Certina

Power at a Premium: 6 Watches Under $3,500 with Great Power Reserves

This article is from the WatchTime Archives and was originally published in 2021. Of the various ongoing trends in the watch world, ever-improving power reserves in mechanical timepieces are among the most practical. With collectors often owning a variety of pieces they like to change in and out on a daily basis, owning a mechanical...

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Jul 20, 2024 by Caleb Anderson

It’s Time – WatchTime New York 2024 Tickets On Sale Now!

After an incredible show in 2023, WatchTime New York, the premier collector’s event in North America, is set to return to Manhattan from October 18th to 20th, 2024. WatchTime New York 2024 promises to be even more spectacular, with the show marking the 25th anniversary of WatchTime and bringing together the world’s finest watchmakers, timepieces,...

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Jun 20, 2024 by WatchTime

WATCH REVIEW

A Hands-On Review of the Certina DS PH200M Dive Watch

With the DS PH200M, Certina raises one of its early divers’ watches up to the surface. Not only is the design authentic, the construction is, too. We give it an in-depth look in this review from our May-June 2019 issue.

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Apr 27, 2024 by Alexander Krupp

Certina Releases DS Super PH1000M in Two Variants

Certina gets ready for the next dive season with the release of the Certina DS Super PH1000M. Water-resistant to an extreme depth of 1,000 meters (100 bar), it draws inspiration from DS-2 Super PH1000M, a mission timepiece used in the Tektite II program, an underwater habitat project of the U.S. government, carried out in the...

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Nov 20, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Back in Black: Certina DS Action Diver 43mm

Entirely dressed in black and certified according to ISO 6425, the Certina DS Action Divers 43mm combines great looks with high-quality features. Thanks to a screw-down crown and case back, the diver’s watch is water resistant to 300 meters. Its striking black steel case sports a unidirectional rotating bezel made of matte ceramic with a...

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Jul 6, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Three New Vintage Inspired Diver’s to “Seas” Summer Days

With summer in full swing, we take a dive back in time and have a closer look at this year’s line-up of retro-styled diver’s watches. Symbolizing robustness, discovery and adventure, diver’s watches in general leave a striking impression on the wrist – whether on dry land or in the water. In light of this fact,...

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Jun 2, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Retro at its Finest: Certina Introduces DS-2 Chronograph Automatic

Certina’s DS-2 Chronograph Automatic commemorates the DS-2 Chronolympic, which was once worn on Mount Everest and featured in an Oscar-winning documentary in 1970. Back then, five examples of the Chronolympic made it to the top of the world’s highest mountain as part of a Japanese expedition. Alpinist Yuichiro Miura completed the descent on skis with...

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Apr 17, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Introducing the Certina DS-2 Powermatic 80

60 years old but young at heart: Certina’s hallmark sports timepiece, the DS-2, celebrated a small anniversary in 2022. With its tonneau-shaped stainless steel case measuring 40mm by 38mm that is water resistant to 200 meters, the latest addition to the family is a truthful interpretation of the first models that featured the DS system that...

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Jan 16, 2023 by Sabine Zwettler

Certina Brings Back the DS Argonaut in New Automatic Chronograph

Certina’s new DS Chronograph Automatic 1968 draws inspiration from the historic DS Argonaut from 1968. The watch has its entrance in a distinctive cushion-shaped case made of black PVD-coated stainless steel. It is pressure resistant to 20 bar and measures 43.5 by 43.5 mm. The unidirectional rotating bezel, which frames the luminescent black dial with...

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Jun 4, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Certina Drops New DS SuperPH500M Sea Turtle Conservancy

This month, Certina once more turns to the sea and its inhabitants with its latest. It’s clear from a first glance at the DS Super PH500M Sea Turtle Conservancy, the Swiss watchmaker’s most recent special edition, that this watch is different. For the first time, the annual STC edition appears with a vintage design combined...

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Apr 21, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Recently Resurfaced: Certina DS Action Diver is Updated with a Black Ceramic Bezel

Since its launch, the DS Action Diver housed in a 43-mm stainless steel case that is pressure-resistant to 30 bar has been one of the watchmaker Certina’s most popular timepieces. The latest version of the diver’s watch is likely to continue that trend, updating its ISO standard 6425 tested form with a new unidirectional rotating...

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Feb 14, 2022 by Sabine Zwettler

Certina: The Return of the DS-2 (with Live Photos)

Swiss watch brand Certina is bringing back one of the signature models of its past, the DS-2 from 1968, a watch that became famous for its ultra-robust “Double Security” construction (the movement is encased entirely in an elastic shock absorber ring, and the crown sealed with two o-rings). Like its predecessor from the 1960s, the...

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Jan 30, 2022 by Roger Ruegger

FEATURE

Vintage Eye for the Modern Guy: Certina DS PH200M

Swatch Group-owned Certina is a Swiss watch brand that few American consumers are familiar with, but it is a company that has long specialized in sports watches, and even has an extensive history, both in the American market and among military personnel. Yet, as was the reality for many historic Swiss manufacturers, the Quartz Crisis...

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Jan 27, 2019 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE:

The Definitive Baselworld 2018 Round-Up

Baselworld 2018 may have been significantly smaller than in previous years, but the show certainly made up for it with an exceptional range of new watches, quite a lot of them with much more budget-friendly prices than in previous years (which still cannot be said for the bratwurst stand outside the fair). WatchTime’s editorial team...

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Apr 7, 2018 by WatchTime