Milus Archimedes watches

The Milus Archimèdes, sold by the brand as Archimèdes by Milus, is a dive watch with two crowns and an inner rotating bezel. Milus calls it the modern successor to its Super Compressor of the 1970s. The brand had used the Archimèdes name since the 1960s, including the 666, and its 1970s Archimèdes models used Super Compressor cases from the Swiss case maker Ervin Piquerez SA. In that design, water pressure pushes the caseback against its gaskets, so the seal tightens as the watch goes deeper.

Milus presented the current Archimèdes in March 2020 as a reissue of the 1970s watch. It has a 41 mm case in 316L stainless steel with a sapphire crystal, water resistance to 300 m, a helium escape valve and a bi-directional inner bezel with a 60-minute diving scale, turned by the second crown. Inside is a top-grade ETA 2892-A2, an automatic calibre with date and a 42-hour power reserve. Monochrome and aBlogtoWatch both describe the modern case as compressor-style.

The launch pair were the Archimèdes Black (MIH.01.001) and Blue (MIH.01.002). The Wild Green (MIH.01.001.180) is the same watch with a green dial, and its reference is the black watch's with a .180 suffix. Milus has since added further dials, among them Silver Storm and Orange Coral.