Zelos Blacktip Titanium Aventurine - Limited Edition

We've cherry-picked the best four colors from the Zelos Blacktip Limited Edition Titanium series for our microbrand watch collectors. These all sold out extremely quickly on Zelos' site.

The Zelos Blacktip Titanium Aventurine features an outstanding midnight blue aventurine dial and bezel insert, with a color-matched date window.

All of these Zelos Blacktip watches come with Zelos' three watch travel case, and since we're an authorized dealer, the full Zelos warranty in addition to our own supplemental warranty.

Why We Love This Watch

Twinkling Stars

The highlight of the Zelos Blacktip Titanium Aventurine's design is the aventurine (also known as goldstone) dark blue glass dial infused with cobalt and filled with macroscopic reflective crystals that produce a myriad of glittering reflective colored specks that are strongly reminiscent of looking at twinkling stars in a clear night sky, which can be utterly mesmerizing. Zelos have raised the bar here by unusually including the same material in the bezel insert, a very welcome touch that really helps set these watches apart from other aventurine watches.

Originally a closely guarded Venetian invention that is difficult to produce, aventurine glass is generally considered to be a semiprecious gemstone, despite it's man made origin. It should not be confused with the mineral aventurine, a form of quartzite, which is named after the glass for it's similar shimmering aventurescence.

Hidden Benefits to Match

The engineering specifications for this 41mm dive watch is on a par with it's stellar good looks. Hidden benefits include a light but extremely strong titanium case and bracelet that have been surface hardened with a 1200 Vickers scratch resistant finish, which when combined with the scratch resistant domed sapphire crystal and robust high beat automatic movement with Parashock anti-shock protection and 200 meters water resistance rating, make this watch eminently suitable as a daily wear for even the most hardened adventurer.

On the comfort and convenience side, micro-adjustments to the bracelet length can easily be made on the go, without needing any tools, thanks to the hidden ratcheting diver's extension mechanism in the clasp. As we've come to expect from Zelos, the bracelet also features female end links for a better fit, quick release tool-less spring bars for each strap changes, and screwed links, for easy at-home resizing.

A particularly noteworthy refinement is the strong liberal application of Swiss Super-LumiNova lume in a very well thought out cyan (BGW9) and green (C3) two color scheme, with fantastic touches such as the hour hand and major indices being split into three sections with both colors applied, and a lumed screw-down crown.

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Watch Specifications

• Type: Limited edition microbrand dive watch.
• Reference: Zelos Blacktip Titanium Aventurine.
• Color Scheme: Dark midnight blue dial and bezel insert filled with sparkling crystals that give off a range of colors (typically silver, and variations of lighter blue and purple.) White markings. A mix of cyan (BGW9) and green (C3) lume.
• Complications: Date window at 6 o'clock with color matched date wheel.
• Limited Edition Size: 400 individually numbered timepieces.
• Water Resistance: 200 meters / 660 feet.
  
• Diameter: 41mm, excluding crown.
• Lug-to-Lug Length: 47½mm.
• Lug Width: 20mm.
• Height: 12mm, excluding crystal.
• Case: Titanium case, with scratch resistant 1200 Vickers hardened coating, finely brushed finishes with polished accents, and fully drilled lugs for easy non-stock strap changes. (Leather straps, etc.)
• Case Back: Screw down case back with decorative raised relief image of a blacktip shark.
• Dial Type: An aventurine glass/goldstone dial with applied indices and edged date window.
• Dial Glass: Scratch resistant sapphire crystal with inner anti-reflective coating.
• Bezel: 120 click unidirectional dive watch bezel with aventurine glass insert.
• Lume: Swiss Super-LumiNova lume in BGW9 (glows cyan blue) and C3 (glows green) colors on all applied indices, all hands, all bezel markings, and the crown's logo.
• Bracelet Included: 20mm marine grade 316L stainless steel bracelet that tapers to 18mm at the clasp, with female end links, quick release spring bars, screwed links, a scratch resistant 1200 Vickers hardened coating, and a mix of brushed and polished finishes. Milled clasp with double pushers and ratcheting diver's extension that can be adjusted by hand. (No tools required.)
• Movement: 24 jewel Miyota 9015 high beat automatic movement with spring loaded Parashock anti-shock protection system.
• Oscillation: High beat. 28,800 BPH. (8 ticks per second.)
• Hacks: Yes.
• Hand Winds: Yes.
• Automatic Winding: Yes.
• Power Reserve: 42 hours.
• Manufacturer's Warranty: 1 year.