Mido Adds a Ceramic Bezel to the Ocean Star
As enthusiasts, we?re often drawn to ?sleeper? watches and brands that for a variety of reasons tend to go under the radar, unnoticed by the masses. Mido and their Ocean Star line easily fits into that category. This dive watch collection traces its lineage back more than 75 years, but is rarely discussed in the same breath as diving pioneers like Rolex, Blancpain, Seiko, and others. Still, the brand has real heritage, and the watches themselves offer an impressive value, even if they aren?t particularly exciting on a visceral level. They are humble tools, don?t aspire to be much more than that, and therein, I think, lies the appeal for many. The brand has just unveiled an update to their Ocean Star 200 diver, and it?s one that we?re frankly surprised hadn?t been made years ago.Â
Mido is calling this release the Ocean Star 200C Trilogy, and the operative letter to take note of here is the ?C? that quietly indicates the inclusion of, for the first time in the collection, a ceramic bezel insert. Ceramic bezel inserts, while not exactly standard equipment, have been quite normal on dive watches at all price points for several years now – they?re certainly no longer an unusual, high-end luxury feature that a big Swiss brand would use to differentiate itself from the rest. These days, an aluminum insert is almost more noteworthy, as it implies some type of authentic link to dive watch history, or just an old-school way of doing things. That said, ceramic offers ...
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