Product description
With the first DS-2 from 1968, Certina began a new chapter in the making of extremely reliable watches, taking up the very successful – and exceptionally stylish – story that had begun nine years earlier with the DS-1. The DS-2 earned high marks, as it does today, for its tonneau-shaped case, „an ellipse capped at both ends“, as the 1968 product presentation put it. The soft corners and edges are combined with a round dial and sapphire crystal. The new DS-2 is available in four versions, with dials in matt black and satin-brushed silver, blue or black. Rectangular hands and indexes with Super-LumiNova highlighting underscore the vintage look of the watch. The stainless steel case (width 40mm, length 38 mm) is worn on a Milanese mesh bracelet or a NATO strap made of #tide ocean material®, which is based on plastics fished from the ocean.
Though there’s a striking external resemblance to the older version, the interior of the new DS-2 is clearly an original piece of work. The current model features a state-of-the-art automatic movement with up to 80 hours of power reserve and an anti-magnetic NivachronTM balance spring – clearly visible through the sapphire crystal case back – that reliably drives the hours, minutes and second hands, along with the date display at 3 o’clock. Thanks to the screw-down crown and Double Security (DS) system, the watch is water-resistant to 20 bar (200 m). So even with all the nostalgia, the DS-2 makes it perfectly clear: in watchmaking, time has certainly not stood still!
