Case, Bezel & Crystal

The case is of a clean and elegant design that sits well with a series that put itself squarely in the dress watch category. Coming in at 40 mm with a thickness of 12 mm, it is not of a size that would have classically be considered a dress watch, but with the continuing shift to larger watch sizes – part-driven by industry and current fashion – it does not look out of place on the wrist (A Blog To Watch has a nice article on the increase of watch sizes if you are interested). I personally consider it a good size for a dress watch, with large enough real estate to show off its design and have room for its complications without feeling cluttered. If I was to be picky I would say I would prefer it to be slightly thinner maybe at 10 mm, but I am not going to quibble over 2 mm.

The crystal on the Duo Timezone is domed sapphire, the doming in very slight but effective and has no appreciable distortion effect. I am not sure if it has an anti-reflective coating, but either way very little reflection can be seen in day-to-day use indicating a high quality of sapphire was used. Sapphire would be expected in a watch at this price point and it is always pleasing to have the added scratch protection this brings.

The case itself is made of stainless steel and is polished to a high quality mirror finish throughout, the bezel is plainly finished and curves downwards at a soft angle away from the crystal. Just as it meets the case there is a light chamfered edge that gives a defined distinction between case and bezel and it sits about 1 mm short of the case on all sides. The same effect is found where the case meets the caseback. This combined with the case being softly curved backwards towards the back, reduces in profile the look of how thick the case is. This is effective and does make the watch feel thinner than its form. The watch lugs arch downwards from the case just under the bevel and smooth to a rounded end, they extend far enough to support a straight edged strap but are sufficiently understated to not make the watch feel oversized.

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