Pilot watches enjoy a wide popularity and not only because of the reduced dial and the large hands, that ensure maximum readability. Almost all of today's pilot watches are based on the design of the so-called observer watches that were part of the equipment of every navigation officer belonging to a German Air Force crew during World War II.
Unlike today, the first diver's watches were very large and provided the diver with no other additional functions except the display of the current time. It wasn't until the early 1950s, when the first diver's watches with a rotating bezel had been developed, that enables the diver to safely and accurately monitor the periods of his dives. To this era, in which a now legendary sports watch design was created, we pay tribute with the STEINHART Ocean One Vintage and bow to the technical developments of yesteryear. Above the golden hands and the dark gray dial with luminous paint in "Old Radium" colour bulges the tall sapphire crystal, with its double anti-reflective coating on the inside, reminiscent of the plastic crystals of watches from days gone by.
The sporty exclusiveness of the „OCEAN 1 BLACK" makes it stand out from other diver watches. Its solid design guarantees highest resiliance as well as an outstanding quality. Within the large genre of sports diver watches the „OCEAN 1 BLACK" is one of the few examples in its price range which demonstrates such an excellent cost-performance ratio.