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Material : Steel
Price range (CHF) : 1000-1999
Movement : Automatic
Chronograph
Date With its imposing design and its extremely sturdy case water-resistant to 300 m, the Seastar 1000 by Tissot continues the brand’s incursion into the diving world. This chronograph combines the performances of an automatic movement with the noble aesthetic appeal of a timepiece that defies the oceans and features a number of nods to the maritime world. A unidirectional rotating bezel, a wristband with diving buckle as well as hands and markers coated with Superluminova to ensure perfect readability. Each model also has a helium valve for saturation diving - an additional step that Tissot is taking in the underwater depths, a field in which it is gaining ever increasing expertise.
Movement Automatic, Calibre CO1.211
Functions Hours, minutes, seconds, date and chronograph
Case Black or blue PVD-treated stainless steel, 48 mm
Scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Screw-locked crown, pushers and screw-in caseback
Helium valve
Water-resistant to 300 m / 30 bars
Dial Black, blue, black and white or black and orange
Superluminova-coated markers and hour and minute hands
Blue chronograph hands
Hour, minute and seconds counters at 6, 12 and 9 o’clock respectively
Date window at 3 o’clock
Bracelet/Strap 316L stainless steel bracelet with safety fastening and diving extension; rubber strap with folding clasp

Like my "vintage" Seastar 1000 much, much better.......

I like mine too. It's the watch in my sig pic, which I just realized that I don't have up here yet. geez, yeah honey, mix another one just like the last one!

I love the new colors combos for the new Seastar but overall i have always loved the older one!
Im not sure but also believe that the new crono is the cheaper swatch movement...

It's kind of hard to pick between the two. The new one really takes some queues from UN (IMO). Both are classics though.

The old one is a classic - clean, original (not an homage) and the real deal as Swiss Made at a great price. A desgin that will stand the test of time with the sentiment of its place in a collection will always bring a smile when clasp closes on the wrist.
The 2010 three hand was not acceptable. The styling was to much of a departure from the original. This 2011 is brilliant and with a price tag between $1,000 - $1,999 it is a wonder anyone would ever pay that for a TV brand when a true Swiss company like Tissot makes an offering like this

Very nice looking. But I prefer divers with 3 hands. I never really understood the diver/chrono-esp the ones where the pushers can't be operated underwater.I do have a couple of quartz diver/chronos but still don't get it!

foghorn wrote:Very nice looking. But I prefer divers with 3 hands. I never really understood the diver/chrono-esp the ones where the pushers can't be operated underwater.I do have a couple of quartz diver/chronos but still don't get it!

Chrono divers are for practical diving purposes, useless for the most part...that been said, there are those who argue the fact that they serve a double duty, when out of the water and for good reason IMHO.

The original is one I wish I would have kept. :-(

I like the 47mm on the new though!

I use a chrono for life-saving events....timing steaks on the grill.