Athos 8 A8-100ED-668130 Watch

The Watch

Founded in 1978 in Besançon - at the heart of French watchmaking precision - the Patrouille de France brand was born. It crafts high-quality timepieces made by master watchmakers with exceptional expertise. The French brand designs, manufactures, and tests its watches in accordance with fine watchmaking tradition. These models blend technical performance and reliability to accompany you every day - just like the Athos 8 668130, a watch built for men. It showcases a stainless steel case with a brushed-polished finish that gives it a refined look. Its round shape measures 44 mm in diameter with a thickness of 12.80 mm. It features a round bezel with a blue PVD treatment, engraved with the collection name and the initials of the cardinal points. This bezel surrounds a mineral crystal sitting above the dial. At 3 o'clock, a grey crown with a grooved and protected profile provides a secure, easy grip for setting the watch's functions. Finally, the caseback features a screw-down back ensuring water resistance up to 10 ATM. A mineral crystal window on the caseback offers a view of the movement's oscillations. This model comes in a blue box bearing the brand's logo as a signature.

The Dial

This dial with its intricate look is sure to spark curiosity on your wrist. It takes a round shape with a bezel featuring Arabic numerals representing a compass on a 360-degree scale. On its brushed surface, it features beveled rectangular hour markers alternating with a minute track. To personalize this dial, blue and red arcs are drawn between 3 and 9 o'clock, referencing the colors of the French flag. At its center, three sporty hands indicate the time with precision. The slender blue seconds hand is tipped with a red airplane-shaped head and counts the elapsed seconds. It is joined by hour and minute hands that are coated with a luminescent treatment - also applied to the hour markers - for improved legibility in low-light conditions. At the heart of the dial, a skeleton finish offers an unobstructed view of the rotor in motion. It is topped by a motif shaped like a French special air forces fighter jet, the Alpha Jet, bearing water resistance and movement type indications. The brand's logo is displayed as a signature beneath the 12 o'clock marker, with the mention "Made in France" at 6 o'clock.

The Movement

This watch is powered by an automatic movement. Japanese in origin, it is precisely the Miyota 8N24 caliber, delivering accuracy across all functions and strong resistance to vibrations. This beating-heart mechanism features 21 jewels, oscillates at a frequency of 21,600 vph, and offers a power reserve of 42 hours.

The Strap

This strap with its striking look will beautifully complement the lines of your wrist. Crafted from bovine leather, it delivers undeniable durability and flexibility. With its original style, it features a first layer in a navy blue tone topped by a second brown layer enhanced with tone-on-tone stitching and micro-perforations. The whole is finished off with a slightly grained texture that feels great against the skin. At 22 mm wide, this strap ensures comfortable all-day wear and is fitted with a grey tang buckle for easy fastening.

Water Resistance

This model offers a water resistance of 10 atmospheres, or 100 meters. This is a truly water-resistant timepiece! Its sporty character makes it ready to dive into aquatic adventures with you. From puddles to the swimming pool, this watch handles water without a second thought - showers, baths, and laps in the pool are all fair game. That said, our Ocarat watchmaking experts want you to know that while this model is water-resistant, it is not designed for diving (professional or recreational) and should be kept away from high-pressure cleaning equipment. We also recommend keeping the crown and pushers away from water while submerged.