Collection History
The Hydrographer was born from the collaboration between Crepas and the OceanicTime project, and is designed as a genuine professional diving instrument: the number 1942 that gives the collection's best-known version its name is not a year, but the declared depth of water resistance, expressed in meters.
The steel case, available in various finishes (brushed, sandblasted or mirror-polished), carries a sapphire crystal 5.5 mm thick set above the bezel, an oversized screw-down crown (available on either the right or left side of the case), and a helium escape valve centered on the caseback, an element typical of watches designed for saturation diving.
The unidirectional rotating bezel features two notches on opposite sides, a distinctive detail that makes the Hydrographer instantly recognizable among the other divers in the Crepas catalogue.
Technical Specifications
Main Executions
The declared resistance depth, 1942 meters, gives the model its name: a direct way of communicating the professional ambitions of a watch designed more for technical use than for vintage aesthetics alone.