Squale prices the 1521 Classic in Swiss francs, CHF 1,178 including VAT on rubber, and shows no dollar figure. It is a 42 mm, 500 m diver on a Sellita SW200-1 at 12.5 mm thick, and its Sub-39 stablemate was off the site for maintenance when this page was checked, so there is 1 row.
Checked 20 September 2026 · list prices on the maker's site that day unless marked street
Squale sells from squale.ch in Swiss francs with VAT included, and lists no US price. The 1521 Classic on rubber, reference 1521CL.VO, was CHF 1,178 and available on 19 September 2026; that is the only figure on this page, and it is not converted. The Sub-39 page was in maintenance the same day, and the one Sub-39 price that surfaced, a SuperBlue on bracelet at €1,233, appeared in a search snippet only, which this site does not count as a source. When the page returns, the row will be added.
What the 1521's sheet settles: 316L steel, 20 mm lugs, a flat sapphire with anti-reflective coating, a unidirectional bezel, Super-LumiNova C3, and a 500 m rating on a Sellita SW200-1 with 38 hours of reserve. The 500 m is the reason the watch is here; the 12.5 mm is the reason it is worth reading about, since of the 500 m divers on this site only the two Sinns are thinner, and they cost $2,410 and $3,440.
One row, so the table is a spec sheet: 42 mm across, 48 mm lug to lug, 12.5 mm thick, 500 m, automatic. Read the 48 mm first, because it sets the wrist, and the 500 m second, because it sets the price.
Ø42 mm · automatic · 500 m · CHF 1,178 · 500 m · 12.5 mm · francs
Squale 1521 Classic (rubber)
42 × 48 mm · ref 40 × 47
MovementSellita SW200-1 automatic, 38h
Case42 mm
Lug to lug48 mm
Thickness12.5 mm
Lug width20 mm
Water resistance500 m
Crystalsapphire, flat, AR
Bezelunidirectional
LumeSuper-LumiNova C3
Case materialsteel 316L
PriceCHF 1,178 on the maker's site (no US price shown)
The 1521 is the reason to look at Squale: 500 m in a 42 mm case, 48 mm lug to lug, 12.5 mm thick, on a Sellita SW200-1 with 38 hours of reserve, CHF 1,178 including VAT on rubber, available at check. At 12.5 mm it is 4.3 mm thinner than Boldr's 500 m Odyssey 2.0 at $799 (45.5 mm, 52 mm lug to lug, 16.8 mm). Christopher Ward's Trident Pro 300 42 mm is the same diameter and movement at 300 m, 11.5 mm, 49.3 mm lug to lug, £960. Buy the 1521 for 500 m in a case built like a 300 m one; the franc price is the thing to check on the day.
Squale is for the buyer who wants 500 m on a Swiss movement without a Sinn's price, on a wrist of 7 inches or more, since 48 mm lug to lug at 42 mm is the full size and Squale does not offer the 1521 smaller. Look elsewhere if the wrist is under 7 inches, since Christopher Ward's Trident Pro 300 38 mm is 45 mm lug to lug at 300 m for £1,000 and Lorier's Neptune is 46 mm at 200 m for $699; if you want a dollar price from the maker, since the Trident, the Halios Puck II at $675 and the Boldr Odyssey 2.0 at $799 all show one; or if you want the depth with a thinner case and are prepared to pay, since Sinn's U50 is 500 m at 11.2 mm for $3,440.
Where it sits against the field
Among the 500 m divers on this site the 1521 at CHF 1,178 sits above Halios's Puck II ($675, 48 mm across, 14 mm, Miyota 9015) and Boldr's Odyssey 2.0 ($799, 45.5 mm, 16.8 mm, SW200-1), and below Sinn's EZM 3 ($2,410, 41 mm, 47.5 mm lug to lug, 12.3 mm, SW200-1) and U50 ($3,440, 11.2 mm, SW300-1); Doxa's Sub 300T at $2,190 goes to 1200 m at 13.65 mm, and Tissot's Seastar 2000 at $1,275 goes to 600 m at 46 mm and 16.25 mm. The Squale is the thinnest of the group under the Sinns, and the only one priced in francs. In francs the nearest sheet is Certina's DS Action Diver 40.5 mm at CHF 835, 300 m, 14.1 mm, on a Powermatic 80; the Squale is CHF 343 more, 200 m deeper and 1.6 mm thinner.
Questions people ask
Where are Squale watches made?
Squale sells from squale.ch, prices in Swiss francs with VAT included, and fits the 1521 with a Sellita SW200-1 from Switzerland in a 316L case. The product page checked for this guide does not state where the case is made or the watch assembled, and this page does not borrow a claim the maker has not published.
Does Squale have a US price?
No. The 1521 Classic on rubber is CHF 1,178 including VAT on squale.ch, with no dollar figure shown; US retailers set their own prices, and the maker's franc figure is the only one this page cites. The Sub-39 page was in maintenance on 19 September 2026, so it carries no price here.
Squale 1521 vs Christopher Ward Trident Pro 300 42 mm: which is thinner?
The Trident, by 1 mm: 11.5 mm against the Squale's 12.5 mm, on the same Sellita SW200-1 and the same 42 mm diameter. The Squale is rated 500 m to the Trident's 300 m, is 1.3 mm shorter at 48 mm lug to lug against 49.3 mm, and takes 20 mm straps where the 42 mm Trident takes 22 mm. Squale asks CHF 1,178; Christopher Ward asks £960.
