THE Victorinox Swiss Army Inox watches are not only stylishly designed and versatile but are also hardy.
They are capable of withstanding a fall from a 10m height onto a concrete floor, driven over by a 25-tonne truck, left in an open fire for one minute, frozen in a massive ice cube for 168 hours and immersed in an acid substance for eight hours.
The name Inox comes from the French word for stainless steel.
Marking a shared link between cutlery and watches, Inox is as iconic as the Original Swiss Army Knife.
UNCOMPROMISING QUALITY Victorinox, maker of the iconic Swiss Army knives, was founded in 1884.
The company made its first Swiss Army watches 25 years ago, in 1989.
The Inox collection was launched in conjunction with Victorinox’s 130th anniversary, along with its Swiss Army Watch division’s 25th anniversary.
What is so special about Inox? “It combines resistance and versatility.
We believe it is one of the very few crash test-proof watches to be able to enter an office building,” says Francois Nunez, product director of Victorinox Swiss Army Watch.
This watch is definitively pushing the boundaries of Swiss watchmaking standards by being one of the most robust and resilient timepieces that was ever built.
“In order for our watch to be a true companion for life, and to be both durable and resistant, it did withstand an incredible number of homologations tests.
This is a watch that is truly forged to resist,” says Nunez.
He adds that it took three years of intense development, six months of extensive testing and more than 400 samples to turn it into tangible reality.
On how the watch can withstand such extreme tests, Nunez says: “Just like a suspended bridge, we had to consider every possible detail to establish the perfect balance between a coherent design and an uncompromising strength.
The watch case has been reinforced and the movement carefully protected for the entire watch to reach uncompromising level of quality.” BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED Given Inox’s extraordinary robustness, one would expect it to look like a bunker.
“Like most SUV cars, Inox looks robust and tough, but is quite sophisticated and urban at the same time.
We wanted our new watch to be extremely versatile, in order to follow you every step of the way, from early office meetings to weekend outdoor treks.” Its elegance, however, is apparent at first glance.
The refined design of the 43mm stainless steel case housing a Swiss-made Ronda 715 quartz movement is enhanced by a polished hexagonal bezel.
The beautiful timepiece is waterresistant to 200m, and has a scratchresistant sapphire crystal with triple anti-reflective treatment and a screwed-on stainless steel caseback.
The indexes on the dial are stamped into the surface, rather than applied on.
The Inox has reinforced the axis and the attachment of the luminescent hour and minute hands.
The entire timepiece is shielded from impact by the collection’s signa ture feature, a removable protection bumper made of silicone and nylon that is attached to the case without obscuring any of the informa tion on the dial.
The watch comes in a choice of black, khaki green or navy blue dial colours, with match ing straps.
Available at all authorised dealer, at RM1,699.
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