Barn find Mido diver....

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A flimsy bracelet like that on a rugged dive watch? Nah.

I also think that style of bracelet is too early for this model.
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I have seen period adverts with that bracelet - I can't remember for certain, but I believe it was on a Rainbow diver, so should be period correct. It is found on Multi-Centerchronos for sure.

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Thank you, absolutely correct or not it is extremely comfortable.
 
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Another surfaces...............

Can anyone confirm with advertisements that this was the bracelet offered and possibly be original to this model?

I have seen period adverts with that bracelet - I can't remember for certain, but I believe it was on a Rainbow diver, so should be period correct. It is found on Multi-Centerchronos for sure. 19341.jpg

A flimsy bracelet like that on a rugged dive watch? Nah.

I also think that style of bracelet is too early for this model.

Well, two years later…

I just saw a 'story' on Instagram posted by Jason Heaton showing some pages from a circa 1967 dive watch review in a magazine and the Mido Rainbow Diver in that feature has the same bracelet: https://www.instagram.com/stories/jasonheaton/2372814501168636581/

I still haven't re-found the Mido advert I originally saw years ago.
 
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Can't find the story through your link. I believe there to be only a small chance that such bracelets were used on circa '60s divers. The Multicenterchronos were made for ~15 years prior to the subject watch, so they aren't relevant.

Edit: so much for my skepticism 🤦, though it boggles my mind...

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Can't find the story through your link. I believe there to be only a small chance that such bracelets were used on circa '60s divers. The Multicenterchronos were made for ~15 years prior to the subject watch, so they aren't relevant.

The link works for me, here's a poor photo of the screen:



As I said in my first post here, I have seen Mido advertising showing the same bracelet on a Rainbow Diver. I wish I could dig it out from where I stumbled across it originally.

Edit: come to think of it, there is a good chance that the above photo was cropped from the same advertising photo. I don't think the writers of that article had all the watches here on hand.
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The link works for me, here's a poor photo of the screen:

As I said in my first post here, I have seen Mido advertising showing the same bracelet on a Rainbow Diver. I wish I could dig it out from where I stumbled across it originally.

Thanks, I found it (above). Mind-boggling!
 
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Thanks, I found it (above). Mind-boggling!

How the hell did you find that so fast?! I must have spent an hour trying to find it 🤦
 
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How the hell did you find that so fast?! I must have spent an hour trying to find it 🤦

Sheer luck. 🙄
 
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Tony C. and ConElPueblo ......

Thank you for the research and posting these pictures.

I bought my example as a set, and at the very least, it is period correct.

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