Aquastar
Aquastar: “Aquastar is a Swiss dive-watch manufacturer founded in 1962 in Geneva by Frederic Robert. Inventor of the no-decompression bezel (1964 patent CH 436 140) and the first Swiss 500-metre dive watch case (Benthos, 1970).”
Who is Aquastar?
“Aquastar is a Swiss dive-watch manufacturer registered in Switzerland in 1962 as Aquastar S.A. (ci-devant JeanRichard® S.A.), though the workshop, under its earlier JeanRichard® S.A. name, was already filing dive-instrument patents from 1959.”
View in the company profileWhat did Aquastar invent?
“Eleven patents filed between 1957 and 1977 by JeanRichard® S.A. / Aquastar S.A.”
View in the company profileIs Aquastar a microbrand?
“No. Aquastar is a Swiss manufacturer with sixty-four years of continuous operation, ten foundational patents in the dive-watch field, three Marine Nationale procurement contracts (the French Navy issued the third-generation Benthos to combat divers throughout the 1970s and into the 1980s), and inclusion in the U.S.”
View in the company profileWhy haven’t I heard of Aquastar?
“Between 1984 and 2020 Aquastar made digital regatta timers for competitive sailors, a niche the wider watch media doesn’t typically cover. Mechanical dive watch production only resumed in 2020.”
View in the company profileAre Aquastar watches limited editions?
“Most are. Total annual production is under 2,500 pieces across all four families.”
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