The TECHNOLOGY

The 12000 FEET is full of innovative technologies:

It took several prototypes of different stainless steel compositions to optimize the weight/pressure resistance quotient. While a diver’s equipment might easily weigh up to 50kg no one wants a watch adding another 1kg!

The crystal, too, needed a completely different approach to any average diver’s watch on the market: with a pressure of up to 370kg / cm2 a series of laboratory tests finally resulted in a domed sapphire crystal 8mm thick – a record on its own. The anti-reflective coating ensures that the dial can still be read perfectly under all conditions.

A new approach was used for the helium relief valve, too – no moving parts that might get clogged with sand, salt or debris.

All these technological achievements had but one goal – to break the world record for water resistance of mechanical timepieces!