Swiss made - check! Chronograph - check! Water resistance, 200m - check! I've decided to start collecting some Swatch watches again. They are rather inexpensive and yet quite reliable. But I guess I will just focus on chronograph divers watches as they have more utility for me.
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First time I wore the watch after I opened the package from Turkey
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The dial features three registers. The one at the bottom is the sub-second register. The others are for the chronograph feature (hours on the upper left and minutes on the upper right). There is also a rotating bezel.
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Side view showing the buttons and crown
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The other side view. You can see that the watch is in great shape. Not bad for something manufactured back in 1994.
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A photo of the back - I had to take this from an angle so the photo can show the specs including water resistance of 200m. That's the easily accessible but sealed battery cover at the top of the photo. You can open it with a coin, revealing a rubber gasket covering/protecting the battery and the inner parts of the watch. It's the same for my other Swatch divers.
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Another wrist shot with this inexpensive Swiss watch
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Close-up of the bottom part of the dial indicating this to be a 1994 model Swatch
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This was a quick and easy pick-up as not so many people seem to be into collecting these 'plastic' watches. While these are Swiss and the bearer of the group name under which are the likes of Omega, Glashutte Original, Longines and Tissot, they are still generally regarded as the Swiss response to the cheap Japanese quartz watches that flooded the market from the 1970s to the 1980s. I have already used this for a swim last month and it functioned well and water did not seep into the watch. That means the gaskets held and are in great condition for this 27-year old watch.
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