Squale · Family: 1545
The Squale 1545 Steel Black Bracelet 1545SSBK.AC is a 40mm dive watch in 316L steel with a black dial and steel bracelet, the current interpretation of the Y1545 case, a mold Squale developed in the 1970s and produced on demand for numerous brands when the Swiss firm was one of the world's first specialized manufacturers of "water resistant" cases. It runs the automatic Sellita SW 200-1 caliber, with 38 hours of power reserve and 30 ATM (300m) of water resistance. Cazador has no verified price observations yet for this reference. This is the first Squale reference in Cazador's catalog.
Insufficient data
0 of 5 price observations needed to show a reliable range
Insufficient data: 0 price observations recorded as of today. Cazador does not estimate or infer a range without our own verified market data.
Squale was founded in 1946 in Switzerland and, for much of its history, didn't sell watches under its own name: it was one of the world's first specialized manufacturers of "water resistant" cases, supplying dive-watch cases to numerous Swiss watch brands that marketed them under their own names. That behind-the-scenes role as a technical supplier, largely invisible to the general public, is what makes Squale a reference manufacture within the tool-watch enthusiast community, even though its own name was long less known than the brands it supplied.
The Y1545 case — whose name comes from the manufacturing serial number of the mold itself — was born in the 1970s as one of those commissioned cases, built for water sports with a resistance of up to 30 atmospheres of pressure (300 meters deep). Over the decades it has been produced in different sizes and finishes without losing the profile that defines it: a unidirectional bezel, screw-down crown and case back, and case proportions built for everyday wrist wear rather than an oversized tool.
This specific reference, 1545SSBK.AC, runs the Swiss Sellita SW 200-1 caliber, a 26-jewel automatic movement widely used across mid-range tool watchmaking, with 38 hours of power reserve. The black dial pairs applied indexes with Super-LumiNova C1 lume for underwater legibility, under a flat sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment, while the brushed steel bracelet closes with an 18mm buckle.
Squale today keeps its own branded watch line, sold directly and through a network of specialized retailers, while continuing to manufacture cases for third parties as well. This is the first new brand Cazador has added since the launch of Christopher Ward, and the first Swiss manufacture originally specialized in components rather than complete watches to enter the catalog.
Cazador has no verified price observations for this reference (0 PricePoints recorded as of today). We do not publish estimates without our own sourced market data.
A Swiss manufacture founded in 1946, originally known for producing "water resistant" dive-watch cases for other watch brands before building out its own branded watch line.
From the manufacturing serial code of the case mold, known internally as Y1545, developed by Squale in the 1970s for water-sports watches.
The Sellita SW 200-1, a 26-jewel Swiss automatic movement with 38 hours of power reserve, widely used across mid-range tool watchmaking.
Yes, it reaches 30 ATM (300 meters) of water resistance, with a screw-down crown and case back and a unidirectional bezel, specifications befitting a dive watch.
Historically yes: Squale was one of the world's first dive-watch case manufacturers and supplied cases to numerous Swiss brands, while also selling its own branded line today.