Favre Leuba’s Sea Sky Chronograph epitomizes Swiss watchmaking at its best, with
peerless precision and exceptional quality. This piece features a 40mm case in 316L
stainless steel, finished with a juxtaposition of polished and brushed surfaces for that
dashing elegance of rugged refinement.
Inside pulses the prestigious La Joux-Perret L112 automatic chronograph movement,
offering an ample power reserve of 60 hours. Visible through a sapphire case back, the
movement is lavishly decorated with impeccable finishes such as circular graining, Côtes de Genève stripes, and sunburst patterns. The gold-plated 4N oscillating weight displays the Favre Leuba hourglass emblem, engraved with ‘Swiss made since 1737,’ adding an extra touch of elegance to the exclusive provenance.
The Sea Sky Chronograph is topped with a double-domed sapphire crystal with an anti-reflective coating that makes the dial pop and ensures optimal readability in all conditions. The unidirectional rotating bezel, in black ceramic and engraved with countdown markers,
provides practical functionality for precision enthusiasts.
Available with a black, blue, or sunburst brown dial, each model features three white
counters, positioned at 3, 6, and 9 o’clock. The watch’s classic appeal is further enhanced by the broad arrow-style hands and vintage-inspired indices.
The Sea Sky Chronograph’s proportions and design blend sportiness with casual chic,
evoking the timeless elegance of 70s watches. Water-resistant to a depth of 100 meters, it comes with a leather pin buckle strap featuring a quick and convenient interchangeability system.
Advanced Features
The dial on the Sea Sky Chronograph includes a tachymeter scale for measuring velocity over a known distance (ideal for pilots, race car drivers, or those who need a quick fix on the average speed over a fixed distance) and a telemeter scale for calculating the distance to an event based on sound wave propagation (useful for military personnel, meteorologists, or anyone having to measure the progress of an approaching thunderstorm, for instance).
Besides practical functionality, the scales add an aesthetic and technical dimension that appeals to discerning watch enthusiasts.
Tachymeter Scale
1. Start: As the object or vehicle starts moving, start the chronograph.
2. Stop: Stop the chronograph after the object or vehicle has traveled a known
distance (1 km or 1 mile).
3. Check: Read the average speed directly on the tachymeter scale where the
chronograph second hand has stopped.
For example, if a car travels one kilometer in 30 seconds, the second hand will stop at the 120 mark on the tachymeter scale, indicating an average speed of 120 km/h.
Telemeter Scale
1. Start: Start the chronograph when you see an event that produces sound (e.g.,
lightning, explosion).
2. Stop: Stop the chronograph when you hear the corresponding sound (e.g., thunder,
noise of the explosion).
3. Check: Read the distance on the telemeter scale where the chronograph second
hand has stopped.
For example, if you see lightning and hear thunder 9 seconds later, the second hand will
stop at the 3 mark on the telemeter scale, indicating the storm is 3 kilometers away.
The Favre Leuba Sea Sky Chronograph combines the kind of practical functionality, design sophistication, and elegant sportiness that make it an irresistible choice for a watch.
Favre Leuba's re-entry at Geneva Watch Days 2024 is not just a comeback—it’s a
celebration of heritage, innovation, and craftsmanship. With 22 new references across three collections, Favre Leuba is poised to captivate watch enthusiasts worldwide. Join us as we honor our past and embrace a bright future in watchmaking.
The new collections – Chief, Deep Blue, and Sea Sky Chronograph – demonstrate the
brand’s dedication to blending tradition with modernity, combining a distinctive aesthetic with peerless engineering to create timepieces that are both functional and stylish. As Favre Leuba embarks on this exciting new chapter, it remains steadfast in its mission to create exceptional watches that resonate with both seasoned collectors and new enthusiasts alike.
And it’s just the beginning – Favre Leuba is already working on a new collection of
complicated watches that pays tribute to the brand’s deep and rich history. Stay tuned.
