If you have a spare £7,100 in your sock drawer and you’ve been thinking about splurging on a new watch, this could and probably should be up for earnest consideration.
The new Oktopus II Titanium Red is an excellent new look for a superb series. The watch features a titanium colour dial while the case is crafted in titanium with a satin finish and a black ceramic bezel to afford powerful scratch resistance.
The titanium colour dial serves to heighten the finishing and enhance the contrast between the red details and the black ceramic bezel. A big date in double wheels is powered by a highly finished Dubois Depraz custom-made automatic movement.
The 2-layered dial is laser-cut into an octopus representation in stencil technique at the layer on top with circular Côtes de Genève finish to resemble water ripples at the layer below. The case back is finely engraved with an octopus drawing created by Morten Linde. The crown carries an engraved octopus symbol.
The case is a complex five part construction to ensure absolute water resistance and excellent anti-corrosive protection given by the finest materials employed, such as titanium and ceramic. It features a central movement chamber and four case parts assembled together with 16 screws. The four case parts at three, six, nine and twelve o’clock, are built separately from the movement chamber and are used to attach the strap as well as to hold the attachable instrument.
The watch gets its macho good looks from the titanium case body which has undergone a rough satin finish.
You may notice there is no unidirectional bezel. Oktopus II Double Date Titanium Red like the original Double Date Series intentionally dispenses with one as the information (time spent submersed), traditionally measured by a turning bezel, is available in the Reef (dive instrument).
If you want to try the watch on, admire it on your wrist and see how it holds up to everyday wear, Linde Werdelin offers a five day no obligation trial at home. Of course they’re not going to just send it and hope for the best. You do have to put a 30% deposit of £2,130 on the watch.
A limited series of 88 Oktopus II Titanium Red timepieces will be available worldwide this summer.
