DUFRANE City Limits Automatic GMT Watch
DUFRANE City Limits is an excellent collection of dual time-zone watches powered by a tried and tested Swiss automatic movement. The series is consists of Tropical Dial, Silver Haze, Dark Hume, Dark Haze and Silver Hume models. Each model is limited to 200 pieces.
Designed as an everyday wear watch, each City Limits automatic model features a rugged case with 42mm diameter. The case material can be 316L stainless steel and depending upon the version, it has a brushed finish or PVD coating. Water resistant to 200 meters, the watch is topped with domed sapphire crystal glass.
These GMT watches are equipped with bi-directional bezel featuring anodized aluminium insert. The movement powering these timepieces is the Swiss Sellita SW330 self-winding calibre with a power reserve of 42 hours.
Both Silver Haze and Silver Fume models feature brushed stainless steel case whereas Dark Haze and Dark Fume models come with Black PVD coated stainless steel case. Additionally, both Silver Haze and Dark Haze watches have blue color dial inspired by the music records. They feature a blue 24-hour bezel for tracking additional time-zone. Equipped with black 24-hr bezels, Fume versions feature black dial fume dial, also inspired by the music records.
All models feature yellow centre seconds hand, two baton-shaped hands for hours and minutes, and a triangle-tipped black hand for tracking the hour of additional/second time zone.
Each timepiece comes with a geometric threaded gaucho leather strap, as well as a custom DuFrane silicone strap. The retail price for each model is US$ 899.00.
More details at DuFrane watches online store.
Technical details
Collection: DUFRANE City Limits
Case
Material: Marine grade 316L stainless steel, brushed or PVD
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 12.85 mm
Height (lug to lug): 47.6 mm
Inside lug width: 22 mm
Domed sapphire crystal with dual anti-reflective coating
Blue C3 SuperLumiNova
Bi-directional bezel w/anodized aluminum insert
Screw down crown
Quick release spring bars
Water resistance: 20 ATM (200 Meters)
Movement
Swiss Sellita SW330 Movement, Self-winding
Jewels: 25 Jewels
Frequency: 28, 800 vibrations/hour 4 Hz
Incabloc shock protection
Rhodium rotor
Power reserve: 42 hour reserve
Dial
Inspired by records
Strap
Geometric threaded gaucho leather strap
DuFrane silicone strap
Retail price
US$ 899.00
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