Back in November we were happy to see the New York Observer featured the Hydroscaph H-140 Carbon Limited Edition Chronograph in an issue of The Collector Magazine. The story focused on limited-production luxury timepieces, making the H-140 an ideal fit.
Click here to read the full article from November’s issue of The Collector
UPDATE: Dates for our Underwater Flight Discovery experience have been set for July 16th and 17th.
CLERC – the first and only Swiss luxury watch company with its own line of personal luxury submersibles – invites carefully-selected members of press and media to learn how to fly under water. Then tell the world about it!
If you were at Baselworld last March, you may have seen footage of Super Aviator at the CLERC booth. This amazing and unique submersible is the precursor to Orcasub – the personal luxury submersible we are producing and marketing in partnership with Nuytco/Sub Aviator Systems in Vancouver, Canada. In a way, you could say it’s Orcasub 1.0.
These super-fast, easy-to-use, and maneuverable submersibles can fly two pilots in atmospheric comfort and safety down to 2,000 feet. In all human history until now, people who have personally witnessed life at such depths can be counted on a single hand. But now CLERC and Sub Aviator Systems are putting underwater flight at anyone’s hands – anyone, that is, who happens to be a member of the press or media interested in sharing this unforgettable experience with their audience!
Because in the second half of July this year, CLERC and Sub Aviator Systems will be hosting press and media guests at the Vancouver manufacture for an exclusive two-day Underwater Flight Discovery experience.
DAY ONE will include a full guided tour of the factory and R&D facilities at Nuytco Headquarters. Evoking the quintessential “Q Branch” scene in every James Bond movie is the best way to describe this experience. For a quick glimpse, check this out or visit our dedicated Facebook page.
DAY TWO consists of pre-flight instruction and certification. After successful completion of this phase, “students” gear up, head out to the water shore, and jump into a Super Aviator cockpit to experience hands-on underwater flight.
Guests who have already booked this event are bringing video crews with them – including underwater photographers. If you qualify and would like to reserve your underwater flight discovery experience with us, email us at: openwater@clercwatches.wpengine.com or catch us on Twitter or Facebook. Seats are extremely limited – we will do our best to accommodate as many guest as we can. Thank you for your understanding.
CLERC is defining a new extreme luxury category, and opening a new era in the history of human exploration machines. You may not have ridden on the first train, on flown on the first airplane, or sat inside the first space mission rocket. But now thanks to CLERC, you might very well be among the few chosen human beings to have experienced underwater flight up close and personal in 2015!
What was Gérald Clerc, a personal submarine, and a collection of Hydroscaph watches doing at the Singapore Yacht Show last month anyway? Besides hosting some VIP guests on Arthur Tay‘s private mega-yacht (who also happens to own the Singapore Marina)?
Setting up an event for CLERC and Sub Aviator Systems (SAS) of course! People walking up to the booth there were able to discover both the Orcasub personal luxury submersible model and CLERC Hydroscaph watches as Gerald, CLERC CEO, and John Jo Lewis, Managing Director of SAS worked the booth together welcoming hundreds of intrigued visitors – it’s not every year you see a personal luxury submersible at the Singapore Yacht Show!
Yet personal luxury submersibles are very desirable to the super-wealthy who frequent the show. Why? Because they love to bring various “toys” on their mega-yachts. And while many of them carry helicopters, speed boats, jet skis, and all sorts of other fancy machines, very few, if any, actually have personal submarines on board.
Orcasub is unique in the way it can easily be transported and launched from aboard a luxury yacht. It’s both easy, quick, and economical to use in several outboard or onboard configurations. With its compact profile and folding wings, Orcasub can fit on almost any sized yacht. And it’s easy to deploy right into the water on a moment’s notice.
Imagine spotting a great whale or a pack of Orcas in the middle of the ocean, stopping your yacht, climbing aboard your personal submarine, and quickly launching to follow them under water? Sub Aviator Systems and CLERC now make this a soon-to-be very popular reality.
