When watches travel to the ends of the Earth

"Happy to announce that your watch works as well at 11,000 metres as it does on the surface" read the telegram that Jacques Piccard, oceanographer and Trieste co-pilot, wired to the Rolex head office The first half of the duo is known the world over, not least for the Seamaster, James Bond's dive watch of choice since 1995 Vescovo wanted a watch he could take with him on these expeditions, so he stopped by a retailer in his hometown of Dallas and bought an Omega Planet Ocean Chronograph.

The watch has been laboratory-tested at pressure equivalent to a 15,000-metre depth On returning from the Mariana Trench, all three watches - equipped with the 8912 co-axial calibre - were again put through their paces by the Swiss Federal Institute of Metrology and passed all tests Before it could take part in the expedition, it too had to rethink one of its watches and prepare it to endure the conditions that reign on the roof of the world, where temperatures can plummet to -40°C.

The result is an Overseas dual time Prototype whose oscillating weight Vacheron Constantin decorated with an engraving taken from one of Richard's photographs of Everest After the Richard Mille RM 25-01, developed for Sylvester Stallone in pure Rambo spirit, and the Panerai Submersible Marina Militare Carbotech, two watches from recent months touted as genuine survival instruments, we have clearly entered an era of invincible watches. . Source