Michel Herbelin Newport Trophy Grand Sport quartz watch presented

Based in the Jura mountain village of Charquemont commune in Eastern France, Michel Herbelin watch making company sits so close to the Swiss border it just can’t stop producing finest quartz watches in the world. Well, excluding Switzerland, of course. Meet the new Michel Herbelin Newport Trophy Grand Sport family of watches.

While most fine watch makers still keep their faith and focus their attention on mechanical watches, Michel Herbelin reinvented their business model almost forty years ago, when the company started to base its luxury timepieces on relatively cheap but more accurate quartz technology. The challenge was to compensate the lack of hand-crafted movements with interesting design and superior quality of the case.

Which brings me neatly to the new Michel Herbelin Newport Trophy Grand Sport quartz watch. Available as a diving or a chronograph watch, both for men and ladies, the Newport Trophy tributes to the famous Newport Yacht Club.

Its 43mm stainless steel case with an AR-coated sapphire crystal and a double-sealed crown is water resistant up to 1000 meters and features a quartz module made in Switzerland.

Michel Herbelin Newport Trophy Grand Sport quartz watch specification :

Price range: about €1395
Movement: quartz, Swiss made
Complications: Chronograph, date
Power reserve: N/A
Case material: Stainless steel
Case diameter: 43mm
Case height: N/A
Dial: Black
Water resistance: 300m for chronograph, 1000m for the diving watch
Strap: Stainless steel
Crystal: Sapphire crystal, scratch-proof