An embodiment of precision, sophistication, and a nod to the spirit of adventure
Favre Leuba has been making high-precision chronograph watches since 1925, when we released our first monopusher chronograph. In the 1930s, we introduced the two-pusher mechanism, and in the early 1940s, we developed hand-wound chronographs with a symmetrical bicompax display. However, it wasn’t until the 1970s that the original Sea Sky was created, a time when the functionality and design of Favre Leuba watches were making a lasting impact on the watch industry. The introduction of Sea Sky brought a unique watch style that combined the functionality of a diver’s watch with that of a chronograph. The new Sea Sky collection celebrates this legacy of innovation with designs that embody precision, sophistication, and a strong sense of adventure.
Performance Oriented Details
Conceived for adventure, the Sea Sky Revival exudes bold character with its rugged, round case crafted from stainless steel. It features a proportionate 40mm size, offering elevated comfort and a seamless wrist presence for constant outdoor use. The case delivers practicality with a blue bidirectional ceramic bezel featuring ergonomic knurling and distinctive countdown markers for precise timekeeping. A double-domed sapphire crystal glass with an anti-reflective coating on both sides strengthens the watch’s vintage appeal while ensuring optimum legibility.
A striking harmony exists between the case components—from the knurled crown flanked by polished pushers to the chamfered lugs—creating a sporty and clean silhouette. The tasteful combination of brushed and polished finishes adds depth and visual appeal. The case also features a flat sapphire glass caseback, treated with an AR coating on the inside, providing a clear view of the inner workings while maintaining the watch's 100-metre water resistance.
Vintage Aesthetics
The classic dial of the Sea Sky Revival carries pleasing vintage aesthetics with an understated matte finish, complemented by retro-inspired index hour markers and faceted hands. It features a clean tricompax chronograph configuration, with contrasting sub-dials that stand out against the blue backdrop for enhanced legibility.
The sub-dials track minutes at three o’clock, hours at six, and running seconds at nine. Surrounding the perimeter of the dial are a tachymeter and a telemeter scale, while a minute track sits resolutely on the internal rehaut, allowing for a well-defined and intuitive reading experience. The Favre Leuba monogram punctuates the dial with a signature finish.
Easily Interchangeable
A smooth and complementary leather strap secures the Sea Sky Revival with impressive ease and fluidity. It features clean, perceptible stitching and a pin buckle adorned with the brand's monogram. Additionally, the watch’s easy interchangeable strap system allows for effortless swapping between different options.
Superior Driving Force
Designed and manufactured with high Swiss craftsmanship, FLC01 is a self-winding chronograph calibre. A testament to unrivalled accuracy and reliability, the movement is equipped with a column wheel mechanism and a tricompax configuration. It features a power reserve of 60 hours and delivers exceptional precision, beating at a 4Hz frequency.
Immaculately Decorated Calibre
The watch offers a clear view of the immaculately decorated calibre through the sapphire crystal caseback. It carries superlative finishing on all the elements, meticulously executed with refined details, such as Perlage on the lower bridges, Côtes de Genève on the main plate, Soleillage on the rotor, heat-treated blued crews, column wheel and more.
Custom Skeletonised Design
The 4N gold-plated rotor is skeletonised and custom-designed with Colimmaçon & Soleillage finishes. The Favre Leuba monogram is engraved as a medallion along with the text 'Swiss made since 1737'. Skeletonisation of the rotor is an extremely precise task with more implications than just aesthetics. The weight and other characteristics of the rotor boast surgical precision to ensure winding efficiency.
Column Wheel Supremacy
The movement features a blued column wheel mechanism to govern the chronograph function, instead of the more common cam-actuated chronograph. A column-wheel chronograph mechanism is considered to be superior, more precise and a lot more difficult to manufacture. Blueing is a result of a very precise heat treatment process which is used to increase the hardness.
Blueing is a result of a very precise heat treatment process which is used to increase the hardness. This process also results in the part turning to a stunning blue colour. Even the slightest imperfection can result in an uneven blue finish. In that case, the watchmaker has to repolish and clean the part to start afresh.
Visibility Under All Conditions
The hands and indexes are equipped with a generous application of a radium-like lume which offers a pleasing vintage look to the watch along with a highly effective glow in the dark.
