Pre-Order Borealis Medusa 300m Diver Watch - Interchangeable Bezel

[Borealis Watch Admin]

The Borealis Medusa will wear smaller than dimensions may imply. Why? Due to the lugless case.

Examples taken by my husband.

Borealis Seafarer II prototype: features a 45mm bezel.
Prometheus Manta Ray bezel:44.50mm

His wrist size is about 6.7 inches.

You can see how smaller the lugless design appears on wrist.

 

[Daniel Smith]

Not going to happen at least with keeping date at 3 o'clock.

Date would have to move to 4 o'clock too as with the Sea Dragon

To keep date at 3 o'clock we would have to reprint date wheels and a venture we are not going to partake this route at price point we are aiming at.

Can you explain this to an ignoramus like me? I would have thought that if you moved the crown to 4 and left the aperture for the date window at three it wouldn't have mattered at all, since the date wheel would still be a 360 degree rotating wheel designed to be read from the horizontal line?

I don't want the crown at 4, I just didn't understand the logic.

Also : flat or dome crystal? Would look awesome with slim case and heavy dome.

 

[Borealis Watch Admin]

Please have a look at attachment. If not reprinting date wheel numbers do not get aligned. Only way is for crown to be between 3 and 4 o'clock as some seiko watches do.

 

[Borealis Watch Admin]

That is why the Seiko´s SKX series have the crown not at 4 o'clock but about a minute above.

 

[SDGenius]

any chance of a 43mm case?

 

[Mtbkr65]

The picture is of the Halios Puck which is a 47mm lugless case on my 7 inch wrist. 45mm is going to be a great size! The Medusa is a definite for me as long as there are some dial color choices or a pvd/dlc version!

 

[CHANT]

Wow! Maria, I could hardly keep up with all the ongoing projects and, now, all of a sudden, the Medusa "pug"!

I would really like to see this watch to be a "fun" tool watch with some lively color combo so the wearer could pair the Medusa with some nice Zulu or NATO straps.

I am looking forward to seeing this project to its successful conclusion

CHANT

 

[Borealis Watch Admin]

any chance of a 43mm case?

No, not a chance. Would not work as part of the big news in terms of the bezel system that we are going to announce.

Also with a 43mm case watch would wear like a 40mm diver watch with lugs and maximum lug width would be of 20mm.

 

[SimpleWatchMan]

Nice project. Looking forward to this new design.

 

[Victor Gospodinov]

How about the lug distance? 24mm or 22mm?

 

[Borealis Watch Admin]

How about the lug distance? 24mm or 22mm?

We are planning for a 22mm version.

24mm is too large and there is no space inside case for such a large width while keeping diameter at 44.50-45mm diameter.

 

[ANJUNA]

I am sure it has plenty of appeal for others, but sorry to say it does not do it for me. Guess I like lugs, crown guards and steel bracelets to much.

 

[gabriel-dan]

Nice watch! The design is beautiful however may suggest a bigger orange minutes hand similar to Seafarer II.
People might not realize how small a lugless design wears, the bigger the better! 47mm would be awesome.
The crown around 4 would be nice IMHO.
At the end of the day this is a divers watch so it should serve that purpose. It should be readable below water, bright colors, big size .etc

 

[Pakz]

Not too sure about that one.
Sure enough the design is interesting, and the bezel exchanging system might be a great thing. But I passed the "puck" when Halios introduced it because, well... I didn't warm to it, and now even after more time to get used to this design and the advantage of a smaller size (I'm progressively moving a bit to smaller watches: for example I'm currently wearing a SARB 0035) I still don't know.

Well, we'll see. The Estoril, SeaFarer II and Bull Shark are already on order... so it's not like I will be "watchless"

 

[Borealis Watch Admin]

Once technical designs are more final we can check possibility of a crown at 4 o'clock. The technical designs are very important for the final design as they will allow the bezel system to be compatible with future bezels.

 

[femto]

...like this clean design and round case! ...and how would the back look like ?

Yeah, I would like to see the back, too!

 

[Borealis Watch Admin]

We haven't mentioned this before but idea is for the bezel system to be compatible with the Prometheus Manta Ray line.

Therefore there are certain guidelines we have to follow so that bezels are compatible and fully interchangeable.

We are trying to see if there is space for crown to be at 4 o'clock but seems very difficult due to the lug positioning.

 

[Jerry P]

I was wondering if you are considering a bracelet option for this watch? Conversely I think this watch would look fantastic on mesh. Are you considering either one?

 

[Borealis Watch Admin]

Mesh can be a possibility. Just be aware prices will increase.

 

[DTDiver]

..+ 1 for the crown at 4.

Still thinking that 45mm is the best size, but also still wondering about the thickness; could you give us some info about that ?

I saw your options for the hour hand: the arrow is nicer, but could we see a baton style ?