Certina DS Action 41 Quartz Stainless Steel C032.851.11.047.00

DS stands for Double Security, the idea of suspending the movement inside a reinforced case that Certina developed under Hans and Edwin Kurth in 1959. On this watch it means a sapphire crystal, O-ring gaskets in the stem and crown, a dedicated caseback gasket and a reinforced caseback, with water resistance to 200 m. As a Precidrive model it has an end-of-life indicator: the seconds hand jumps in four-second steps when the battery runs low. The steel bracelet is 20 mm between the lugs.

The same 41 mm Quartz comes in black on a strap (C032.851.16.057.01), in two-tone with a silver or grey dial (C032.851.22.037.00, C032.851.22.087.00) and in titanium with a grey dial (C032.851.44.087.00). The DS Action Diver PreciDrive C032.410.11.041.00 has the same diameter and blue dial but is a dive watch, 13 mm thick with a rotating 0–60 bezel. The DS Action Powermatic 80 Day-Date (C032.430.11.091.00) shares the 41 mm size with an automatic Powermatic 80.621 movement.