Photo: Bausele
The crown holds beach sand — Manly Beach sand, sealed in a window — and the dial underneath is rippled like the shore it came from.
Verdict
| What it is | Bausele Elemental Oceanic Blue — 40mm 316L steel diver, Sellita SW200, 200m, sand-ripple dial with sand sealed in the crown |
| Price | $795 — Bausele’s own store, checked Tue Nov 3, 2026 |
| Availability | Made to order; the order book was closed at check, with a notify list for the next run (lead time about four months per the build notes) |
| The angle | The material in the crown is not a metaphor — it is sand from the cove where the Sydney brand was born |
| Verdict | A diver with one genuinely local idea, executed literally. The rest of the specification does not lean on it. |
What it is
Bausele seals sand from Sydney’s Manly Beach — the cove where the brand was born — inside the Elemental’s screw-down crown, visible through a window in the crown itself. The Oceanic Blue dial works the same idea at larger scale: a textured sand-ripple base under a thick lacquer layer, with applied indices floating on top.
Around that, it is a straight diver’s specification. The case is 40mm in 316L steel, water-resistant to 200m. The bezel turns one way and reads two scales — 60 minutes on the outside, 12 hours in. Inside is a Sellita SW200 automatic with 38 hours of reserve, per the build records.
Why it matters
Beach-sand crowns could be a gimmick, and on a lesser specification they would be. Here the idea is carried through the whole watch — crown, dial texture, colour — while the mechanical and case specifications stay conventional and checkable. That restraint is what separates a story from a souvenir.
It is also made to order rather than dropped in batches, which changes the buying decision: the order book was closed when checked, with a notify list for the next run. Scarcity here is a production method, not a countdown timer.
Specs
| Brand | Bausele (Sydney, Australia) |
| Model | Elemental, Oceanic Blue |
| Movement | Sellita SW200 automatic, 38 hours (per maker) |
| Dial | Two-layer sand-ripple base under thick lacquer; applied indices (per maker) |
| Case | 316L stainless steel, 40mm; screw-down crown with Manly Beach sand sealed in a crown window |
| Bezel | Unidirectional, dual scale — 60 minutes outer, 12 hours inner (per maker) |
| Water resistance | 200m (per maker) |
| Strap | Not stated |
| Warranty | Not stated |
What to check before buying
- The order book was closed at check. Join the notify list rather than hunting resale; the next run is the maker’s own channel.
- Made to order means a wait. The build notes put lead time at about four months. Price and patience are both part of this purchase.
- Sand in a crown is a window, not a sample jar. The amount is symbolic. Buy it for the idea carried through the dial, not for the volume of beach.
- Check the strap before ordering. The build records do not state what it ships on — Not stated. Confirm on the product page.
Price record
| Price | $795 |
| Source | Bausele’s own store (bausele.com), checked Tue Nov 3, 2026 — made to order; order book closed at check, notify list open |
| Featured on our Instagram | Wed Nov 4, 2026 — Spotted |
Want one?
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- Hunting one? Join the Want List — tell us the maker and the budget; pieces like this surface in our trawl most weeks.
- This one: at the source — See it at Bausele. Not our listing. See Disclosure.
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Bausele Elemental Oceanic Blue
$795 — Bausele's own store, checked Tue Nov 3, 2026
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