Vulcain’s Skindiver Mark II keeps the skin diver’s slim silhouette and rebuilds everything that shows on the wrist. The dial drops its markers into a recessed lower level, the bezel turns in ceramic, and the movement behind the dial now carries a COSC certificate.
Five dials, three straps and a single launch date carry the rest of the story here. Early access opens November 23, and the official launch follows on November 24.
A dial built in two levels
The two-level dial is the design decision everything else serves. Vulcain cuts the hour markers into the lower level and fills them with white Swiss Super-LumiNova, so the glow sits in deep recessed wells instead of sitting printed flat on the surface.
A domed sapphire crystal arcs over the arrangement, softening glancing angles.
Slim steel, rated for cold water
The case stays at 39 mm across and just 13.2 mm thick, cut from 316L stainless steel with a vertical brush. Those are skin diver dimensions, slimmer than the category usually ships.
The rating breaks with the style entirely. Vulcain seals the case to 30 ATM, a full 300 m, and tops it with a black ceramic bezel that turns through 120 clicks in one direction.
A chronometer under a sapphire back
The Soprod M300 runs the watch, an automatic movement that beats at 28,800 vibrations an hour and holds a 60-hour reserve. COSC certification means an independent institute has tested and passed the movement’s timekeeping accuracy. It earns the word printed on the dial.
A sapphire caseback exposes the movement, and the rotor turns under it with Vulcain’s own decoration.
Five dials, three ways to wear it
The five dials are Black, Green, Blue, Salmon and Grey, each one priced by the strap it’s shown on. Black rubber starts the range, beads-of-rice steel sits in the middle, and the vintage steel bracelet tops it.
Vulcain prices the range in Swiss francs on its own page: CHF 1,950 on black rubber, CHF 2,070 on beads-of-rice and CHF 2,210 on vintage steel. The shown pairings put Blue and Salmon on rubber, Green and Grey on beads-of-rice, and Black on vintage steel. Rubber keeps the entry price lowest.
Buy the Skindiver Mark II if you want a chronometer movement in a 39 mm case at CHF 1,950 on black rubber. The two-level dial gives it a signature that rivals at this price simply don’t carry.
Skip it if you need a watch this week, since sales start November 24.
