Further, the movement is completely assembled by machines (no hands) in a hermetically sealed container (no water or dust shall enter). The movement is an automatic and made up of only 51 parts (hence the name). Plus, this is a brand new one for a very low price. Price Swatch Sistem51 Irony: starting at 175 195 £ 127: Website: 40 mm Automatic Men movement ETA Sistem51 Price between 0 and 500 Sistem51 Swiss made. The Swatch brand proper isn’t without its mechanical watches, but they are few and far between. Why all the hubbub around a new inexpensive mechanical movement? Well first of all it is very inexpensive. Each of the four Sistem51 watches have the six dots in red on the dial. So Swatch went with that theme and ran with it for the design. These six points have been highlighted on the dial and look a bit like a constellation. Swatch SISTEM51 Petite SECONDE Stainless Steel Swiss Automatic Leather Strap, Black, 19.6 Casual Watch (Model: SY23S400) 4.1 out of 5 stars 14 1 offer from 230. There are six “points” on the movement that are a distinctive feature. The dials of the watches look mostly like star charts. Further, it is in the Swatch Original’s collection. I would imagine around 40-42mm wide or so and the cases are plastic. We aren’t even sure of the actual size of the case. The watch itself is pretty much a standard Swatch. Yes I know, surprise surprise, delays in the Swiss watch industry. The Sistem51 is actually already delayed as it was supposed to be available for global sale at least a month ago for the 2013 Holiday shopping season. Swatch has announced that the first four models of the Sistem51 collection will be slowly released around the world in 2014. Also, the watches are only currently available for sale in Switzerland. UPDATE: In Switzerland at least the retail price of Swatch Sistem51 watches is 150 Swiss Francs. As of publishing time Swatch hasn’t put the price on their website. So we are simply saying between 100 – 200 Swiss Francs as we aren’t sure about the final price at this time. We first thought the retail price was about $100 but then it turned out to be closer to $150. We first covered the Swatch Sistem51 watch here upon its debut. At Baselworld 2013, the Swatch Group announced what is probably a major breakthrough in watchmaking a new automatic mechanical movement that is completely assembled by machines and is priced around 100 – 200 Swiss Francs. Are you excited? If you don’t know what it is allow me to explain. These days, B-Uhr dial watches do not serve as navigation instruments anymore but are sought after by watch aficionados for their fantastic legibility.The Swatch Sistem51 watch collection is finally out for sale (in some places). And today, starting with that all-important number 51, Swatch developed the Sistem51, hoping to do for mechanical watch production what they did for quartz production 30 years ago.
SWATCH SISTEM51 PLUS
They were produced only by a handful of companies and they are easy to recognise because of their dark dials with high contrast numerals, indexes and hands, plus the typical arrow at 12 o’clock, all painted with luminous coating. This, combined with the brand's commitment to popular culture, led to Swatch becoming the giant we know today, selling millions of watches per year. These were highly reliable, precise watches that were developed for German pilots during WWII, being part of their flight instruments. B-Uhr is actually a short way of saying Beobachtungsuhr, which is German for observation watch.
If my Sistem51 is so light, it almost feels like a quartz watch, the Sistem51 Irony is getting a lot closer in weight to a regular mechanical watch, offering that reassuring feeling of having a solid timepiece on your wrist. Reading the time too got a lot more serious, the playful solar system dial layout is replaced with a serious B-Uhr layout. The new Swatch Sistem51 Irony and the first generation Sistem51.