All about the Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise SuperCompressor Ocean Blue Steel Bracelet
About the brand new Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise SuperCompressor Ocean Blue on a steel bracelet 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 diver's watch that you can enjoy in all circumstances!
The Rochelaise is a subtle blend of elements from our favorite watches of the 60s and 70s - to which we wanted to pay tribute.
• Case diameter: 39 mm
• Length: 46 mm lug to lug
• Case thickness: 11.40 mm
• 316L steel case
• Bidirectional internal bezel made of pressed steel
• Domed sapphire crystal
• Screw-down crown
• Miyota 9039 automatic movement
• Silicone Tropic strap or steel bracelet with personalized clasp. Strapwidth: 20 mm.
By the way: Le Forban Sécurité Mer manufactures its wristwatches in the workshops of French watchmaker Christian Plantin. Here they are assembled, tested, and adjusted. The price-performance ratio is also truly excellent. For a mid-three-figure sum, you can hardly get comparable quality elsewhere. The perfect entry point, right?
The SuperCompressor Principle Explained
Let me get straight to the point: With the Rochelaise, Le Forban Sécurité Mer has for the first time designed a compressor diver's watch. This makes them one of the brands that are reviving SuperCompressor technology for the first time in about 50 years. In the early days of scuba diving, watches with a double compressor crown and compressor clasp were particularly sought after.
Also, because back then there were no other known ways to effectively seal cases. The legendary case manufacturer Ervin Piquerez elegantly solved the problem by incorporating a spring-loaded case back. Thanks to the spring, the diver's watch was already watertight even when the case back was not yet pressing against the O-ring. This only happened at high compression levels. The deeper you dived, the more watertight the watch became.
VERY EASY TO READ, EVEN AT NIGHT
Whether in daylight or at night, your watch remains legible through the use of Swiss Super-Luminova® C3, the brightest lume on the market. The luminous material is designed to remain legible in the deepest abyss and will also prove useful for night owls navigating through the shadows...
REFINED AND COMFORTABLE - Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise SuperCompressor Ocean Blue Steel Bracelet
With the aim of achieving an ideal combination of aesthetics and comfort, we have 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.
GREAT ATTENTION TO DETAIL
We chose 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 second hand, a reminder of its diver's 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 stop when the crown is pulled out.
ASYMMETRICAL CROWNS AND EMBOSSED BACK
To highlight the back, we use the same embossing technique for all our watches. For the Rochelaise, we chose the motif of a marine rope as a tribute to the nearby Royal Ropemaking Factory of Rochefort. With its screw-down crown, the Rochelaise is designed to be water-resistant up to 150 meters. Its second crown, which rotates the inner bezel, has been intentionally placed in an asymmetrical position, adding an original yet vintage-inspired charm.
Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise SuperCompressor - Details in Video:
My conclusion:
"FINALLY in blue! The new Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise immediately captivated me. After extensive testing, this was more than confirmed. The Rochelaise is significantly more elaborate than the Malouine or Brestoise. Exemplary for the brand's increased ambition is the compressor technology, which has now been introduced and sets the Rochelaise apart from the crowded market of diver's watches."
Specification of the Le Forban Sécurité Mer Rochelaise SuperCompressor Ocean Blue Steel Bracelet
Brand
Le Forban Securite Mer
Category
Diving watch
Diameter
39mm
Strap
Steel bracelet
Dial color
Blue
Dial
Indices
Waterproof
150m
Glass
sapphire crystal
Case
stainless steel
Movement
Miyota 9039
Type
Unisex
Condition
New & OVP
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