Very nice surprise this expedition north GMT! It's simple, I can't take it off anymore! Ultra light, it sits very well on the wrist (17). Compact despite its 41 mm. I love the shape of its very successful cushion case.

Timex paid attention to detail, the dial is very beautiful and readable, the date is in black, the GMT mention is yellow like the hand, the crown is signed, sapphire crystal. Titanium case and bezel.
Purists will say that we could have done without the open back. I think Timex insists on the fact that it is an automatic.

All this really makes you want to go on an adventure.

Expedition GMT 

Very endearing this Meca revolt, it pays homage to the mangas of the 80s, James Bond atmosphere, as you can see on the box. It is teeming with small funny details.
The bezel is fixed and interchangeable (a second one is provided), we find inscriptions on the top right in a very original way, like on the lens of a camera.
The case takes the atypical forms of the meca 2, this time a little less angular.
The bezel is screwed on very easily which allows to change look.
The dial is straight out of a manga, with its second yellow lightning and its small black syringe hands.
The bronze-colored crown is screwed, because make no mistake it is a real tool watch waterproof to 200 m with an indestructible myota 82S0 caliber.
The very nice case back represents a combat swimmer at the foot of a lighthouse.
The tropical bracelet is very pleasant to wear.
It's a fun and entertaining watch, everything is done very seriously, the quality is amazing and the comfort is unmatched.
For adventurers nostalgic for A2 recreation!

Funny tool watch 

I just realized that I haven't introduced you to my C2!
I had the pleasure of picking up this watch at the showroom and chatting with the creators.
A very beautiful 2-level dial, sunburst for the minute track and with a gray seabed map with a touch of blue.
The case exudes quality, Akrone working a lot with the army.
The logo is a hexagon with an ermine (and yes Brittany!) inside, all forming the A of Akrone.
Waterproof to 300 m, it is ready for adventure.
The case back represents a kraken in homage to Jules Verne and the city of Nantes.
A fun little detail, there is a return of the Kraken's legs on the dial in the seabed map.
A very pretty knurling of the signed crown which allows a good grip.
The two-tone bezel indicating hours and minutes allows a clever "GMT function" for travelers.
I really like its polished skeleton hands and applied indexes.
There, I think I've covered this beauty.


The adventurer

I can't get enough of this dial! Minimalist and full of details, the faceted indexes and the sunny blue dial have a great time in the light. The minute track is cut into the dial. A small set ruby is at six o'clock to indicate that the movement is automatic (miyota 9039).
A very good quality/price ratio for this first model a little more high-end timex, a pretty "skeleton" case quite original, the bracelet has not been forgotten with a "snap button" instead of the loop, a small laboratory of ideas this watch!

The Timex 

Nice design for this krono-sprinter, the latest Lima watch candy, a minimalist design that plays with colors, this black sub-counter as a nod to the car racing of the 70s (see the box).
Cream dial with just a 12 at midnight ;) or the off-center inscriptions accentuate the asymmetry, which is the most beautiful effect. Bi-compax mention, because yes it is a real bi-compax (two complications) 24 hours and chrono timer for the sub-counters.
The "square circle" tachymeter bezel adds to the vintage side of the watch.
The screwed crown takes the original shape of that of the Meca revolt.
Very nice engraving of the Lima logo on the case back.
All this, on a very pretty super comfortable bonklip bracelet.
For the price of a moonswatch, we have a pretty meca quartz!
I validate!


Ready to race!

Ah the good old days of old toys, here is the Lima Meca 2, a minimalist watch with an original cream dial, old school as you want with the raised central disc indicating the minutes, the hands, the blue typography...

The concept immediately caught my eye, it is wound with a hexagonal butterfly key like a toy from yesteryear, which is quite funny.

The case is a block of finely brushed steel cut from the mass reinforcing the refined side.

The whole is very homogeneous and balanced, it is driven by a seiko nh35 visible on the back, behind a time travel gun (which the watch offers us) another fun detail.

Finally a watch that doesn't take itself seriously!
I love it!

Fun and entertaining

Very happy with this small field watch small second, very readable with a beautiful lum. Brushed case and polished and brushed bezel on the top. Dirty dozen Modern with a timeless look. We feel that it is robust, its small diameter is very pleasant (37mm). The 100 m water resistance allows you to take it everywhere on an adventure. Personally I love it! Bravo Vario!

