The Dive Watch Connection

The Moana Pacific Professional Kara is Magrette’s latest premium dive watch and celebrates the brand’s 10-year anniversary. Kara (prounounced “cah-rah”) is Maori for “flag” and references the use of New Zealand blue, red and white as the color palette. Blue also represents the surrounding waters of the Tasman Sea and Pacific Ocean. The association with the national flag and colors underscores the deep pride Magrette takes in being a New Zealand watch brand.

This watch introduces a Grade 5 titanium case (noted for its superior tensile strength and surface hardness) for the first time in Magrette’s dive collection. In addition to titanium’s exceptional corrosion resistance and high strength–to–weight ratio the Kara is built for the toughest aquatic environments with a water resistance rating of 500M, large screw-down crown with safety alert collar, scratch resistant sapphire crystal, and engraved ceramic bezel insert. The Moana Pacific Professional Kara is powered by the automatic Caliber STP1-11 from Swiss Technology Production SA .This movement along with a new custom winding rotor is visible through a sapphire caseback, another first in the Moana Pacific Pro legacy.


MOVEMENT: Swiss Made Caliber STP1-11 automatic movement with hacking seconds, 28800bph, manual winding, Incabloc shock absorption and Nivaflex NM mainspring
CASE DIMENSIONS: 44mm excluding the crown, 53mm lug-to-lug, 15.3mm tall, 24mm lug width
CASE FINISH: Brushed Titanium grade 5 (brushed) with stainless steel case back
BEZEL: Ceramic (matte finish), engraved and fully lumed
CROWN: Screw down crown with red safety alert collar
CRYSTAL: Sapphire (double domed), AR coating
DIAL, HANDS & BEZEL: Super Luminova BGW9 (blue in color)
WATER-RESISTANCE: 500m/1650ft Water resistance. Viton gasket used on case back.
STRAP: All new blue FKM rubber integrated strap with logo, name and customized deployant buckle

This is all packaged together in our new signature travel case (outside of case blue, inside grey).

TOTAL PRE-ORDER PRICE: $685.00

Chocodove wrote:Too big for me, but it's a good looking watch.

alis_aquilae wrote:

Chocodove wrote:Too big for me, but it's a good looking watch.

As a 42mm this would have been an almost certain purchase for me. At 44 I'll have to just enjoy the pictures of those of you who are getting it

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nweash wrote:

alis_aquilae wrote:

Chocodove wrote:Too big for me, but it's a good looking watch.

As a 42mm this would have been an almost certain purchase for me. At 44 I'll have to just enjoy the pictures of those of you who are getting it

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My sentiments exactly. I don't have a problem with 44mm. It's the 53mm L2L that I couldn't deal with when I had a MPP.

matt.wu wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 01, 2017 5:06 pm

Magrette has been around for 10 years?

59yukon01 wrote:Really like that, but 53 LtoL is too big for me.

HapaHapa wrote:

59yukon01 wrote:Really like that, but 53 LtoL is too big for me.

Yep. That LumTec is sweet but the Magrette is too big. That wrist pic is deceiving.

CGSshorty wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 02, 2017 5:21 am

What's the deal with that movement? Is that one of those Chinese ETAs?

Ryeguy wrote:

CGSshorty wrote: ↑

Sat Sep 02, 2017 5:21 am

What's the deal with that movement? Is that one of those Chinese ETAs?

I think it is that Fossil-made 2824-2 copy. Supposedly Swiss, but in reality probably largely Chinese in component manufacturing. Not really any different than any of the players at this price point.