Some watches are meant to be practical, offering useful complications and functionality to get us through both the difficult and mundane moments of life. Timing a load of laundry, or getting that steak off the grill while it?s still on the correct side of medium, for instance. Other watches are meant to be completely discreet, fitting unobtrusively under a shirt cuff, a private enjoyment of the owner. And then, there are watches, like the new Spinnaker Piccard, that are essentially pure exercises in watch related time travel, meant to evoke a period or event that is often hyper specific. The good news here is that if you happen to be obsessed with the history of underwater exploration in the 1960s, and have always dreamed of strapping a Rolex Deepsea Special to your wrist (but lack the seven figure sum or the patience necessary to acquire one at auction), Spinnaker has you covered. 
Spinnaker Piccard

Case Material: Titanium
Dial: Black
Dimensions: 47 x 25mm
Crystal: Sapphire   
Water Resistance: 1000 meters  
Crown: Screw down          
Movement: Sellita SW-200
Strap/bracelet: Leather, rubber 
Price: $950
Reference Number: SP-5082-01, SP-5082-02
Expected Release: Available now

The Piccard is directly inspired by the 1960 voyage of the Bathyscaphe Trieste, a two-person submersible that reached the bottom of Challenger Deep (35,757 feet below the surface of the ocean) in January of that year. For the 60th anniversary of this record-setting event...