All about the Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise Steel Bracelet (sand gray / brown)
About the brand new Le Forban Rochelaise Sand-Grey steel bracelet (sand grey / brown) from France!
New & original packaging. Only available from me in Germany.
Inspired by the original watch designs of the 60s and 70s, the Rochelaise is a refined harmony of curves. With its rotating inner bezel with stamped indices and its chrome-plated printed indices on the dial at the cardinal points, it impresses with its originality and subtlety. A dive watch that you can enjoy in all circumstances!
By the way: Le Forban Sécurité Mer manufactures its wristwatches in the workshops of the French watchmaker Christian Plantin. Here they are assembled, tested and adjusted. The price-performance ratio is also truly outstanding. For a mid-three-figure sum, you can hardly find comparable quality elsewhere. The perfect entry, right?
The Rochelaise is a subtle blend of elements from our favorite watches of the 60s and 70s - which we wanted to pay tribute to.
• Case diameter: 39 mm
• Length: 46 mm lug to lug
• Case thickness: 11.40 mm
• Case made of 316L steel
• Bidirectional internal bezel made of pressed steel
• Domed sapphire crystal
• Screwed crown
• Miyota 9039 automatic movement
• Silicone Tropic strap or steel bracelet with personalized clasp. Strapwidth: 20 mm.
Sand grey: A warm grey with gilded accents.
Sea green: A blue-green with deep accents that reflects the color of the water of La Rochelle.
Its turtle-style case is based on the rounded shapes of watches from the 70s, and the rotating inner bezel is a nod to the design of the "supercompressors" of the 60s. The Rochelaise remains true to the retro spirit and perfectly matches our new, finely etched steel bracelet. An original watch that completes the Le Forban collection and offers a completely new alternative to our early models.
REFINED AND COMFORTABLE - The Le Forban Rochelaise Sand-Grey on steel bracelet
With the aim of achieving an ideal combination of appearance and comfort, we paid particular attention to the curves and finesse of the Rochelaise case.
Due to its balanced proportions and low profile, the Rochelaise is a unisex watch that will look good on any wrist size, just like all watches in the Le Forban range.
VERY LEGIBLE, EVEN AT NIGHT
Whether in daylight or at night, your watch remains legible thanks to the use of Swiss Super-Luminova® C3, the brightest lume on the market. The luminous material was developed to remain legible in the deepest abyss and will also prove useful for night owls navigating through the shadows...
A LOT OF ATTENTION TO DETAIL
We have chosen a very specific manufacturing technique for the internal bezel. The indices are pressed into the metal, the resulting depth thus offers a unique aesthetic - a technique borrowed from the 60s. The surfaces of the indices are polished to complete the aesthetic effect and maximize legibility. And as a final touch, the Rochelaise is equipped with a red seconds hand, a reminder of its dive watch DNA.
ULTRA-RELIABLE MIYOTA AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT
The Miyota 9039 has been in production since 2018 and is a high-quality Japanese automatic movement. Due to the thinness of this movement, the Rochelaise case has a particularly low profile - less than 12 mm.
Power reserve: 42 hours
Seconds hand stops when crown is pulled out.
ASYMMETRICAL CROWNS AND EMBOSSED CASEBACK
With its screw-down crown, the Rochelaise is designed to be water-resistant to 150 meters. Its second crown, which rotates the inner bezel, was intentionally placed in an asymmetrical position, which gives it an original but vintage-inspired charm. To highlight the caseback, we use the same embossing technique on all our watches. For the Rochelaise, we have chosen the motif of a nautical rope as a tribute to the nearby Royal Ropemaking Factory of Rochefort.
The detailed review is already finished and will be online shortly! Stay Tuned!
My conclusion:
"The new Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise immediately thrilled me. After the detailed test, this was more than confirmed. The Rochelaise is significantly more elaborately designed than the Malouine or Brestoise. Exemplary for the brand's increased aspirations is the compressor technology, which has now found its way in and sets the Rochelaise apart from the confusing market of dive watches."
Specification of the Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise Steel Bracelet (sand gray / brown)
Brand
Le Forban Securite Mer
Category
Diving watch
Diameter
39mm
Strap
Steel bracelet
Dial color
Sand gray
Dial
Indices
Waterproof
150m
Glass
sapphire crystal
Case
stainless steel
Movement
Miyota 9039
Type
Unisex
Condition
New & OVP
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