Certina DS Action Diver 38mm Titanium, Grey Dial

Ref. C0488074408100

The DS Action Diver has always occupied a sensible position in the diving watch market — serious ISO 6425 compliance, built to a price that does not require justification. This 38mm titanium version sharpens that proposition by pairing the rating with a case material and diameter that open the watch to wrists the standard steel version simply does not fit. At 38mm with a 44mm lug-to-lug span, it sits closer to the geometry of a field watch than the broad-shouldered diver most people picture, and 13.2mm thick is genuinely slim for 300 metres of rated depth. The Grade 2 titanium bracelet keeps the whole thing to 104 grams, which is light enough that the weight stops registering on the wrist within a day. The grey dial reads quietly against the brushed case, though the ceramic bezel insert and the light-blue Super-LumiNova on the indices give it contrast where it counts — at angle and in low light. The polished ceramic sits against all that brushed metal in a way that is considered without being busy. The Powermatic 80.611 — an ETA C07.611 with a Nivachron hairspring — runs to 80 hours on a full wind, which means a weekend off the wrist without resetting on Monday morning. The Nivachron alloy is antimagnetic without a Faraday cage, so the movement needs no inner shield to protect it, and the case profile stays thinner as a result.

Reference

C0488074408100

Brand

Certina

Case size

38mm

Case thickness

13.2mm

Lug width

19mm

Case material

Titanium

Case shape

Round

Dial

Grey

Crystal

Sapphire

Movement

Automatic

Calibre

ETA C07.611

Functions

Date

Water resistance

300m

Bracelet / strap

Stainless steel bracelet

Strap colour

Silver

Clasp

Deployant clasp

Lume

Super-LumiNova

Retailer

Goldsmiths