What is this for?
I noticed these watches on my Ali timeline with two crowns, a "normal" one, and one for adjusting the inner bezel, apparently. What is this good for? I'm a bit baffled by this function. Can anyone explain?
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Balthazar
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It's just like a regular movable bezel, but kinda fancier (I think). I use the movable bezel as a timer for keeping track of whatever, laundry, parking, stuff like that.
This is a compression diver style. Rather than having the bezel rotate around the outside of the case, they put the dive bezel on the inside.
The first one is a modern IWC Aquatimer "homage", if it works the same way then the bezel should rotate both ways but only the anti-clockwise direction rotates the inner bezel. Pretty ingenious if you ask me.
https://youtu.be/HdjNUUIJ4Qg?t=179
Can always rely on Tim Mosso to show off these sorts of things 😂
edit The second one looks like the old Aquatimer homage, albeit as others have mentioned it's a compressor diver style case which is more common.