Victorinox Swiss Army

Victorinox Swiss Army Men's 241174 Dive Master Orange Dial Watch

• Quartz movement
• Antireflective-sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 43 mm

Product Description

The Victorinox Swiss Army Story

In 1884, Karl Elsener opened a cutlery workshop in Ibach-Schwyz, Switzerland with the support of his mother Victoria. Just like that, Victorinox Swiss Army was born.

In 1891, Elsener and his coworkers deliver knives for soldiers in the Swiss Army for the first time. Six years later, the company legally protected the names Swiss "Officer's" and "Sport Knife." The model later became known as the Original Swiss Army Knife.

Following Elsener's mother's death in 1909, the company incorporated her name into the brand and unveiled its well-known cross and shield emblem. Elsener arrived at the name Victorinox by combining the name Victoria with "inox," an abbreviation of the French word for rust-resistant steel, "inoxydable."

In 1989, Victorinox officially entered the timepiece business in the United States under the brand name Swiss Army. In 1999, Victorinox partners with the American TRG Group in St. Louis and enters into the international travel gear market. In 2001, the company launched a fashion line in the U.S. with a collection that delivers technical and tailored styling capturing the brand’s essence of practical luxury. If that wasn't enough, in 2007 Victorinox sets up Victorinox Swiss Army Fragrance AG, and in 2009 Victorinox Swiss Unlimited was launched.

Victorinox Swiss Army treasures its heritage, the future is equally inspiring. Innovation is at the heart of each Victorinox product it introduces, with exciting technical advancement throughout all its product categories.

Product Description

Stainless steel case with a stainless steel link bracelet. Unidirectional stainless steel bezel. Orange dial with luminous hands and dot hour markers hour markers. Minute markers around the outer rim. GMT scale. Luminescent hands and dial markers. Magnified date displays at the 3 o'clock position. Quartz movement. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Screw down crown. Case diameter: 43 mm. Deployment clasp. Water resistant at 500 meters / 1650 feet. Victorinox Swiss Army Professional Dive Master Men's Watch 241174.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0015APYCS
• Item model number: 241174
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #33,775 in Watches (See Top 100 in Watches)

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Confused But Pleased, July 30, 2009

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Callaway (Midwest USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Victorinox Swiss Army Men's 241174 Dive Master Orange Dial Watch (Watch)

I bought the orange dialed Dive Master and have been quite pleased with fit and finish of the watch it wears a lot like a Breitling Super Ocean S-Fish. Great bracelet, good weight for a quartzy, good movement good accuracy, strong case everything you would expect. The price on the orange dial was $275.00 when I bought it now for the confusing part the blue, black, and white/silver dialed are all still priced considerable higher than the same watch with the orange dial. I would buy another one but not at double the price of what I paid for the orange dial. I see they have come out with the auto version of this watch and it's price for over a grand Victornox should be careful not to wander into the grand plus watch minefield and stay in their own nitch which they are reasonable, rugged, and selling no nonsense field watches and not going head to head with luxury brands which they are not.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars SUPER DIVE WATCH, July 30, 2009

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Bruce W. Davis "B. W." (Central Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victorinox Swiss Army Men's 241174 Dive Master Orange Dial Watch (Watch)

I recently purchased a Seiko dive watch and had to send it back as it was defective in that it fogged up inside the crystal after I took a shower. I bought a Swiss Army Divemaster 500 with the refund. My first impression of the Divemaster is that it was much more robustly made than the Seiko and appeared to be twice the weight. It also had a sapphire crystal instead of the Hardlex crystal of the Seiko and a diver's extension on the band that is missing on the Seiko. I understand that the Swiss movement is rated at an accuracy of 10 seconds or less per month and so far it is beating that rating by a significant margin. While the luminosity of the hands and numbers is not quite as good as that some of the Seiko's like the Orange Monster, it is not bad at all.(BTW I had an Orange Monster, but got rid of it due to extremely poor timekeeping accuracy). The bezel is accessible to a gloved hand and rotates easily and without binding and seems mechanically secure. The watch crown does permit hacking to set the time and other than the fact that there is no separate position to set the date (which results in a lot of initial crown turning) it appears to be mechanically smooth. Oh, did I mention that the watch is rated to 500 meters, better than twice the Seiko. All in all, it is a great dive watch for the money and in my opinion you would have to spend substantially more than the $200 I paid for a better one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Beautiful but heavy watch, June 3, 2010

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G. Vazquez Santos "govs_co" (Bucaramanga, Colombia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Victorinox Swiss Army Men's 241174 Dive Master Orange Dial Watch (Watch)

i bought this watch from amazon at an incredible price of U$175, and i'm very surprised because it's really amazing in quality and goodlooking, don't hesitate buying this product because of the orange color, i think the orange one is the best of all color for this watch, you can see that in the photos i uploaded. Its recommend A+.

The only "con" with this watch is the weight, if your wrist is not familiarized with big and heavy watches you will need some time to feel comfortable.