Swatch Scuba SDK111 Tipping Compass

I'm going to the Swatch FIVB World Tour event (beach volleyball) tonight, so I thought it was fitting to wear another from my collection of Swatch watches.

The Swatch Beach Volleyball Major Series was started as a collaboration between Red Bull and ACTS Group marketing agency, with Swatch being brought on board as a partner and sponsor. The event consists of 4 beach volleyball tournaments around the world to find the series champions.

This watch is one of the Swatch Scuba range (also called Scuba 200), but is a little different from the last Scuba model I blogged. This model is called Tipping Compass, which is due to the face design. The face doesn't actually tip, but has a nautical style compass design, but with a bottom section which looks to be at an angle. The compass points make up the hour markers, and the 3 hands are glow in the dark for easy reading. The Scuba models are thicker than the standard Swatch to allow the increased water resistance (200m), and they feature a rotating bezel with minutes markers for timing during a dive.

With this model, I also got a glow in the dark loop fitting which fits on the strap. I don't know if it was originally with the watch, but it fits the size and design very well. My guess is that it is designed to allow you to clip something to the loop while diving to avoid losing it.

This model has the model number SDK111 and was a winter 1993 release (with a design date of 1992).

Swatch Dreamwater SDB113

There are many ways I choose which watch to wear - it may be based on an event, which have batteries, but today it was because the colour matched my top.

Today's watch is the Swatch Dreamwater, and this was a Swatch watch designed for surfing (and is part of the Scuba range) . The main difference is the strap which is a long fabric and velcro one with a neoprene strip as the backing (with the Dreamwater name printed on it). This strap is actually long enough to to be used over a wetsuit and the material will also be good under water.

The case is a thicker watertight case which is rated to 200m. It has a rotating bezel with minute markers which I guess can be used for dive timing. The hands are also easy to read with the minute hand having an arrow at the end, and all hands being glow in the dark.

This model has the number SDB113, and came with two strap lengths (which add an L or S to the end of the model number). It is part of the 1998 Autumn Winter collection, and was designed in 1997.

Swatch Scuba AquaChrono FIVB World Championships 09 Stavanger

Each year, Swatch sponsors the Fédération Internationale De Volleyball (FIVB) world beach volleyball tour. Of course, to mark the occasion, they release a limited edition watch (now 3 limited editions in 3 days ;-)).

The watch for the 2009 championship was an AquaChrono in black and gold (including the number 09 at the 9 o'clock position in gold to mark the events year). The design also has a bezel which has the pointer at 9 rather than the more normal 12. The strap states this is for the Swatch FIVB'09 World Championships, and for each location on the tour, the cities name (Stavanger in this case) is printed on the strap holder by the buckle.

The AquaChrono was released in 1994, and is a combination of a Scuba 200 and Chronograph. It is a 3-hand dial, with date at the 3 o'clock position. One the face are 3 small dials for the chronograph, which are 2 x dials to 60 (seconds and minutes), and a dial to 10 (tenths of a second).