Borealis Cascais Swiss STP1-11 Preorder has begun

[Disc Golfer 209]

Hello everybody !

I'm still unsure which one to get but I had to share.

Here's the link:
Borealis Watch Company | Store












"The Borealis Cascais 300m Automatic Diver Watch is a vintage inspired diver watch manufactured by Borealis Watch Company complementing the family of Borealis vintage inspired diver watches.

It is powered by a Swiss Made STP1-11 automatic movement that features 26 jewels, 28'800 vibrations per hour, 4 Hz , hacking seconds and a power reserve of 44 hours. It is a very reliable, sturdy movement that proved to be an alternative to the Swiss Made ETA 2824-2. The movement has been reviewed by an independent source as can be found here.

The Borealis Cascais is a innovative diver watch featuring lume manufactured by RC Tritec with the strongest mixes available in market : Superluminova C3 X1 Lume (the latest and strongest lume manufactured by RC Tritec) or Super Lume BGW9 depending on version.

All watch models of the Cascais collection are also complimented by a lumed ceramic bezel, double domed sapphire glass, 316L stainless steel case and a high quality 316L stainless steel bracelet with a quick adjusting clasp."

Borealis Cascais Automatic Diver Watch Specifications:

Case Size: 42mm x 49mm
Screwed down crown
Double Domed Sapphire Crystal with A/R coating inside
120 clicks unidirectional glossy ceramic bezel with C3 X1 grade or Super Lume BGW9 lume applied to indexes
Swiss Made STP1-11 Automatic Movement
316L Stainless Steel Case
Lug Width: 22.00 mm
Water Resistance: 300 meters
Viton gaskets on case back and tefzel gasket for glass
Case height: 12.96 mm
316L Stainless steel bracelet with precision adjustable buckle
Swiss Made C3 X1 grade or Superluminous BGW9 Superluminova applied to dial, watch hands and ceramic bezel
Cathedral hands or Pencil Hands depending on variant (hours, minute, seconds)
Screwed Case Back with engraved mermaid
12 months warranty

[mikeylacroix]

I like the blue. Very hexa like

[andrema]

Man, the indices are way too big IMO. They overpower the dial.

[hoppyjr]

Maybe it's better in live photos, but it's almost cartoonish in these renderings.

[mellonb1]

"Butterface" watch. Side profile looks great though.

[CGSshorty]

Those are SuperMaxi indices.

[toxicavenger]

Maria's renderings I have never liked but I bet this watch is gonna rock when it is done. Also they are using C3 X1, X1 is a killer new lume mixture that is brighter than the standard C3 lume.

I still bet this will be out before Yao gets his 300's delivered.

Thanks for the heads up Luis!

[BBK357]

None of the above

[streetracer101]

Case looks nice, but the rest leaves me meh

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[Panerai7]

The proportions of dial to bezel are awesome, totally anti-kobold seal
But agreed the markers are too big

[Axelay2003]

I like it. White looks good.

[dnslater]

Doesn't look bad. Size is perfect. I wish the company would stick to just a couple of colors and pick a handset and go with it. Seems to fashion watch like to offer a million customization options, but I guess that is what folks like.

As a designer, I want to be the one to tell them what they like.

[tattoo chef]

Doesn't look bad. Size is perfect. I wish the company would stick to just a couple of colors and pick a handset and go with it. Seems to fashion watch like to offer a million customization options, but I guess that is what folks like.

As a designer, I want to be the one to tell them what they like.

They run polls on their forum and Facebook and then do the try and make everyone happy deal. For the most part, they don't really design anything. They post the initial concept and then let others vote on the details. This is both good and bad in my opinion. But if it works and they are selling them, who am I to say anything.


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[Jeep99dad]

I like the watch quite a bit even though the round hour markers appear a tad big. I prefer the second more traditional hands to the Bremont like hands here but matter of taste. The size is great. Hands length too. Proportions seem right and I dig the blue and brown dials even if I'd have preferred a darker shade of brown. But it could be the rendering ?


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[manitoujoe]

Dunno. I dig it. It's different without being too crazy.


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[marchone]

I like it. Bezel to dial proportions as Art mentioned are great.

[toxicavenger]

Luis posted some pics on wus.

[5661nicholas]

Luis posted some pics on wus.

Looks really good, especially like the case


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[gwells]

maybe it's just me, but i think the numbers on the bezel are too big for the bezel. the top/bottom of the numbers are right on the edge.

and the markers are too big, as others mentioned.

(and i still can't get over the "let's type our name in MS Word in Times New Roman" logo. i did actually check, it is TNR.)

[CGSshorty]

Meh.

[streetracer101]

Meh.

Yup. Great proportions ruined by a terrible dial.

[JP Chestnut]

At least they got the chamfer on the correct side of the lug. Another non-serious micro watch. These guys don't get it.

[Torrid]

Looks nice, but I don't care for the look of the bracelet.

[Disc Golfer 209]

Luis posted some pics on wus.

Thanks a lot, Terry. I forgot I started this thread here cus of all the lack of love for most microbrands.

I'm in love with the white dial prototype. Took it to work today and couldn't stop staring at it. And the C3 X1 lume is the most powerful I ever had.



More powerful than the white Shumate, the Frankenmonsters and Sawtooths and more the Irreantum Magellan I had.

Here's the chocolate version. Nice gamble to go with such color but it ended up looking real nice. Only 30 of these will be made.



BGW9 on this one.







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