What We Know
Should you’ve been sleeping on Baltic, it is time to get up. Not as a result of the solar is shining – no, that golden glow is coming from the brand new PVD gold variations of a few of Baltic’s core choices. Beginning at present, the MR01 micro-rotor automated, Bicompax 002, and HMS 002 center-seconds watches all include a little bit of golden shine and black dials to enhance it.
For a similar value as a regular MR01 (€545) and a slight improve in value on the Bicompax 002 (€565 as a substitute of €540) and HMS 002 (€385 vs 360), Baltic is now doing 316L chrome steel instances with gold PVD coating and black dials. There’s not a lot new right here; there are two automated time-only watches plus one manually-wound chronograph with two subdials. However the brand new look of PVD gold is placing sufficient (and demand for the MR01 was excessive sufficient on launch) that we thought fanatics would possibly admire getting a heads-up.
The instances stay the identical, as do the actions, so verify the specs under. It is precisely what you anticipate, however man do they appear good.
What We Suppose
Alright, I stated it already. These look darn fairly good. I keep in mind my early days of entering into watches and feeling like I actually wished a watch with a contact of gold. Similar to numerous collectors on a finances, I gravitated towards gold PVD watches to scratch the itch. I went for the gold-toned Casio A500WGA-9 world timer (which I out of the blue really feel the necessity to dig out of a drawer and put on) however I want that these watches would have been round.
The blue-dialed MR01 continues to be one among my all-time favourite reasonably priced watches, one which I like to recommend to lots of people each month. However whereas salmon dials have had their second and appeared to be the preferred of the model’s MR01 releases, we would do good to recollect how uncommon classic yellow gold Pateks with black dials are. These dials undoubtedly play off a few of that classic Patek vibe and the gold PVD-applied Breguet numerals on the brand new MR01 are placing. It goes to point out that rarity is not the one purpose these classic watches go for large bucks. They’re gorgeous. Whereas I do not see myself choosing up a 3rd Baltic any time quickly, you may do far worse than these new releases.
The Fundamentals
Model: Baltic
Mannequin: MR01, Bicompax 002, and HMS 002
Diameter: 36mm (MR01), 38mm (Bicompax 002), 38mm (HMS 002)
Thickness: 9.9mm (MR01), 13m (Bicompax 002), 13mm (HMS 002)
Case Materials: Chrome steel 316L with gold PVD coating
Dial Colour: Black
Indexes: Utilized Breguet hour markers (MR01), Sector dial with polished and utilized hour markers (Bicompax 002), Sector dial with polished and utilized hour markers (HMS 002)
Lume: None
Water Resistance: 30m (MR01), 50m (Bicompax 002), 50m (HMS 002)
Strap/Bracelet: Stitched Saffiano black strap
The Motion
Caliber: Hangzhou CAL5000a Micro-rotor (MR01), Seagull ST1901 (Bicompax 002), Miyota 8315 (HMS 002)
Features: Hours, minutes, small seconds (MR01), Hours, minutes, column-wheel chronograph, with operating seconds at 9:00, 30-minute counter at 3:00 (Bicompax 002), Hours, minutes, central seconds, stop-second (HMS 002)
Energy Reserve: 42 hours (MR01), 42 hours (Bicompax 002), 60 hours (HMS 002)
Winding: Computerized (MR01), Handbook (Bicompax 002), Computerized (HMS 002)
Chronometer Licensed: No
Extra Particulars: Engraved crown, Excessive-domed hesalite glass.
Pricing & Availability
Worth: €545 (MR01), €565 (Bicompax 002), €385 (HMS 002)
Availability: Now
Restricted Version: No
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For extra data on the brand new Baltic watches in Gold PVD, go to the model’s web site.
