This white dial is another option for the Certina DS Podium Automatic Overall, the Certina DS Podium Automatic has a beautiful dressy dial, inside a robust and sports-quality DS (Double Security) case that the brand is famed for. I don’t see where they can fit a day display in this dial actually. The absence of day display is a greatly missed (day and date display is a huge addition to functionality of an automatic watch), but I think it is for the best. But this DS Podium Automatic managed to make it fit in and sync all of these elements together. Some watches will have a very big markers, or a very big signatures and logos. In fact I think it is one of the best proportioned dials I’ve ever seen. These design elements caused the dial to have a very proportioned design: it is just nice without any overbearing elements. There is also a date display at the bottom of the watch.
The numeral and index markers, while big enough to read time without having to bring the watch closer to your eyes, is still moderately sized. There are minimal signatures on the dial. The watch face is styled to be simple and understated. Both versions has the same design with different dial colors. The dial of the Certina DS Podium Automatic comes in two colors: Black and White. The Certina DS Podium uses a leather strap with a butterfly clasp This greatly helps to lengthen the strap’s age =) By using a butterfly clasp, you won’t have to pull and stretch the strap every time you want to put on/off the watch. The pin and buckle need some very delicate use so that you won’t damaged the strap (which is very hard to do!). I’ve even had to changed a rubber band on my diver watch due to it. The standard pin and buckle on normal straps will just destroy it with constant use. Like most Swiss manufacturers, the strap comes with a butterfly clasp which I really loves. The watch comes with a black leather strap. A good guy with a tough side if you may lol. Very different than the simple understated dial that is very dressy and clean. The big lugs just scream toughness and “you don’t mess with me” rugged kinda thing. In my opinion, the lugs are the defining factor of the DS Podium Automatic look. The sides of the watch is straight devoid of any curves. This has helped to make the look of it much more elegant and sharp. This watch has an empty bezel which will make the watch face appear larger as compared to other watches with bezel (diver watch, tachymeter chronographs, etc.). The diameter is a good 38 mm with thickness about 11 mm. It is made of highly polished stainless steel. The case of the DS Podium Automatic is quite substantial to look at.
But all in all, Certina is a good watch brand with more than a century of Swiss watchmaking experience. Water resistance and shock resistance are quite common for diver watches nowadays. Many brands (Swiss and Japanese) have been able to achieve those things too. I would say this DS concept is just marketing gimmick by Certina. This concept uses many seals (around the crown and caseback), sapphire crystal and reinforced caseback to create a robust wrist watch that can withstand the abuse of usage by a sportsmen. It is famed for making sports watches particularly diver watches and Certina has devised the DS concept which stands for “Double Security”. Around the 80’s in the aftermath of the Quartz crisis, Certina joined the Swiss watch manufacturer SMH group (which will be known as Swatch nowadays). But make no mistake, it has been around since 1888 in the watchmaking region near Jura mountains, Switzerland. Price Disclaimer Are Certina Watches Any Good? – The Tale From 1888Ĭertina is one of the lesser known wrist watch brand. Other Features: Exhibition caseback, date display, lume on hands and markers
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Movement Features: 25 Jewels, 28800 vibrations per hour or 8 beats per second, hacking, manual winding Movement: Swiss ETA 2824-2 automatic self-wind movement Strap:Black leather strap with butterfly clasp Let’s get on with the Certina DS Podium review and have a closer look at it.Ĭertina DS Podium Automatic Specification That’s definitely will bring a peace of mind to its owner =). It is simple and dressy watch, but enclosed in the sturdy “DS” casing of Certina that promises a robust watch against water and shock. The DS Podium Automatic wrist watches are a testament of how this brand has evolved around the years. Certina might not be as popular as other watchmakers (Tissot, Omega, Hamilton, etc.) but believe it or not, this Swiss watchmaker was founded in 1888, more than a century ago.
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