Technical information
Case
- Case: Size 40 mm
- Material: Steel
- Case shape: Round
- Case Thickness: 15.23 mm
- Lug Width: 20 mm
- Glass Material: Sapphire Crystal
- Bezel: Bi-directional Rotating Bezel
- Case-back: See-through Case Back
- Water Resistance: 100M
Dial
- Dial Colour: Brown
- Luminosity: On Hands, Hour Markers & Bezel
Movement
- Caliber: FLC01
- Movement: Automatic
- Features: Small Seconds, Chronograph, Tachymeter, Telemeter
- Jewels: 26
- Power reserve: Approx. 60 hours
- Frequency: 28800 vph
Bracelet and straps
- Strap Material: Leather
- Strap Colour: Brown
- Clasp Type: Pin Buckle
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Interchangeable Strap: Yes
Reference
- 00.20212.112.01.101
FAVRE LEUBA HISTORY
A JOURNEY OF 287 YEARS SINCE 1737
Favre Leuba developed the legendary Bivouac, the world’s first mechanical wristwatch with an aneroid barometer for altimetry and air pressure measurement. It soon ranked among the indispensable equipment of those who overcame seemingly defined limits. The Bivouac completed one of its first missions on the wrists of the Swiss national parachuting team during the 1962 World Cup in the United States. The Italian mountaineer Walter Bonatti wore a Bivouac in 1964 when he and the Genevan Michel Vaucher successfully ascended the north face of Pointe Whymper (4,196 m) in the Grandes Jorasses for the first time and when he conquered the north face of the Matterhorn on the most direct route. The young Valais native Michel Darbelley undertook his first solo ascent of the Eiger in 1963 with his watch from the workshops of Favre Leuba, which reliably showed him what altitude he had already scaled and whether a change in weather was imminent. The famous French polar explorer Paul-Emile Victor relied on his Bivouac on numerous expeditions to the endless ice.
FL251 CALIBREThe patented FL251 calibre of 1962, with 11.5‴ and a height of only 2.95 mm, revolutionised thanks to the use of two barrels, series production of extra flat movements with centered second hand.
Three years after the presentation of the first diver’s watch from the in-house atelier, the brand launched the Deep Blue, waterproof up to 200 metres.
NEW HEADQUARTERS Favre Leuba reincorporated production of their own ébauches in the newly established company, headquartered in Petit-Lancy near Geneva. The company was consequently named at the end of the 19th century as Manufacture d’Horlogerie Favre-Leuba S.A.
280th anniversary of the Maison was celebrated at Baselworld with the launch of the Bivouac 9000, the ultimate instrument for all altitudes.
BRAND AMBASSADORSThe brand supports many athletes and expeditions that express our claim of Conquering Frontiers. Pen Hadow, who led a mission to the Arctic, Satyarup Siddhanta, who embarked on a journey to the Mt. Vinson Massif, and Sayuri Kinoshita, who undertook a world-record dive, are some of the ambassadors representing Favre Leuba and their tool watches.
Within less than a year of its launch, the Raider Bivouac 9000 wins the Watchstars award in the category New Stars for being the best new watch.
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATHY Favre Leuba celebrated the 50th anniversary of the 1968 superstar Bathy with the Raider Bathy 120 MemoDepth, which measures and records depth to 120 m.
BIVOUAC 9000 SUMMITS EVERESTA great year for Favre Leuba as its pioneering instrument watch, the Raider Bivouac 9000, reaches the summit of Mount Everest. The Bivouac 9000 is the only mechanical altimeter watch in the world to have successfully reached an altitude of 8,848m.
2024
FAVRE LEUBA REVIVAL
Favre Leuba relaunched at Geneva Watch Days 2024 with three cornerstone collections. These collections include the Chief, which features two modern icons: the Date and Chronograph. The brand also introduced the 60th-anniversary Deep Blue Revival and Renaissance models, honoring its diving heritage. In addition, the brand unveiled the Sea Sky, a tribute to their original 70s design.
