Another iconic divers’ watch turns 50; another watch brand pays tribute to it with a special anniversary edition. Joining last year’s Doxa SUB 300 Professional 50th Anniversary Edition and this year’s tribute re-editions of the Seiko Hi-Beat Diver and Memovox Polaris on that roster is this week’s Watch to Watch, the just-launched Zodiac Super Sea Wolf 68 Limited Edition.

The Zodiac Sea Wolf was one of the very first modern dive watches, debuting in the same year, 1953, as its more famous contemporaries, the Rolex Submariner and Blancpain Fifty Fathoms. The “Super” version, with a higher water resistance than the original, launched in 1968, which of course means that 2018 marks the model’s half-century mark. And while Zodiac ? a historic, traditional Swiss brand now owned by the Fossil Group ? relaunched the line a few years ago, this new model, limited to 182 pieces in tribute to Zodiac’s founding year of 1882, has several attributes (along with its obvious built-in rarity) that make it unique among its modern brethren.
The dial is dark gray with a sunburst finish and details ? such as the outlines of the luminous indices and minute hand and the frame around the date window ? in Zodiac’s signature “blaze orange” color. The color is also used for the edges on the dark gray velcro strap, which is accompanied in the special anniversary packaging by an additional rubber strap and a heavy-duty steel mesh bracele...