Unimatic keeps their foot on the gas with the release of another new model built upon their tried and true minimal dive watch template. The newest watch is the Modello Quattro ref. U4-A, and it represents the beginning of a 4th family of watches from the Italian brand. The Quattro shares similarities with the OG Modello Uno watches, but moves to a fixed bezel design along with receiving a number of other subtle, but welcome changes. This is still unequivocally a Unimatic watch, so if you?re a fan of what they do, the U4-A should be right in your wheelhouse.

The mid-case of the Quattro looks exactly what you?d find on other Unimatic divers in the Uno family, save for the lugs which now sport drilled holes at their end.  The feature makes sense in the context of these watches and the ethos they subscribe to, and is something many fans of the brand have been asking for. A new screw in caseback and bezel assembly add a smidge of thickness to the case, bumping it to a still manageable 13.8mm. 
The move to a fixed bezel does yield more noticeable change both in feel and in appearance. The outer rim of the bezel where you?d normally find a coin-edge texture for ratcheting the assembly is now a brushed chamfer, bringing the case diameter to an even 40mm in the process. This tightens up the appearance of the watch as well, drawing the focal point inward toward the dial. Looking at it next to a Modello Uno, you?d swear the viewing area is smaller on the Quattro but it r...