RALF TECH WRV Automatique 1977 GMT Océan 44mm
A diving watch for travelling — or perhaps a travel watch that happens to be ready for 300 metres of water.
The WRV Automatic 1977 GMT Ocean combines two genuinely useful complications within RALF TECH's seventies-inspired professional WRV architecture.
Its 43.8mm steel case surrounds a rich lacquered navy-blue dial, with a dedicated 24-hour scale allowing a second time zone to be followed independently. Crucially, RALF TECH leaves the external bezel free to perform its original diving function rather than sacrificing it to the GMT display.
Inside is the RTG001 automatic GMT movement, offering up to 41 hours of power reserve, while a 3.5mm curved sapphire crystal, screw-down crown, encapsulated caseback and 120-click ceramic bezel provide 300 metres / 990 feet of water resistance.
A hand-sewn black Barenia calfskin strap with blue stitching gives the watch a more refined character, with a black silicone strap supplied for use in the water.
Only 77 pieces will be produced.
Why buy it?
Because the GMT function actually belongs here.
The WRV was already designed around travel, diving and real-world use. Adding a second time zone makes the watch more capable without compromising the reason it exists.
And that navy lacquered dial gives the seventies-inspired case a particularly elegant personality.
Two time zones above the surface. Three hundred metres of capability beneath it.