Laco Version 96 Dive Watch (Specs & Worth)

Laco will attain a real milestone in 2025, its 100^th anniversary. It started a five-year sequence of restricted version watches in 2020, the Mission 2025 sequence, as a preshow celebration of types. Final 12 months’s Laco Version 95 was a modified model of the Navy Cuxhaven/Bremerhaven with a blue dial and arms, appropriately restricted to 95 items. The Laco Version 96 is a really completely different watch with a monochromatic aesthetic and diving theme, primarily based on the Squad/Sport “Scorpion” assortment. This one’s restricted to 96 items – see the pattern?

Not like the usual Squad/Sport fashions with inexperienced, blue, or orange accents, the Version 96 is strictly a black and white affair that brings a stealthy, army vibe. The chrome steel case has a matte black PVD coating and is 42mm in diameter and 13.5mm in top. A unidirectional, ceramic rotating bezel has a diver’s 15-minute scale and Arabic numerals each ten minutes thereafter. The outsized, screw-down crown has a full guard and “96” is embossed on the finish. A double curve sapphire crystal with an inside anti-reflective coating protects the dial, whereas the strong case again has a scorpion aid. Water resistance is rated at 300 metres. The Laco Version 96 is fitted with a black 20mm waterproof leather-based strap (with a linen construction) with a PVD coated pin buckle. 

The matte black dial has white Arabic numerals and gray indices at 3, 6, and 9 o’clock. A protracted double index extends from 12 o’clock. The arms proceed this shade scheme with a white hour hand and gray minute hand, and the white lollipop seconds hand has a gray circle. The arms, indices and numerals are all coated with Tremendous-LumiNova C1. A color-matching date window discretely sits at 3 o’clock. Each the dial and case share the general aesthetic of the usual Squad/Sport assortment, however the monochrome theme supplies a really completely different persona. 

Powering the Version 96 is the Laco 200 computerized, primarily based on the Sellita SW200-1 (Elaboré grade). It has 26 jewels, beats at 28,800vph (4Hz) with a 38-hour energy reserve. Capabilities embody central hours, minutes, hacking seconds, and quickset date. Laco can even improve the motion to a Prime grade for a further payment. 

The Laco Version 96 is once more restricted to 96 items and retails for EUR 1,290. They’ll embody a journey pouch, collector‘s pin and certificates of authenticity. As a bonus, Laco will embody a multi-tool from Leatherman for all orders positioned in December. Preorders are actually open with deliveries anticipated by mid-January. For extra info, please go to Laco’s web site.