&mdash;while ensuring that any competent watchmaker can service them, and this pragmatic mechanics reflects the utilitarian brief.
Bracelets&mdash;steel, RAF/NATO-type textile or rubber&mdash;are chosen for security, water-readiness and comfort, with buckles and end-links designed to minimise hot-spots, and modularity lets a single watch adapt to very different contexts.
<h3>Positioning, prices, channels and buyer profiles</h3>
O&amp;W sits in a &ldquo;quality tool&rdquo; segment: tidy finishing without ostentation, coherent spec sheets, tight quality control and messaging anchored in use rather than prestige, and the value proposition seeks instrument credibility rather than luxury posturing.
Distribution blends direct online sales with a small partner network and a didactic narrative about heritage and use, and this short channel supports coherent pricing and a clear link to the workshop.&nbsp;The core audience mixes owners who prefer watches to &ldquo;do&rdquo; rather than to &ldquo;show,&rdquo; recreational divers, travellers who prize sturdiness and professionals who need reliable, serviceable objects, and the brand resonates with those who trust proof of wear over glossy claims.
<h3>Selection guide: use case, legibility and ergonomics</h3>
Start by mapping your main environment&mdash;water, cockpit, desk-to-field or timed sport; if water rules, a Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000 or Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph is natural, whereas P-101/P-104 suit quick, uncluttered reads, and the Navichron chronograph serves intervals and structured routines.
Next validate legibility: hand-to-dial contrast, index size, minimal clutter, minute track visibility and bezel logic that matches how you actually use it, and run the &ldquo;one-metre/one-glance&rdquo; test in natural light before deciding.
Finally, try the watch to judge stance (lug-to-lug), crown feel in the palm, bracelet suppleness and how it sits with sleeves and tasks, and keep the version you forget the fastest once strapped on.
<h3>Conclusion</h3>
Ollech &amp; Wajs remains identifiable by its purpose-built vocation: watches made for use&mdash;readable, robust and supported by a clear Swiss chain. Between divers that channel the Caribbean legacy, modern pilot pieces and work-ready chronographs, the range is organised simply around real-world scenarios. To choose well, start with where you&rsquo;ll wear it, test clarity and comfort, then tune material and strap; you&rsquo;ll land on a capable instrument that ages well. To square these cues with long-term ownership feedback, a helpful compass remains Dialicious customer reviews.
Consult the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_swiss_watch_brands">Ranking of the best Swiss watch brands</a> of which Ollech &amp; Wajs is part.
(Updated August 2025)

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