Favre Leuba extends its reborn diver line with a vibrant orange Deep Raider Revival, a neo-vintage nod to house history that keeps function first and flourish second.
The color choice is deliberate. It salutes the brand’s 1970s Bathy 160 and the longstanding diver’s preference for high-contrast orange underwater. It is not nostalgia for its own sake – it is legibility with style.
The fundamentals remain anchored to the 1964 spirit revived in 2024: a 39 mm stainless steel case, 12.75 mm thick, water resistant to 30 ATM, with a curved sapphire crystal and a closed, chemical-engraved caseback. The sunray dial carries baton indexes and hands filled with green Super-LumiNova, plus a neat round date at 4:30 with a metallic frame.
Inside is the FLD01 automatic caliber based on the LJP G100, running at 28,800 vph with 24 jewels and a 68-hour reserve. It keeps hours, minutes, central seconds, and the date – nothing extraneous, everything justified.
The watch ships as a complete set: the integrated five-link steel bracelet with triangular accents and a butterfly clasp, plus an easily swappable orange fabric strap. Steel for the desk, fabric for the dock – both keep the vintage character honest.
Prices: CHF 2,500; GBP 2,500; EUR 2,900; USD 3,200.
Opinion, briefly: this is a sensible expansion, not a shout. The orange gives the Revival a 1970s pulse without tipping into costume. The package feels coherent, practical, and cheerfully serious – like a diver who smiles before the plunge, then checks the time twice.
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