Pontos S Solar And Pontos S Solar Chronograph: The Sun At Full Power

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Key takeaways

• Maurice Lacroix has introduced its first Swiss solar quartz movements to the Pontos collection, featuring the Ronda 215 and Ronda 2040.D calibers with up to 10 years of battery life.

• The Pontos S Solar series combines professional diving specifications, including 200-meter water resistance and a unidirectional bezel, with high-visibility Super-LumiNova displays.

• The collection offers diverse aesthetic options, including limited editions with fluorescent green or orange accents, Gun DLC-coated cases, and an interchangeable strap system.

Faster. Further. More adrenaline. The new Pontos S Solar by Maurice Lacroix invites you to dive straight into the action. It’s an excellent Swiss solar quartz caliber that transforms light into motion. Precise, robust, and water-resistant to 200 m, this athlete—available in either a three-hand or chronograph version—holds firm when the pressure rises and takes on every challenge. 

The Performance Of Swiss Solar Quartz 

In its journey across the sky, the Sun is in perpetual motion—precise and constant—an inexhaustible source of energy. Pontos, the sportiest and most water-oriented line from Maurice Lacroix, now features a Swiss solar quartz caliber—an absolute first for the collection. This innovative technology perfectly reflects Maurice Lacroix’s commitment to delivering the very best of Swiss watchmaking know-how with outstanding perceived value. 

The Pontos S Solar is powered by the recent Ronda 215, while the Pontos S Solar Chronograph features the Ronda 2040.D. Designed and developed in Switzerland, these movements combine exceptional accuracy with remarkable durability—8 months of autonomy at full charge for the three-hand version, 5 months for the chronograph, and over 10 years without a battery change —far beyond that of a traditional quartz movement. 

A True Sports Watch 

Under pressure or on the surface, the Pontos S Solar speaks the language of performance and water, embracing the codes of a dive watch. A unidirectional rotating bezel with an aluminum insert, optimal readability both in daylight and underwater, a robust stainless-steel case with the signature Pontos lugs, a screw-down protected crown, and a caseback engraved with a maritime compass and waves ensuring water resistance up to 200 meters—this is an athlete built for the most demanding environments.

Plays Of Light 

Just as the sun recharges those who live life in motion, its light brings the Pontos S Solar to life. Through its smoked dial, light powers the solar movement. That same energy activates the Super-LumiNova display, ready to illuminate the dial when darkness falls. Maurice Lacroix has chosen two emission colors for immediate readability: blue for the minute hand and the first 15 minutes on the bezel, and green for the hour hand, the indexes, and the remaining markers. The result is an effective and intuitive visual hierarchy.

Fluorescent Vibrations 

Maurice Lacroix presents two limited editions of the Pontos Solar featuring vivid accents contrasted against the black dial and the satin-brushed and polished case, treated with Gun DLC. The Pontos S Solar electrifies in fluorescent green: on the flange marked with a black minute track, along the outline of the minute hand, on the tip of the seconds hand, and with a matching rubber strap. The Pontos S Solar Chronograph radiates bright orange energy, extending even to the hands of the 30-minute counter at 9 o’clock and the 1/10-second counter at 6 o’clock. 

Alongside these special pieces, Maurice Lacroix introduces the Pontos S Solar and Pontos S Solar Chronograph with black or blue dials and black, blue, or green aluminum bezels, each perfectly matched to the watch’s look. Every model is fitted with an easily interchangeable strap system that requires no tools, offered in two options: a rubber strap embossed with the Maurice Lacroix name or a five-row metal bracelet combining brushed and polished links. 

LIGHT BECOMES PURE MOTION. ROBUST, ULTRA-PRECISE, AND ENDURING, THE PONTOS S SOLAR LAUNCHES STRAIGHT INTO THE ACTION.  

Your Time Is Now With Maurice Lacroix 

Since 1975, Maurice Lacroix has united urban style and Swiss craftsmanship while simultaneously delivering high perceived value. Located in the heart of the Franches-Montagnes, the manufacture has repeatedly demonstrated its watchmaking expertise by producing an array of manufacture movements, in-house mechanisms, and several groundbreaking models, including the MASTERPIECE Square Wheel (2010), MASTERPIECE Mysterious Seconds (2013), and the Triple Rétrograde (2021). These innovative watches, along with many others, have proved firm favorites among the watch-collecting community and have earned the company more than 15 awards.  

