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Look: Hublot Oceanographic 1000 Dive Watch
by Kyle Stults on July 12, 2012

Some more looks at the Hublot’s Oceanographic 1000m King Power Dive Watch . As a reminder, this watch is the “little brother” of the Oceanographic 4000. Although the watch has not been officially announced by Hublot, I made the first *unofficial* announcement of the watch here at Perpetuelle back in April. The photos below come from Dive(into)Watches blog — a favorite of mine, maintained by Roger Ruegger. Roger has a great article on the Hublot Oceanographic 4000 “The King of Over-Engineering” — just click on over and check it out, along with lots of great hands-on photos (in German but easily translatable). Enjoy the pics!

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Hublot Oceanograph 1000 Dive Watch

48mm titanium case, 1000 meter water resistance, internal rotating bezel (operated via 10 o’clock crown), large orange chronograph timing hand, screw down crown with hinged guard, helium valve, quick-change strap system

The strap mechanism also is interesting — all required is to push/depress the triangle button on the case and the movement is inserted/removed — assuming the fit is secure (and I have every reason to assume so), this is a great innovation for a “quick change” strap system:

goju1

Interesting looking Diver – would like to know more about it – size and movement for example.
Inner rotating bezels are (sometimes) difficult to operate but have advantages that can outweigh that – e.g. staying in place and not dislodged by an impact.
Not sure about the strap change mechanism – would be interested to inspect the watch up close.
- http://www.perpetuelle.com/ Perpetuelle
  
  @goju1:disqus Yes, overall this looks to be a promising diver. I’ve updated my post with some specs, but here directly are some insights for you: case is 48mm, titanium; movment is automatic mechanical HUB4160 with black PVD tungsten open-worked rotor(4z/42hrs power reserve). the movements is not Hublot manufacture so far as I know but I am not sure of the base (Hublot uses Dubois Depraz, Frederic Piguet and ETA as base movements in other pieces). The strap mechanism also is interesting — all required is to push/depress the triangle button on the case and the movement is inserted/removed — assuming the fit is secure (and I have every reason to assume so), this is a great innovation.
  Cheers!
  Kyle
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Linnfan

Looks like a ripped-off design based on the Linde Werdelin pieces. But then again, it’s Hublot, so I’m not surprised…
- http://www.perpetuelle.com/ Perpetuelle
  
  @002567898688de0ff21d2a27b48fc135:disqus The only LW similarity I see is the bezel.
  I get lots of Hublot bashing over “stealing designs” here, but it is pretty much unfounded, in my opinion. I think a lot is driven by envy of Hublot’s great success.Someone please show me a side by side comparison of who and what and how Hublot is ripping off. I need convincing.
Speedwing

That diver is awesome. I’ve already ordered one and own the 4000M
Speedwing

BTW the quick strap system is very secure. For a titanium the 4000M is heavy but it’s a good solid weight. The workmanship is impeccable.
- http://www.perpetuelle.com/ Perpetuelle
  
  Cool, thanks for the comments!