BaselWorld 2012: DS Multi-8 Watch by Certina - original watch for active lifestyles

Following its founding principles - vision and innovation, the Swiss watch company Certina, known as a manufacturer of sports watches, has presented at the annual international exhibition BaselWorld 2012 a DS Multi-8 watch in completely black.
The DS Multi-eight (Ref: C020.419.16.052.00) watch - a striking example of the practical chronometer, working on the basis of the analog-digital quartz mechanism of the highest complexity.
The men's watch DS Multi-8 in sporty style, as noted by the company’s representatives, is suitable for businessmen and travelers, thanks to the numerous functions and, most importantly, ease of use and stylish appearance of a steel case with black PVD coating.
The DS Multi-8 watch is a logical extension of its eponymous predecessor, executed entirely in black. Like the original, the new DS Multi-8 watch is equipped with a unique analog-digital mechanism made in Switzerland, which provides a set of functions that can be useful for people with active lifestyles. Thus, the mechanism indexes the time in two time zones and calendar data, is equipped with an alarm function, timer and chronograph on a digital display.
The functions are activated with three buttons, which also include the display backlight. A real boon for travelers will be a function of instantaneous display of local time and time of any other point on the planet.

The watch case in stainless steel features a combination of contrasting finishes: polished bezel and sidewalls of the case and polished lugs.
Watches are made on the basis of a quartz analog-digital multifunction mechanism ETA E49.351 of Swiss production.
Functions:
• Analog movement: hours, minutes of local time and second time zone - T1 or T2
• Digital: Time Zones T1 and T2. T1 and T2 Alarm: sound and vibration signals. Timer: sound and vibration signals. Date: day, date, calendar week, month, year. Lap chronograph function, or Add / Split with memory function.
The watch case is made of 316L stainless steel with PVD coating, decorated with contrasting elements, grounded and polished.
The watch dial is black, hour indexes - Arab, SuperLuminova coated in the same way as the hands of the model. Digital display is with the highlighter. The case diameter is 42 mm. Among other things, on the case there are three buttons, on the center button - engraved monogram “DS”. The watch water-resistant is 100 meters.
The glass, covering the dial is sapphire, with a bilateral anti-reflective coating.
The watch strap is made with black textured by "carbon fiber" and is equipped by a steel clasp-"butterfly" with a black PVD coating and two buttons.
To buy the watch is available through the authorized representatives at the end of the exhibition. The recommended retail price: 29,490 Swiss francs.

Official website of Certina watches.