Behind the Dan Henry Watches model is a person referred to as… Dan Henry. An avid collector with nice style in classic watches, he has used a few of his favorite fashions to create a set of timepieces impressed by the previous however with a superb worth/high quality ratio. Following a few cool computerized dive watches – the 1970 Compressor and the 1975 Pores and skin Diver (there are a number of different collections, but with quartz actions) – the model is now presenting an computerized time-and-date model of the Dan Henry 1972 Maverick. A watch that many will instantly acknowledge as an hommage to a famed 1972 Chronograph related to Porsche, it has now been imagined with a extra simple show and a rotating interior bezel.
Dan Henry has by no means hidden the reference to emblematic classic watches when it got here to creating his personal accessible modern fashions. With the unique 1972 Maverick chronograph, the reference to the Chronograph 1 from Porsche Design was fairly clear, however with a really completely different price ticket. With the brand new mannequin, which removes the chronograph complication, Dan Henry is proposing one thing completely different, which has by no means been performed previously (not less than, not in a masculine model – Porsche Design as soon as had a 29mm no-chronograph model with Orfina). And the clear, utilitarian look actually has its personal attraction.
The case, accessible in black PVD-coated or non-coated metal, has the traditional matte blasted ending of the 1972 assortment. Measuring 41mm in diameter, with a barely distinguished thickness of 12.9mm, it’ll retain the consolation of the unique mannequin with its brief case. Outfitted with a sapphire crystal on prime and a screwed again with an embossed F-14 Tomcat fighter jet medal, it additionally has a screw-down crown and the water-resistance is rated at a snug 100m. However moreover the change of show, there’s one thing on the left facet of the case that’s new, too.
Framing the matte black dial is an angled interior flange with a 12-hour scale. Mixed with the extra (screwed) crown at 10 o’clock, this interior bezel rotates and can be utilized to trace a second time zone. Similar to the chronograph model, the dial of the Dan Henry 1972 Maverick Automated makes use of a sandwich building, with the decrease plate coated in white Tremendous-LumiNova and the highest black plate that includes cutouts to create the hour markers. A tone-on-tone date is positioned at 3 o’clock and, relying on the version, the seconds hand is both blue- or red-coloured. Surprisingly, this minimalist design works exceptionally nicely with the utilitarian form of the case.
Inside this model of the Dan Henry 1972 Maverick is a straightforward but strong computerized motion from Miyota, the calibre 8215 with a 3Hz frequency, a 40h energy reserve and a stop-seconds machine. These two time-and-date variations are worn on metal (PVD coated or not) bracelets with a folding clasp and quick-release spring bars. The 20mm lug width will make it simple to swap for a leather-based or rubber strap.
Now accessible from the model’s web site, the brand new Dan Henry 1972 Maverick Automated comes but once more at a extremely engaging worth: USD 360. Fairly a discount for a handsome vintage-inspired watch that ought to have at all times existed…
Extra particulars at danhenrywatches.com.
