Aquastar 63

Gui13250

Hi All,
I’m willing to buy an aquastar 63, a nice watch, affordable with in-house mouvement!
This is one I could get for around 400€.
Do you think it is a good option?
According the fact that it is an in-house from a small compagnie, do you thinks it could be hard to find someone able to service it?
Thanks for your advises 😀

ConElPueblo

I doubt it is an in house movement, are you sure? From those photos, it looks like some sort of A. Schild movement.

MRC

I am not replying from real knowledge just some guesswork, perhaps because I'm wearing an equally obscure Hema with an Aquastar case this week.

I believe that the movement is based on an A. Schild movement, possibly a 1902. A search through Ranfft's excellent archive might prove or disprove this. If is is a Schild then service is no problem, here are some articles by a watchmaker I use a lot https://thewatchspotblog.com/?tag=aquastar

Case looks very sharp, dial is hard to tell. I would say that a 400 Euro bet is at least evens. Go for it.

MRC

It is an A.Schild 1713, so problems are fixable ( https://thewatchspotblog.com/?p=2552 ). Screws missing? No damage is visible in the movement photo (that I can see, could be hidden under the rotor). Buuuuttt, if it has admitted faults I think an offer of €200 is appropriate,

It is still a very interesting watch, although too far off-piste for most.

Lonestar

It's a fantastic watch, with an iconic case and a bombastic caseback. This is the grey dial version, there is a rarer blue one also available once in a while, see pic of mine below (shameless plug - it's FS...).



The grey one tends not to age that well with time and usually shows degradation, as you can see with these marks on that one you're showcasing, around the lume plots alos... however for EUR400 it's a good deal 😀

river rat

Remember this is the smallest case size of all Aquastar divers about 36mm the Aquastar seatime almost same design thicker case about 42mm mite be a better choice. One thing to ask seller does the chapter ring rotate a known problem on both watches. The benthos 500 another Aquastar great size with a interesting dive time counter had both the seatime and benthos at one time both gone now can’t keep everything.

Gui13250

A really nice watch! do you have pictures while on the wrist?
Still waiting for the second option, sellers will send pictures in few days...

river rat

One thing to ask seller does the chapter ring rotate a known problem on both watches.