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Hammerfjord Moderator 
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New? Well, yes and no… The case&hand configuration are well known from Aquadive: The exciting thing there, is the movement.  Yes, it´s picked up at OceanicTime, thanks to Lex we have first hand breaking news on Aquadive and it´s new teasers. I didn´t see the GMT version hitting the forum collection but I hope that this special movement will soon be available. Swiss manufacture, 35 jewels, 28800B/h and 5 days power-reserve due to it´s twin-barrel system. Now, who makes this movement was my first question but Lex don´t tell in his article… Looking at it, I thought Technotime movement ? Still no price is announced. Anybody who would know that movement from somewhere? |
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oagaspar Site Founder 
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I believe it is one of the new mechanical Technotime movements... |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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oagaspar wrote:I believe it is one of the new mechanical Technotime movements... Yes, I thought that I recognized them "style" there... |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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Hammerfjord wrote: oagaspar wrote:my guess is the Technotime TT718... |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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oagaspar wrote:Hammerfjord wrote:oagaspar wrote:my guess is the Technotime TT718... Looks right: With an automatic module then... |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Hammerfjord wrote:oagaspar wrote: There´s not bunch of houses which are making such movements and that´s the twin-barrel who put me on trace in fact. Then I recognized the rotor shape and it´s particular ball-bearing cover. The silver balance-wheel and it´s curved bridge are as well particular. No doubt for me, it has to be a Technotime that was customized. |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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New pics from Lex… The pink ball-bearing cover sold it away: Technotime movement http://www.technotime.ch/en/home.html http://oceanictime.blogspot.no/2013/11/aquadive-bathysphere-300-1stlook.html   |
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joecb 3T WIS 
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I like it!! |
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stew77 Admin 
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Interesting stuff...gotta love the 5-day power reserve offered by the twin-barrel design. I find the Technotime history (established in 2001), pretty interesting...they've gone from challenging the Swatch Group at inception (as essentially a startup in movement production - kuddos to them), including providing full manufacturing capabilities to produce nearly all the components necessary to build a complete movement in house. ...to relying on a subset of partner subcontractors to provide components and assembly and finishing steps (...obviously to balance/reduce costs involved with being fully vertically integrated). They seem to work with a large number of customers (including companies claiming to produce 100% "in-house" movements according to an article in International Watch)....interesting.....  Anyone have any experience (good or bad) with any of the Technotime movements in a timepiece? |
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oagaspar Site Founder
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the Technotime TT738 would be the auto movement(see link) ...there are quite a few high end manufactures using Technotime base calibers,and Crepas tactico has used the manual TT718... http://www.technotime.ch/en/movements/automatic-movement-tt-738.html |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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oagaspar wrote:the Technotime TT738 would be the auto movement(see link) ...there are quite a few high end manufactures using Technotime base calibers,and Crepas tactico has used the manual TT718... Right Oscar, it looks like the TT738: But Aquadive had the "Côtes de Genève" made in circular mode. The movement shown at Technotime had the "Côtes." cut across: That´s what misled me but looking closely, it seems to be the very same movement. |
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Patrik72 3T WIS 
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Wow,never seen such short lugs before. Nice looking diver that gives me a 70´s vibe. But what blew me out of the water is you guys and your knowledge of movements just by looking at cogs and wheels.   |
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Hammerfjord Moderator
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Patrik72 wrote:Wow,never seen such short lugs before. Nice looking diver that gives me a 70´s vibe. Thanks Patrik but also thanks to internet, a movement like this is kind of easy to track down... |
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