A great little waterproof Field watch

Same case as the retro dial, here is this new version in automatic version, the index/hand combo is magnificent, with nice details, the indexes reflect the slightest source of light and make it very readable, despite the absence of lum. Its all-steel look is resolutely vintage! A real pleasure to wear!

Brew metric automatic

The brand in Akrone was created in 2015 in a Kickstarter campaign by Jean-Fran&ccedil;ois Kerboul and Erwan Kerneur in Nantes, France. Akrone comes from "Achrone" which means outside of time, timeless. As the name of the two founders begins with a K, they replaced the CH with the K. This brand aims to collaborate with its customers to create French, high-end, technical and aesthetic watches.
The range includes models like the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/akrone/c-02"> Akrone C-02</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/akrone/c-03_alat"> Akrone C-03 Alat</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/akrone/k-05"> Akrone K-05</a>, the <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/akrone/k-gmt">Akron K-GMT</a> and the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/akrone/c-04"> Akrone C-04</a>. The watches are assembled in France with French movements including the new collection<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/akrone/c-02_heritage"> Akrone C-02 H&eacute;ritage</a>, Swiss, Japanese or French more recently.
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does an Akrone watch cost?</h2>
The prices of Akrone watches change and differ depending on the model. Most cost between &euro; 600 and &euro; 1,190 depending on the models and finishes. An Akrone C03 MD costs 499 &euro;, then the top of the brand is represented by the C-02 H&eacute;ritage collection offered at &euro; 1,190 with in particular the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/akrone/c-02_heritage/mareographe"> Akrone C-02 Mar&eacute;ographe</a>.
<h2 dir="ltr">Akrone: The watchmaker from Nantes in France</h2>
Akrone is an independent brand and produces several thousand watches per year, all models combined. Akrone is part of <a href="https://preprod.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_french_watch_brands">Top 10 most popular French watch brands</a>. To choose the Akrone model that best suits you, the Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable and authentic resource for evaluating different models through real customer experience.
(Updated November 2023)

Akrone is a French and Nantes brand founded in recent years. Being a watch enthusiast and collector, I had necessarily heard about it... Until the day a colleague who was also a collector arrived with an Akrone on his wrist... And so I was able to discover the excellent quality. So I acquired this pretty Akrone C02 Lagon, in a blue dial color that is rare in watchmaking. It is precisely its originality and its textured dial, as well as the engraved caseback that won me over. The dial and the engraved caseback represent a kraken

Akrone C02 Lagon - 300m

Featuring a C02 abyss model. This diving watch is distinguished by a dial on 2 levels: a first peripheral level with the indexes and a second central level with a map of the seabed. This verticality through the sapphire crystal gives us the impression of falling into the abyss towards the ocean floor. The case back is not left out with an engraving of a kraken that deploys its tentacles to the clasp of the "engineer" type bracelet. This watch exudes robustness with a water resistance of 300m and its adventurer look!

diving into the abyss

Acquired in July 2020, this watch is my 2nd compressor but my 1st Akrone, a dynamic French brand with an astonishing quality-price ratio. Miyota 9015 movement, 41.5mm diameter, 48mm horn-to-horn, 12.7mm thickness, AR sapphire crystal, beveled hands, bidirectional internal rotating bezel, screwed crowns and water-resistant to 300m => incredible specs for a price less than €600 at the time. The alternation of polished and matte is well placed, the dial with the raised seabed is original, as are the fluorescent green touches here and there, and the movement is impeccably adjusted. I regret a certain weight (170gr on steel bracelet) and a certain thickness, 2 points however inherent to this type of watch. A very nice purchase, this Compressor in Frégate color!

Robust! (Compressor model)

