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Eberhard gives the Scafograf 200 bronze at its edges

A 39mm steel case keeps the Scafograf’s dive-watch foundation, with a bronze bezel and crown bringing a changing surface to its black dial.

Hen & Mills Editorial · 4 min read · 2 October 2026

• Eberhard’s current Scafograf Bronze Edition combines a steel case with bronze around the dial and crown, retaining the collection’s triangular hour markers.
• The automatic 39mm watch has a ceramic bezel insert, domed sapphire crystal and 200-metre water resistance, with an automatic helium-release valve at nine.
• Three configurations cover black leather, a Chassis steel bracelet and Milanese mesh; the maker directs pricing and delivery enquiries to its retailer network.

Bronze can give a dive watch a markedly different character, but it does not have to account for the entire case. Eberhard’s current addition to the Scafograf 200 MCMLIX collection places it around the dial and on the crown, keeping steel underneath. That combination gives the warmer metal a defined place in the watch’s appearance, with black across the dial and bezel insert completing the contrast. The model carrying this treatment is the Eberhard & Co. Scafograf 200 MCMLIX Bronze Edition.

Bronze around a steel case

The case measures 39mm in diameter and is made from steel, with a bronze bezel and screw-down bronze crown. This distinction matters when reading the edition’s name: the bronze surrounds the face and appears at the winding point, while the main case retains the cooler steel colour visible in the maker’s images. Eberhard’s manual explains that the bronze develops a patina through contact with air and humidity. The appearance of those components can therefore change as the watch is worn, rather than remaining a fixed colour indefinitely.

The bezel turns in one direction and carries a ceramic insert with a minutes scale. Luminescent markings cover its first 15 minutes, with a luminous zero marker at the top. That scale gives the bronze ring a timing role as well as a decorative one, retaining the familiar operation of aligning the starting marker with the minute hand. In the official image, the black insert creates a substantial dark band around the dial, with the bronze edge and warm markings providing a boundary between it and the steel case.

Triangles give the black dial its shape

The black dial uses applied indices with polished bronze-coloured edges and vintage-coloured luminescent material. Large triangles occupy the four principal hour positions, with round markers between them. A triangular tip on the hour hand carries the same visual theme across the centre, while the minute hand has a baton form. Eberhard ties that hour-hand shape to the original 1959 Scafograf. It gives the edition a recognisable set of reading cues before the warmer metal enters the picture, and keeps the historical reference in the actual time display.

The seconds hand has its own circular luminous section, adding another small round shape to a dial already organised by circles and triangles. The manual describes a laser-engraved minute track on the black surface, while the maker’s pictures show the finer timing marks separated from the larger hour indices. There is no need to make the patina do every part of the watch’s visual work. Even when its bronze is fresh, the relative sizes and shapes of those luminous elements give the face a deliberate hierarchy.

Two hundred metres and a helium valve

Water resistance is stated at 200 metres, with a screw-down caseback and the screw-down crown forming part of the case’s construction. The domed sapphire crystal receives antireflective treatment, giving the face a raised cover while leaving the dial’s geometry visible. Eberhard also fits an automatic helium-release valve at nine o’clock. This is a feature for helium-rich diving environments, as the manual explains, rather than an indication that ordinary swimming calls for operating an extra control on the side of the watch.

The movement is mechanical and self-winding, but the linked product material does not name the calibre or give a power reserve. Those omissions leave the bronze treatment, case construction and display as the most firmly described parts of the proposition. The back carries the collection’s starfish engraving, which the product page specifies in a 5N gold-coloured PVD treatment. It puts another warm detail on the reverse without turning the case itself into bronze, continuing the edition’s separation of the principal case material from its contrasting elements.

Leather, links or Milanese mesh

Reference 41147.01 CP comes on a black water-repellent leather strap with a vintage appearance, fastened by an E&C-marked steel buckle. A Déclic deployant clasp is listed as an option, and the strap attachment measures 19mm. The maker also catalogues the Bronze Edition on its Chassis steel bracelet as 41147.01 CA2C and on a Milanese mesh bracelet as 41147.01 CAM2C. Those alternatives extend the edition beyond the leather configuration pictured here, changing how much steel surrounds the case while retaining the same bronze-and-black face.

Eberhard & Co. Scafograf 200 MCMLIX Bronze Edition pricing and availability

The linked product pages and collection brochure do not state a price. Eberhard directs enquiries to its retailer finder and an information-request form. The Bronze Edition is catalogued as 41147.01 CP on black leather, 41147.01 CA2C on the Chassis bracelet and 41147.01 CAM2C on Milanese mesh. The leather model includes a steel buckle, with a Déclic deployant clasp offered as an option. The supplied manual specifies a 24-month warranty under its stated conditions. These sources give no fixed delivery date or production quantity.

Patina gets a defined place

The appeal here is the restraint in where the bronze is used. A changing bezel and crown can provide the personal ageing that attracts buyers to the material, while the steel case and strongly drawn black dial keep the underlying watch visually clear. At 39mm, the diameter is also a relatively compact starting point for a dive watch. The unanswered price will matter to the final buying argument, but the design already makes its position clear: this is a Scafograf built around a contrast of materials, with patina given room around its face.