PROFESSIONAL DIVER 1000m

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Designer: Hideki Inoue
Year launched: 2017
12 categories: 01 / Sophisticated Technology

Commentary: Creating a Sense of Reassurance
Inspired by the robustness and strength found in the forms and structures of shells, this light-powered diver's watch can withstand saturation diving in the deep sea at a depth of 1,000 m. The bezel, an icon of the model, is given directionality like the spiral of a seashell, allowing the rotation direction to be recognized intuitively and enabling natural operation. To prevent accidental movement from shifting the set time, a rotation-lock mechanism is provided; when unlocked, an orange warning color appears. This diver's watch ensures legibility in the dark as well as high water resistance and shock resistance, giving users a sense of security as if protected by a sturdy shell. Winner of a Good Design Award in 2017.

Link tags
Product code: BN7020-09E
CAL.: J210
Watch type: Eco-Drive
Case material: Titanium
Design features: Water resistance for saturation diving

https://ms.citizen.jp/assets/011_01-11_1000 m ダイバー_01

Structural Digestive Design

This diver's watch is a model that took on the challenge of how to give an attractive design to a core that is engineered to withstand depths of 1,000 meters and reliably function in such harsh environments. In other words, the major challenge was how to use design to bring together the 'stacked box structure and form'—resulting from the addition of a bezel misoperation prevention mechanism to a case that must already be thick to withstand high depths. When viewed from the side, the use of polished and matte finishes ensures that the eye does not focus on any one area, and the insertion of black components prevents the watch from appearing as a thick mass. Additionally, by making the outer circumference of the bezel a slope that spreads downward and the underside a reverse slope, the watch avoids looking like a rugged metal block and instead gives an organic, almost sea creature-like impression, reminiscent of a turban shell or sea anemone. This is a good example of design and function fusing together, giving a diver's watch a marine organism-inspired appearance.