Guys,

Please tell me what I bought for a few dollars? Have you seen similar?

 

Good buy!

Had an Helvetia Waterstar once. Not exactly similar, but a diver from the same maker

 

its a Helvetia whit a Deepthgauge in the glas believe this model to be late 60s and normaly they come whit date and powerd by a ASU movement in a 70s case

 

Nice example - when Oris came out with their Depth Gauge model a few years ago saying it was the first time this had been done, I pointed out that Helvetia had beaten them by many decades...they were not impressed I think and someone on the Oris marketing team didn't do their research!

 

thanks guys and more pictures

 

Nivada also had one in the 60/70s.

 

and Bulova about 1980

 

The Nivada Deptomatic was issued for the Swedish navy divers during the 70s

 

Very nice buy and original box to boot. The dial is very reminiscent of the RAN (Royal Australian Navy) DROZ Supercompressors, which if you can find one, go for a tad bit more than a few (thousand) dollars. It is definitely a depth gauge watch. Get it serviced and enjoy wearing your little treasure.
Regards, -Khurram

 

Indeed. Cool pickup. Careful with the crystal... Replacements cannot be found (I've been hunting for 3 years).