Fashion/Men's Style

Wempe Adds Rubber Straps to Iron Walker

Courtesy of iW Magazine Aug. 14th, 2023

From JustLuxe content partner iW Magazine

Wempe now offers blue or black rubber straps for its sporty Iron Walker collection of sharp-looking sports watches available with Diver, Tide, or GMT functions.

Wempe introduced the Iron Walker collection in 2020 as a high-value series that complements its dressier Wempe Chronometerwerk collection, a high-end series powered by in-house mechanical movements.

The Wempe Iron Walker GMT.

The new rubber strap options offer a sportier look to the 42mm functional-focused series with weather-resistant synthetic rubber that matches the watch’s dial coloring. Wempe already includes rubber-strap options within its top-selling 44mm Iron Walker Automatic Chronograph collection.

The Wempe Iron Walker Diver.

Rather than simply fitting an off-the-shelf movement into each Iron Walker Dive, GMT, or Tide watch, Wempe modifies a Swiss automatic Sellita movement in its Glashütte workshop, adding an in-house fine adjustment subassembly regulated to pass the stringent testing procedure in Glashütte’s own historical observatory.

As a result, all the watches in the collection are officially certified chronometer-rated according to the ISO 3159 norm.

The Wempe Iron Walker Tide.

All models also offer 300-meter water resistance, a sapphire crystal, SuperLuminova-coated markers, and fifty-six hours of power reserve.

Currently, Wempe is also updating all the offerings within its Wempe Zeitmeister and Iron Walker collections to meet the same strict technical specifications. Prices: $4,150 (diver), $4,440 (GMT), and $4,185 (Tide).

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