The Stowa Marine Original Arabic (incl. Video)

German watchmaking firm Stowa has been round for greater than a century, and all through that point, it turned primarily identified for 2 issues: pilots’ watches and marine chronometers. These devices had been essential within the early days of navigating the seas, as they had been important devices in pinpointing the place you had been in your journey and the place you had been heading. Traditionally, they had been typically mounted on a gimbal within the captain’s quarters and had crisp white dials with black numerals and blued arms to forestall oxidation. In fashionable instances, the necessity for such devices dwindled, however watches just like the Stowa Marine Authentic Arabic hold the spirit alive and kicking! 

The Stowa Marine Authentic Arabic is perhaps a tad shocking to most, as usually marine chronometers are likely to have Roman numerals as an alternative of Arabic ones, however there’s a superbly logical rationalization. The watch truly takes after a 1942 pocket watch by Stowa, with this very dial structure. What instantly stands out with the Marine Authentic Arabic is the convenience with which you’ll be able to inform time. That’s all the way down to the pristine white dial, with solely the naked requirements printed on it, a standard trait for this class of watches.

The design is straightforward but extraordinarily efficient. A white lacquered base is printed with massive Arabic numerals in black. To enhance, the railroad-style minutes monitor and the dimensions for the recessed small seconds are additionally completed in black. The metal arms are blued by warmth, in step with the historic inspiration. There’s actually not a lot else to it, though Stowa does supply a cream-coloured strong 925 silver dial as a substitute.

All is ready in a stout 41mm vast by 12.10mm tall stainless-steel case, with a totally polished end. The lug-to-lug dimension comes all the way down to 50.2mm, which is kind of substantial however a direct results of the motion that’s fitted inside it. In fact, a sapphire crystal on each side retains issues good and secure to depths of 50m. Winding of the motion is finished with a knurled onion-style crown.

Talking of the motion, the Stowa Marine Authentic Arabic comes geared up with a manually wound Unitas 6498-1. With pocket watch origins, the top-grade 6498-1 motion fills nearly the whole case due to its diameter of 36.6mm! Beating away at a leisurely tempo of 18,000vph, it offers a working time of 46 hours when absolutely wound. The motion additionally comes with a swan-neck fantastic adjustment system and a screwed steadiness wheel. it by the again reveals visible treats similar to horizontal ribbing, heat-blued screws, crisp engravings and so forth. All in all, it’s a reasonably interesting rendition of what’s a genuinely iconic motion.

Stowa places the Marine Authentic Arabic on a calfskin leather-based strap with a folding clasp, or an alligator leather-based strap with a pin buckle. It retails for EUR 1,750 or EUR 1,850, relying on the kind of strap. For a small premium, it’s also possible to add an engraving, or go for the 925 silver dial with a cream-coloured end. It will push the worth to only above the EUR 2,000 mark, which continues to be fairly honest for a watch with such historic relevance. It’s humble in its appears to be like, however an ultra-legible and dependable watch match for just about any circumstance in on a regular basis life.

For extra info, please go to Stowa.de.