From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine
Swiss watchmaker Cvstos has been making avant-garde mechanical watches for eighteen years at workshops in the center of Geneva, with production facilities just outside the city.
Specializing in bold, tonneau-shaped watches, Cvstos reports that it concentrates primarily on creating an “ultra-contemporary, yet sporty dimension to the most sophisticated complications.”
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Among the latest set of Cvstos debuts, the Challenge Sealiner PS certainly embodies all those descriptions. At 41mm by 54mm, the watch’s impressive sapphire case is endowed with a non-reflective coating on both sides and is affixed with specialized Cvstos polished titanium screws.
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And while the sapphire case allows a clear view of the movement from the back, it’s the teak dial that really sets the watch apart from other nautically themed models.
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Just below the stylized luminous hands (including a very cool propeller-shaped small-seconds hand) lies a teak-wood plate, echoing the woodwork found on many an ocean-cruising yacht.
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Additional Challenge models include examples with colorful sapphires set in titanium framing the teak plate.
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Cvstos will make twenty-five examples of the Challenge Sealiner PS with orange or turquoise dial, crown accents, and matching rubber straps—price: $49,500.
Specifications: Cvstos Challenge Sealiner PS
(A limited edition of 25 in each of two colors)
Case: Tonneau-shaped 53.7 x 41 mm sapphire crystal with non-reflective coating on both sides.
The caseback is open with sapphire crystal. The Crown is screw-down with a polished titanium Grade 5 or 5N rose gold rubber insert—polished titanium (grade 5) screws in an exclusive pattern.
Dial: Teak wood plate, rhodium-plated or golden decorative applique polished with Côte de Genève finish. Colorful sapphire indexes and Super-Luminova treated hands.
Movement: Skeletonized Cvstos CVS410, self-winding mechanical with 42-hour power reserve.
Bracelet/Strap: Rubber, alligator leather, or Alcantara with folding clasp.
Price: $49,500.
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