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Edox revives the Delfin 1973 with a hammered dial and that twelve-sided bezel

Edox has brought the Delfin 1973 back with a hammered, embossed dial and the twelve-sided bezel, in one automatic and three quartz versions.

Hen & Mills Editorial · 2 min read · 11 August 2026

Edox Delfin 1973 Automatic with a blue linear embossed dial and twelve-sided bezel on a steel bracelet — Edox

The dial on the new Delfin 1973 was made by taking a linear tool to a brass blank and hammering it, over and over, until the surface held a horizontal relief. Edox says it looks like ripples on a sandy seabed. Usually that is where the marketing copy loses the plot, and this time it doesn't. The dial really does look like a shallow bay floor on a windless day.

That surface is the new bit. The collection is live on Edox's own site with full specs and prices, and aBlogtoWatch introduced the range on 10 August. Edox doesn't date its own news pages, so that timing is aBlogtoWatch's. Everything else here comes from Edox.

Green-dialled Edox Delfin 1973 on a rubber strap, showing the horizontal relief across the dial — Edox

The twelve-sided bezel comes straight out of 1973

Edox launched the first Delfin in 1961 with a double caseback and purpose-built gaskets, and it leaned on the water resistance hard enough that the brand still calls itself the Water Champion of Swiss watchmaking. In 1973 the watch was redrawn with sharper lines and a dodecagonal bezel. The twelve-sided shape is what the new collection has kept.

Twelve sides is a strange thing to want, and it is exactly why these are recognisable across a room. Every facet grabs the light as the wrist moves, which is a very seventies instinct, and Edox hasn't rounded it off to suit modern taste.

Reference 80142, and the three quartz ones

The automatic is reference 80142. It runs 41mm across, 12.6mm thick, 20mm between the lugs, 165 grams on the bracelet. The movement is Edox's Caliber 80, which is a Sellita SW200. Sapphire crystal, screw-down crown with Edox's double O-ring, see-through caseback, 200 metres of water resistance. Edox's own store lists it at 885 Swiss francs before tax.

The other three run on quartz: a 43mm chronograph (reference 10118), a 41mm date model for men (53032), and a smaller date model for women. Dials come in silver, black, blue and green, on a steel jubilee-style bracelet or a rubber strap, with a two-tone gold version completing the range.

Two-tone gold and steel Edox Delfin 1973 with a silver dial on a bracelet — Edox

Edox lists the women's model at two different sizes

One collection page introduces the women's model as a 32mm. Further down that same page, the case is 36mm. That is not a rounding error. Until Edox sorts it out the size is unconfirmed, and anyone buying for a smaller wrist should make it the first question they put to a dealer.

The automatic is the one worth the money

885 francs before tax buys a Sellita SW200 in a 200-metre case with a proper screw-down crown and a display back. That is fair going. The dial is the reason to bother with any of this, which is what makes the quartz chronograph a hard sell at any price. The whole appeal sits in that hammered surface catching light, and it can be had with a mechanical movement for not much more.

That 885 is a Swiss figure before tax, mind you. Edox hasn't said what one costs here yet.