The IOC 100 watch was made in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee. The proceeds of this watch have been used to help young people to get off the streets and get involved in sports, but also to rebuild the sports stadium in Sarajevo after the war.
In this digital watch from Swatch you find the following functions:
2 different Time Zones, Alarm, day date and year, Stopwatch and Backlight, so you can see the dial in the dark. On the case of this watch a part of the flag of Holland has been printed. The actual flag is the red, white and blue. The orange color represents the Royal Family, the house of Orange.
Superb blues and transparent machinery make for an elegantly metaphoric Diaphane automatic. Moulded cobalt and Navy blue leathers with white stitching and a cobalt blue loop and aluminum buckle brace a mat transparent plastic case, unmarked aluminum bezel and an open, sunbrushed silver dial. Surrounding the open window into the works is a mirrored metal applique frame with extensions forming hours 6 and 12. Movement components in bare or painted metal, blue and white plastic are visible from front and back. Reflective metal hour and minute hands with white superlite highlights and a thin blue seconds hand mark the time.
Its 3-D turquoise synthetic strap is a real eye-catcher. Raised white lettering edged in red highlights SWATCH-FIVB on the 12 o'clock side and Beach Volley World Tour on the other; a red retaining loop and transparent buckle complete it. The transparent case frames a silver sun-brushed dial featuring white Arabic numerals edged in black at 4, 8, and 12 over white and sections marked by raised horizontal lines. The alternating turquoise and white outer band with white or red minute markers and Arabic numerals encircles three brushed red timers with black and white markings and white Arabic numerals. The squelette hour and minute hands are in white and black.
This Diaphane plunges us straight into the heart of the action. The yellow lines on its black injected-silicone strap call to mind the elongated design of dragsters, the trail of flames they leave in their wake... Catapulted at more than 300 km/h, their surge of speed leaves you breathless... Black loop, aluminium buckle. Glazed smoke-grey case with aluminium bezel, engraved with a motif reminiscent of automobile wheels. Black dial with white tachometer markings. White Arabic numerals at 8 and 12 o'clock; large silver applique Arabic numeral at 4 o'clock. Three counters in a design inspired by racing car grilles stand out on a brushed metal "sun pattern" dial with yellow Arabic numerals and white indices on a grey band. Yellow hands decorated with a black line for the hours and minutes, black for the seconds.