Oceanus Branches Out

Oceanus Watches has introduced several new models this year to bolster their very popular collection of atomic solar watches which launched modestly in the US last year with eight pieces.

This time around Oceanus has added several ladies' watches -- actually all variations on the same watch, a 35mm chronograph with a black, pink or white dial, pink dial with a pink leather strap or white dial with a white leather strap.

The new men's Oceanus watches, like the ladies' models, are all chronographs. Unlike the chronographs from last year's release, these ones don't have the dual analog/digital display, but they have added additional titanium models.

Every Oceanus watch has an impressive feature set including a sapphire crystal, solar power and atomic timekeeping. For anyone unfamilar with atomic timekeeping, an Oceanus watch synchs up via radio signal several times during the night with the national atomic clock in Fort Collins, Colorado, which is accurate to within one second every million years. If you are outside the clock's 2000 mile range, the watch functions as an ordinary quartz watch.

Function aside, the watches are impressive looking and compare favorably with much more expensive watches.