In 2014, following requests to bring back the Calypso, a model discontinued in 2003, the brand’s creative team sought to reimagine it for a modern-day audience. Two years later (2016), Maurice Lacroix released the inaugural AIKON, an urban timepiece that immediately resonated with Millennials and Gen Zers. The collection has proved a box-office sensation, incentivizing the maison to release new expressions of the AIKON. Today, Maurice Lacroix finds inspiration in the world’s great metropolises, capturing the vibrancy of street life and creating watches ideally suited to city living.

PONTOS S SOLAR DATE

REFERENCES
PT1008-SSL20-330-2 (Black smoked translucent dial / Black rubber strap)
PT1008-SSL40-430-4 (Blue smoked translucent dial / Blue rubber strap)
PT1008-SSL50-330-5 (Black smoked translucent dial / Green rubber strap)
PT1008-SSL22-330-1 (Black smoked translucent dial/steel 5-row bracelet)
PT1008-SSL42-430-1 (Blue smoked translucent dial/steel 5-row bracelet)
PT1008-SSL52-330-1 (Black smoked translucent dial/steel 5-row bracelet)
PT1008-DLB00-330-5 (Black smoked translucent dial / green fluo rubber strap)

CASE
Stainless steel brushed and polished
For the green fluo version, stainless steel with Gun DLC coating
Closed caseback with special diver engraving
Crown protector
Depending on the version, black, blue, or green aluminum unidirectional rotative bezel with bicolor white SLN diver number, green light, and blue light
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 meters

MOVEMENT
Ronda 215 solar movement
Hours, minutes, seconds
Date at 3 o’clock
Type: quartz

DIAL
Black or blue smoked translucent dial (20-30% to let the light go through)
Depending on the version, silver or green fluo flange
Rhodium faceted index with white SLN green light
Rhodium faceted hour hands with white SLN green light
Rhodium faceted minutes hands with white SLN blue light, or green fluo tip with white SLN blue light for the fluo version
Rhodium second hand with white SLN green light or green fluo SLN with green light for the fluo version

BRACELET/STRAP OPTIONS
Black, blue, green, or green fluo rubber FKM strap with Maurice Lacroix debossed
Brushed and polished stainless steel 5-row bracelet
Gun DLC pin buckle or stainless steel pin buckle
Easychange system

RECOMMENDED RETAIL PRICE
CHF 990.- for the rubber strap version
CHF 1’090.- for the stainless-steel bracelet version
CHF 1’250.- for the green fluo rubber strap version

PONTOS S SOLAR CHRONOGRAPH

REFERENCES
PT1038-SSL20-330-2 (Black smoked translucent dial / Black rubber strap)
PT1038-SSL40-430-4 (Blue smoked translucent dial / Blue rubber strap)
PT1038-SSL22-330-1 (Black smoked translucent dial/steel 5-row bracelet)
PT1038-SSL42-430-1 (Blue smoked translucent dial/steel 5-row bracelet)
PT1038-DLB00-330-6 (Black smoked translucent dial / orange fluo rubber strap)

CASE
Stainless steel brushed and polished.
For the orange fluo version, stainless steel with Gun DLC coating
Closed case back with special diver engraving.
Depending on the version, black or blue aluminum unidirectional rotative bezel with bicolor white SLN diver number green light and blue light
Chronograph pushers at 2 and 4 o’clock
Crown protector
Diameter: 42 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Water resistance: 20 ATM / 200 meters

MOVEMENT
Ronda 2040.D solar movement
Hours, minutes, seconds
Chronograph
Date at 6 o’clock
Type: quartz

DIAL
Black or blue smoked translucent dial (20-30% to let the light go through)
Depending on the version, silver or orange fluo flange
Chrono counters: Black CD cut with white printings.
Rhodium faceted index with white SLN green light
Rhodium faceted hour hands with white SLN green light
Rhodium faceted minutes hands with white SLN blue light or orange fluo tip with blue light for the orange version
Rhodium faceted small second hand with white SLN green light
Rhodium faceted chrono hands or orange fluo for the orange version
Rhodium chronograph central hand with white SLN tip, with green light or orange fluo tip with green light for the orange version

BRACELET/STRAP OPTIONS
Black, blue, or orange fluo rubber FKM strap with Maurice Lacroix debossed
Brushed and polished stainless steel 5-row bracelet
Gun DLC pin buckle or Stainless steel pin buckle
Easychange system

RECOMMENDED RETAIL PRICE
CHF 1’290.- for the rubber strap version
CHF 1’390.- for the stainless-steel bracelet version
CHF 1’500.- for the orange fluo rubber strap version