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Baltic Aquascaphe Blue Gilt; Decent Spec Diver, Affrodable Price

Baltic has added a blue gilt model to their Aquascaphe dive range and it makes an interesting alternative to something like the Christopher Ward C65. A stunning deep blue, sunray effect dial, 39mm case width and a domed sapphire crystal all combine with some bright lume to make this a decent spec watch for £580. It’s a leisure dive/swim watch with 200m of resistance and … Continue reading Baltic Aquascaphe Blue Gilt; Decent Spec Diver, Affrodable Price

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Baltic Tricompax is On The Launchpad

One of the most intersting Indie watch brands around, Baltic has a new model coming soon. The Tricompax is your classic 70s style chrono, with three sub-dials and reverse panda option too. At just under 40mm across, it’s a balanced piece, with a steel bracelet coming as standard, plus sapphire crystal and a Sellita SW510 movement inside the case. That delivers over 60 hours of … Continue reading Baltic Tricompax is On The Launchpad

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Baltic Micro-Rotor MR-01 is Back on Pre-Order This Month

The micro-rotor is a clever way of powering an automatic watch and keeping the movement nice and slim too. That means you can produce a thin case dress watch. Indie brand Baltic first launched the MR-01 last year but now a new batch are being produced and available for pre-order on the Baltic website. There are three dial colours for this old school watch; salmon, … Continue reading Baltic Micro-Rotor MR-01 is Back on Pre-Order This Month

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Baltic Bicompax 002 is Retro Heaven

Baltic has brought back the Bicompax chrono model, and the 002 version has a more retro dial design, plus the ST1901 movement inside the case. It’s still 38mm wide, which is the same sort of width your classic Venus/Valjoux 7733 movement watches from the 60s and 70s were, give or take 1mm. Twin sub dials give you essential readings, an Italian calf strap adds a … Continue reading Baltic Bicompax 002 is Retro Heaven

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Love Retro? The Baltic MR01 Micro-Rotor is Back

Baltic Watches has sent us info on their MR01 automatic model, which is being revived for 2022. Available in blue, salmon or silver dial colours the MR01 retails at 654 euros and has a rather stunning micro-rotor movement inside its 36mm case. The overall look is vintage and classic, which is perfect for fans of the micro-rotor movement. Another benefit is that a compact movement … Continue reading Love Retro? The Baltic MR01 Micro-Rotor is Back

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The Baltic Aquascaphe Dual Crown is Back

The word from Baltic, who have revived the handsome dual crown Aquascaphe dive model. Fair play. Our diving watch Aquascaphe Dual-Crown is back on our website. It is with great pleasure that we can now announce the return of the Dual-Crown in our permanent catalog. It retails at £650 by the way which NWC mag thinks is very reasonable for a compressor dive watch made to this … Continue reading The Baltic Aquascaphe Dual Crown is Back

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Baltic Drops a Micro-Rotor Masterpiece

There is something fascinating about the micro-rotor movement. Watch fans seek them out today, even though the heyday of the micro-rotor was the 1960s. You can still pick up a Dugena, Hamilton or Universal vintage micro-rotor watch, which all share the same movement by the way, although you will pay three times as much for the Universal. The reason it’s collectable is simple; it makes … Continue reading Baltic Drops a Micro-Rotor Masterpiece

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Black `n’ White Baltic is A 60s Mod Classic

French brand Baltic has launched a white dial/black bezel variant of its Aquascaphe, which has that punchy look many people love. Kinda 60s Mod, with a real dive ability too. 200m depth rating, sapphire crystal, 39mm width,  screwdown crown, Superluminova details – it has a lot going for it. Price is reasonable too, especially when you consider how expensive it is to employ anyone and … Continue reading Black `n’ White Baltic is A 60s Mod Classic

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