Circula Introduces the SuperSport, a True Super Compressor
You might remember that the last time we brought you news about German brand Circula, it was to talk about the Heritage Hand-Wound, a simple dress watch using a vintage movement from the 1970s. This was in the spring of 2020, and in the relatively short span of time since the release of the Heritage Hand-Wound, we?ve seen a number of other brands release similar watches with vintage, new-old-stock, or refurbished movements. There?s something undeniably charming about it. Circula?s latest watch is quite different, but feels similar in the way it reaches back into the past. The SuperSport is a vintage inspired dive watch that not only has a compressor style case, but is an actual working compressor.Â
It?s incredibly common these days for watch brands to use compressor style cases (those with two crowns, one to control an inner bezel ring, the other for time setting and winding) to hint at the past, but they typically stop short of giving these cases true compressor functionality. This is understandable, as advances in materials and watch manufacturing have advanced to the point where a compressor case, which effectively becomes more watertight the deeper it goes, is no longer the high end in dive watch technology. Simply put, like mechanical watches themselves, they?re technically obsolete. So it?s fascinating whenever a brand decides to go the extra step and actually manufacture a compressor case. It?s been done relatively recently by Christopher Ward and Farer, a...
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