La marque Ollech &amp; Wajs a &eacute;t&eacute; cr&eacute;&eacute;e en 1956 par Joseph Ollech et Albert Wajs &agrave; Zurich en Suisse. Albert &eacute;tait charg&eacute; de la conception, de l&rsquo;ing&eacute;nierie et de la fabrication des montres, tandis que Joseph s&rsquo;occupait du marketing et de la vente au d&eacute;tail. Avant de cr&eacute;er leur propre montres sous la marque Ollech &amp; Wajs, ils ont commenc&eacute; leur activit&eacute; en 1954 en fabriquant des bracelets en acier pour d&rsquo;autres marques.
La marque est connue pour avoir distribu&eacute; des montres &agrave; des unit&eacute;s de l&rsquo;arm&eacute;e am&eacute;ricaine pendant la guerre du Vietnam et pour avoir gagn&eacute; sa renomm&eacute;e aupr&egrave;s des plongeurs et pilotes du monde entier.
Apr&egrave;s 12 ans de n&eacute;gociation et apr&egrave;s avoir &eacute;t&eacute; son distributeur pour le march&eacute; fran&ccedil;ais, en 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, un passionn&eacute; d&rsquo;horlogerie, rach&egrave;te la marque. La gamme actuelle comprend des mod&egrave;les comme la Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 et la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104">Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000">Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, la <a title="Page Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph" href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph">Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> et la Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2>Combien co&ucirc;te une montre Ollech &amp; Wajs ?</h2>
Les prix des montres Ollech &amp; Wajs &eacute;voluent et diff&egrave;rent selon les mod&egrave;les. La plupart co&ucirc;tent entre CHF 1,500 et CHF 2,000 selon les mod&egrave;les et les finitions. Comptez CHF 1,456 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI et pr&egrave;s de CHF 2,300 pour une Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronographe. Le march&eacute; de l'occasion est &eacute;galement une opportunit&eacute; &agrave; regarder pour acheter une Ollech &amp; Wajs moins ch&egrave;re. Les mod&egrave;les Vintage notamment les Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron et&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron">Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, sont tr&egrave;s pris&eacute;es des collectionneurs et ils convient de bien se renseigner sur le vendeur avant de franchir le pas de l'acquisition d'une vintage.
Ollech &amp; Wajs est une marque de montres ind&eacute;pendante et produit plusieurs centaines de montres par an, tous mod&egrave;les confondus. Pour choisir une Ollech &amp; Wajs qui vous correspond le mieux,&nbsp;les avis clients Dialicious sont une pr&eacute;cieuse ressource pour &eacute;valuer chacun des diff&eacute;rents mod&egrave;les &agrave; travers l'exp&eacute;rience r&eacute;elle des clients.
Consultez le <a href="https://www.dialicious.com/top/les_meilleures_marques_de_montres_suisses">Classement des meilleures marques de montres suisses</a> dont Ollech &amp; Wajs fait partie.
(Mise &agrave; jour Octobre 2024)

The brand Ollech &amp; Wajs was created in 1956 by Joseph Ollech and Albert Wajs in Zurich, Switzerland. Albert was responsible for the design, engineering and manufacturing of the watches, while Joseph handled marketing and retail sales. Before creating their own watches under the brand Ollech &amp; Wajs, they started their business in 1954 making steel bracelets for other brands.
The brand is known for distributing watches to units of the American army during the Vietnam War and for having earned its reputation among divers and pilots around the world.
After 12 years of negotiations and after having been its distributor for the French market, in 2017, Charles Le Menestrel, a watchmaking enthusiast, bought the brand. The current range includes models like the Ollech &amp; Wajs P-101 and the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/p-104">Ollech &amp; Wajs P-104</a>, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/c-1000">Ollech &amp; Wajs C-1000</a>, the<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/ocean_graph"> Ollech &amp; Wajs Ocean Graph</a> and the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron.
<h2 dir="ltr">How much does an Ollech &amp; Wajs watch cost?</h2>
The prices of Ollech &amp; Wajs watches change and differ depending on the model. Most cost between CHF 1,500 and CHF 2,000 depending on the models and finishes. Expect to pay CHF 1,456 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs 350CI and close to CHF 2,300 for an Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron Chronograph. The second-hand market is also an opportunity to look at to buy a cheaper Ollech &amp; Wajs. Vintage models including the Ollech &amp; Wajs Navichron and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/ollech_&amp;_wajs/astrochron">Ollech &amp; Wajs Astrochron</a>, are very popular with collectors and they should find out about the seller before taking the step of purchasing a vintage one.
Ollech &amp; Wajs is an independent watch brand and produces several hundred watches per year, all models combined. To choose an Ollech &amp; Wajs that best suits you, Dialicious owners' reviews are a valuable resource for evaluating each of the different models through real owner experience.
Consult the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dialicious.com/en/top/the_best_swiss_watch_brands">Ranking of the best Swiss watch brands</a> of which Ollech &amp; Wajs is part.
(Updated October 2024)

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