Openwater Heroes is CLERC’s new Ocean Conservancy Program dedicated to generating and expanding awareness of specific ocean conservancy initiatives throughout the world.
Every year, CLERC will promote and raise awareness for specific causes dedicated to preserving the beauty and health of our marine ecosystems. The individuals spearheading these causes will be selected as CLERC Openwater Heroes then recognized and rewarded for their efforts and leadership.
According to CLERC CEO Gérald Clerc:
“Our Hydroscaph watches were born from the oceans, and extreme underwater conditions at depth drive everything we do on the engineering side. The same can be said for the aesthetic side of our timepieces. So it’s only natural that CLERC should strive to give back to the oceans for inspiring us. We will do this by promoting significant ocean causes and the selfless heroes behind them who too often remain unknown and uncelebrated.”
Gerald, himself a certified scuba diver, believes the oceans are increasingly being threatened by industrialisation, consumption, and energy exploration. Yet the beauty of the wide oceans and the life they contain is a gift to all mankind and deserves protection and preservation.
CLERC’s Openwater Heroes promotional efforts will undoubtedly benefit from the brand’s newly-announced partnership with Sub Aviator Systems – making it the first Swiss luxury dive watch company ever to conceive and test its watches in partnership with a luxury submarine builder at their underwater testing facilities.
Do you want to participate, contribute, or suggest a new Openwater Hero to us? Then email us at openwater@clercwatches.wpengine.com.
Inject a little “Triple-5” into your Monday mornings!
Monday mornings are a lot easier to conquer with a powerful yet stylish Hydroscaph Central Chronograph CHY-555 on your wrist. Rule the world with this magnificent Limited Edition piece with its black diamond-like coated (DLC) case, Hornback crocodile strap with orange stitching, and orange dial markers.
There’s nothing else like it in the world. And you deserve it!
Click here for an amazing wallpaper photo of the “Triple-5” (then right-click and select Save as…) or click here to learn more about the CLERC Hydroscaph collection and where to buy.
Questions about ordering this unique timepiece? Email us at openwater@clercwatches.wpengine.com.
This quick video clip takes you around the Hydroscaph H1 (H1-1.11.1 model to be precise) C.O.S.C certified automatic chronometer in 48 seconds. Which is plenty of time to admire this amazingly unique creation.
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We take a quick 360 degree run around the powerful Hydroscaph Central Chronograph CHY-585 model with an orange vulcanized rubber strap.
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Online magazine coolhunting got their hands on a new Hydroscaph H140 several weeks ago for review and evaluation. They had this to say about it.
Dream Chrono’s Tom Mulraney took an orange Hydroscaph Central Chrono on vacation with him over Christmas holidays – destination: sunny Puerto Rico. See what he had to say about his travel companion here!
Now out since December 2014!
The CLERC Hydroscaph H1 now sports metal as a bracelet option in addition to vulcanized rubber and alligator. The H1 references available with a metal bracelet option include the H1-1.B.1 (gray dial, white hands and markers), the H1-1.B.3 (blue dial, blue hands and markers), and the H1-1.B.5 (black dial, red hands and markers).
The Hydroscaph H1 Chronometer is an unmistakably adrenalin-rush model that welcomes the line’s first ever metal bracelet this year. It is made of solid steel and specially developed by CLERC to provide unbeatable comfort. Merging seamlessly into the case, it acts like an extension of the famous CLERC expandable lugs – designed to adapt to any wrist shape or size and featuring a unique structure ensuring remarkably flexible bracelet link adjustment.
The distinctive construction of this watchband accentuates the powerful style of the CLERC Hydroscaph, while providing fascinating visual effects from the alternating polished and satin-brushed finishes. It is particularly resistant and easily adjustable, even over a neoprene diving suit, and firmly secured to the wrist by a folding clasp complete with safety pushers.
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