Mido unveils Limited Edition Ocean Star GMT for Italy

Specially created for the Italian market, the new Mido Ocean Star GMT Limited Edition Italy ref.M026.629.11.051.03, has a retail price of Euro 1,490

A stylish diver's watch with a practical GMT function

Specially created by Mido for the Italian market, the new Ocean Star GMT Limited Edition Italy is characterised by a velvety black dial with green details and a black ceramic bezel.

The 44 mm x 13.4 mm case of this diver’s watch with additional GMT function is crafted from 316L stainless steel with alternating satin-finished and polished surfaces to highlight the design.

The unidirectional, counter-clockwise rotating bezel featuring a black ceramic insert enhanced by a graduated scale that can be used to calculate the diving time (or any other event you want to measure).

Under a sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides, the diamond-cut hands with central grooves indicate the hours and minutes in the first time zone. A green varnished and arrow-tipped hand points towards the flange of the dial, which is marked with 24 hour intervals, indicating the second time zone. The green and black background colours of the flange indicate day-time and night-time hours, respectively. Green is also the tip of the central seconds hand.

The hands and the applied indexes, as well as the bezel’s dot that marks the start of the dive time, are treated with Super-LumiNova for enhanced readability in darker environments.

Protected by two guards and decorated with the Mido logo, the crown is screwed for improved water resistance, guaranteed up to a pressure of 20 bar (approximately 200 metres / 660 feet). 

The Ocean Star GMT Special Edition comes with a three-link steel bracelet with satin-brushed and polished finishes. The presentation box includes an additional Nato-style fabric strap, featuring black, gray and green stripes. The bracelet incorporates a bar with a spur system that makes it easy to swap it for the fabric strap, or any other strap the wearer would like to use. The width lug is 22 mm.

Under the solid caseback engraved with the 24 global time zones, the self-winding Caliber 80 (based on ETA C07.661) beats at the frequency of 3 Hz (21,600 vibrations per hour) with a power reserve of 80 hours. Its Nivachron balance-spring is made in a titanium-based metal alloy that contributes to reduce the effect of magnetic fields while improving accuracy over time and resistance to shocks.

Produced in a numbered series of 250 pieces, the new Mido Ocean Star GMT Limited Edition Italy, reference M026.629.11.051.03, has a retail price of Euro 1,490. midowatches.com

Suggested reading:
- Our hands-on review of the Mido Ocean Star GMT