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OBELUS pays tribute to the golden age of the chronograph.
The Retro Chronoscope collection offers a modern interpretation with a retro aesthetic.
It offers larger cases: 39 and 42 mm, compared to 36/38 mm in the 1950s/1960s, to suit modern tastes, while retaining the simple, flat silhouette of the classic vintage watch, faithful to the original spirit.More details
Our ambition is to bring simplicity to the classic dive watch, and we're delighted to launch our new dive watch.
We have developed a high-end watch using the finest materials to create a durable automatic watch that you can wear anywhere, whether at sea, in the office, while playing sports, and much more.
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Today, OBELUS has taken the liberty of "reinterpreting" a watchmaking classic from the 60s and 70s: the "military-type watch".
We are offering you two different versions: the OP.001 3-hand model, with its mechanical self-winding movement, and its companion model, the OC.001 Chronograph with its mecha-quartz movement.
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OBELUS rend hommage à l'âge d'or de l'histoire du chronographe.
La collection Retro Chronoscope offre une interprétation moderne avec une esthétique rétro.
Elle propose des boîtiers plus grands : 39 et 42 mm, contre 36/38 mm dans les années 50/60, pour répondre aux goûts modernes ; tout en conservant une silhouette sobre et plate de la montre vintage classique, fidèle à l'esprit d'origine.
Aujourd'hui, la maison OBELUS se permet de "réinterpréter" un classique de l'horlogerie des années 60/70 : "la montre type militaire".
Nous vous proposons d'acquérir deux versions différentes, le modèle OP.001 3 aiguilles, mouvement mécanique à remontage automatique et son coéquipier le modèle OC.001 Chronographe doté d'un mouvement méca-quartz .
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Notre ambition est d'apporter de la simplicité à la montre de plongée
classique, et nous sommes heureux de lancer notre nouvelle montre de
plongée.
Nous avons développé une montre haut de gamme avec les
meilleurs matériaux, afin d'obtenir une montre automatique durable que
vous pouvez porter où que vous soyez en mer, au bureau, en faisant du
sport et bien plus encore.
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A long time ago, it was a small box with a dial and a mechanical movement inside. It was worn to tell the time.
A timepiece, therefore, to watch it go by. Nowadays, all you have to do is turn on a computer, a mobile phone, or even look at the door of a microwave oven, to find out what time it is... The competition is enormous. The time is everywhere.
And the fine inventors of all these highly technological and modern devices had predicted the death of the watch.
Il y a fort longtemps, c'était une petite boîte avec un cadran et un mouvement mécanique à l'intérieur. On la portait sur soi pour connaître l'heure.
Un garde-temps donc, pour précisément le regarder passer. Aujourd'hui il suffit d'allumer un ordinateur, un téléphone portable, voire de regarder la porte d'un four à micro-ondes, pour savoir l'heure qu'il est... La concurrence est énorme. L'heure est partout.
Et les fins inventeurs de tous ces appareils hautement technologiques et modernes avaient prédit la mort de la montre.
In Middle Kingdom Egypt, the first hour of the day was called “the brilliant hour.” And the first hour of the night was known as “the defeat of Ra's enemies.” Over time, the Egyptians were the first to name the hours in order to better understand them.
The Nile people had already adopted the division of the day into twenty-four hours, inherited from the Sumerians. The Egyptian priests then invented the first elementary clocks to materialise the passage of time: "shadow clocks", made of a ruler and two squares related to the height of the stars in the sky, which, through skilful calculations, allowed them to establish the passage of the hours. But too complex, they were soon replaced by the gnomon, a simple stick planted in the ground whose shadow, rotating according to the earth's rotation, gave the time of day on a graduated support, the sundial was born. It reigned for four millennia and was still used to set the time on railway clocks at the beginning of the 20th century...
The only "hitch" was that this first universal time-measuring instrument could not work at night.
In Middle Kingdom Egypt, the first hour of the day was called “the brilliant hour.” And the first hour of the night was known as “the defeat of Ra's enemies.” Over time, the Egyptians were the first to name the hours in order to better understand them.
The people of the Nile had already adopted the division of the day into twenty-four hours, inherited from the Sumerians. Egyptian priests then invented the first basic clocks to measure the passage of time: “shadow clocks,” made of a ruler and two squares set at the height of the stars in the sky, which, through clever calculations, allowed them to determine the passing of the hours. But these were too complex and were soon replaced by the gnomon, a simple stick stuck in the ground whose shadow, turning with the Earth's rotation, showed the time of day on a graduated support. The sundial was born. It reigned for four millennia and was still used to set the clocks of the railway networks at the beginning of the 20th century...
The only “snag” was that this first universal timekeeping device could not function at night.
" Watchmaking is perhaps the art where ignorance should be least tolerated. "
Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopaedia
Since the 1990s, watches have moved from an essentially functional status to that of an object of desire.
The multiplication of brands and collections, and the creation of increasingly complicated movements have led to a watchmaking overkill that confuses the general public and makes it increasingly difficult for amateurs to choose.
Since the 1990s, watches have evolved from being primarily functional items to objects of desire.
The proliferation of brands and collections, along with the creation of increasingly complicated movements, has led to a watchmaking arms race that confuses the general public and makes it increasingly difficult for enthusiasts to choose.
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