Description
The Cricket Nautical was the fruit of research conducted by 3 experts who pooled their knowledge and experience and, together with Manufacture Vulcain, developed the very first diver's watch that would not only feature a system for determining no-stop dive times built right into the dial, but also sound a real alarm to signal the diver “time to get back to the surface!” – in a sleek package water-resistant to a depth of 300 meters. The trio of passionate divers: Hannes Keller, a talented Swiss physicist/ mathematician, occasional pianist, and deep-sea diving pioneer; Max-Yves Brandily, explorer and filmmaker; and Arthur Droz, a national certified diving instructor and representative of the C.I.A.S (Centre d'Investigations et d'Activités Sous-Marines – Center for Underwater Investigations and Activities).
Here, Vulcain would like to pay tribute to Hannes Keller, who passed away last year, on 25 December 2022. On November 3, 1966, in Toulon, France, he reached the abyssal depth of almost 250 meters with a Cricket Nautical on his wrist. The record was witnessed and validated by none other than Jacques Cousteau, already a legend by then.
MECHANICAL: Hand-wound alarm movement (12 lignes or 27.07mm in diameter), double barrel, equipped with the Exactomatic system, 165 components
INDEXES: White Super Luminova
CASE : 316L Steel Polished Silver
CASE-BACK : The ‘Triple Case Back’ acts as a resonance chamber, allowing the alarm function to be used underwater or in a sapphire crystal version embellished with the stylized Vulcain "V"
DIAL : Semi-matte black dial with decompression tables
DIAMETER : 42.20 mm
TRIPLE CASE-BACK THICKNESS : 17.35 mm
CRYSTAL : Sapphire, domed, with anti-reflective coating (or domed plexiglass version)
WATER RESISTANCE : 30 ATM (300 meters)
DIMENSIONS : 22x18 mm
BUCKLE : 316L with engraved Vulcain logo
CALIBRE : Cricket Alarm Calibre V-10
MOVEMENT : V10- H1
FUNCTIONS :Hours, minutes, center seconds, alarm, decompression scale adjustable via screw-in crown at 4 o'clock
FREQUENCY :18,000 vibrations / hour
POWER RESERVE : 42 hours
