2023 Baltic Aquascaphe GMT Green Automatic 39mm
Ref: Aquascaphe GMT - Green
Specification
Lugs : 20mm
Condition : Pre-Owned
Box & Papers : Box & Papers
Case Material : Stainless Steel
Warranty : Manufacturer's Warranty
Points of Mention
This watch is sold with its original Baltic box and paperwork. It comes paired with its 20mm Baltic-signed Beads of Rice stainless steel bracelet secured by a push-button-release folding deployant clasp. The watch is from December 2023 and is sold in worn condition, but overall, it is in very fair condition, as you can see. The watch comes with its Manufacturer's Warranty.
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The Watch
Here we have a 2023 Baltic Aquascaphe GMT Green Automatic Limited to 600 pieces, a polished and brushed 39mm 316L Stainless steel case that curves over your wrist with tapered drilled lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 47mm and a case thickness of 13mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side is a signed screw-down crown with the letter “B” engraved into it. The uni-directional stainless steel bezel has a sapphire-covered 24-hour scale in white Arabic numerals, which gives it the look of a vintage Bakelite bezel, the top half is blue, indicating the night hours, and the green lower half indicates the daytime hours. The double-domed sapphire crystal sits above a black dial, an outer minute track surrounds Arabic 12, followed by discs and arrow indexes that mark the hours coated in SuperLumiNova C1. At 6 o’clock, a colour-matched framed date window. Sword hands are complemented by a lollipop centre seconds hand, all coated in the same SuperLumiNova C1, and a green GMT hand has an arrow point filled with SuperLumiNova C1. Text is precisely printed on the dial with “Baltic” at 12 o’clock and “Aquascaphe” in green “GMT” at 6 o’clock completes this colourful traveller companion. On the reverse, a screw-down case back with the Capital cities surrounding a world map engraved on it, inside an automatic Soprod C125, 25 jewels, 28,800 beats per hour, it has GMT, hand-winding, and hacking functionality. Soprod is a division of the Festina group. The watch comes paired with its 20mm Baltic signed Beads of Rice stainless steel bracelet secured by a push button release folding deployant clasp, and it comes with its Baltic presentation box and papers.
Personal Note
This Baltic Aquascaphe GMT is the perfect example of what can now be expected from Baltic, as always, beautiful designs, great build quality and in this case a great Soprod movement! If you are after a GMT that provides a unique, yet still bold, design without breaking the bank, this is the one for you!
The Brand
Ettiene Malec, a Frenchman, founded Baltic in 2017. The name comes from his father’s birthplace in northern Poland near the Baltic Sea. His inspiration came after finding a suitcase full of his late father's watches and a notebook full of details about the watches. Soon after, he started to meet other collectors and collect himself. Then, seeing the huge interest in vintage timepieces, he completed a Kickstarter campaign with the Baltic HMS 001 and a Bi-Compax 001. Each watch is hand-assembled in France near Besançon. Today, the brand continues to grow through its social media presence and its website, offering contemporary, designed vintage-inspired timepieces.