Available in a few dial colors and case finishes, only a small number of each iteration are sold. And then theyre gone.Halios sold Replica Haurex watches out its first model, the Holotype, in mere months. The follow-up model, the BlueRing, is on course to sell out as well. Where the Holotype was a tool-like brute with a slab-sided case, hooded lugs and a tall grippy bezel, the BlueRing has an angular elegance to it, vaguely recalling the DOXA, Seiko and Certina divers of the 1970s. A rounded case with short lugs that drip over the wrist make it a pleasure to wear, while the dial – blue, black or sunburst silver – are mesmerizing, all the more Replica Haurex watches so due to the lack of superfluous logos and text.
If you are looking for a new, affordable dive watch, youre in luck. The market is rife with startup brands, the micro-brews of the watch world. But as a sort of horological sign of our global economy, many of these companies buy off-the-shelf case designs from a Chinese or German subcontractor, drop in a base auto or quartz movement and sign their name to the dial. The unfortunate outcome is that many of these watches look like those separated at birth” photos – same shape, slightly different face.Enter Halios, a quiet one-man shop in Vancouver whose mission it seems is to provide an affordable dive watch that doesnt look like anything else, yet draws inspiration from Replica Haurex watches dive watch ancestors. Adding to the brands appeal is its limited production.
