In the interest of directing my future research efforts, I'm looking for interesting ladies sports and casual models. Vintage preferred, quartz need not apply unless it's something unique or interesting.

Here's what I have in my collection now:
31mm Omega SM120
Omega 568.0001 WG Constellation
Ladies Omega Geneve Dynamic
Ladies Zodiac Seawolf
Ladies Bulova Precisionist

Watches I'm eyeing:
Ladies model of a Zenith Respirator
Did Rolex or Tudor ever make a diver smaller than 35mm?

Need more ideas!

 

Tudor definitely did, the Mini Sub in the 90s. Beautiful watches, I think 32 or 33mm, and still available for a decent price - but quickly rising. Good luck!

 

How about an Omega 566.0024?

Here's one my wife has. Bit brighter than a 120 and with an interesting dial.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/chr...ge-style-watch-build.18596/page-2#post-223409

Cheers, Chris

 

What about the Doxa Sub 200? Would that be of interest? It came in different colors, with different names (Coralline, Nymph, etc.) like the men's Sub 300.

 

I was actually reading through your thread earlier. 25mm is probably a bit smaller than I'd like to go and given that my 120 is the orange and black variant, it's pretty bright

 

Hmm..no pictures yet on this thread. I will start looking for some pictures.

 

Good point. Here is an illustration for my suggestion. 33mm, I think, but don't hold me to that.

http://www.doxa300t.com/buyvintage/buyvintage.htm

 

Not vintage but from about 1992 to 2010 Rolex made the ladies Yacht-Master in 29mm.
This is my wife’s 169622.

 

The men's models would work too.

 

Good choice. I think Gruen is underrated.

 

It all depend on taste..

 

That's a really cool one.
I also like the lady Doxa divers but the answer also depends on your budget.
Those divers have been going up in price quite steadily.

Many of the interesting vintage ladies divers from the 1960s -1970s -such as the Seamaster 60 and also the nice Zenith sub sea diver - are smallish, 25-27mm in size.
Seiko has nice larger options from the 1970s and 1980s:
- the 2205 lady diver, at around 33-34mm width (hard to measure because of the crown guard) has a high beat automatic movement and lovely applied indexes similar to those on the men's Seikos of the time, such as the iconic 6105 (but the 6105 has crown at 4).
The substantial crown guard has a bit of a Rolex sub feel not found on the men's Seikos.
Here's mine:


There's also the 4205 diver, from the 1980s - less detail, automatic movement lesser quality than the above, but I like the crown at 4:00.
This one was a completely beat up example from Asia, which was restored with a NOS donor movement.
I really wanted to keep the original dial and hands, due to the original patina on the dial - which is quite rare on those Seikos.
Usually they are restored with aftermarket dials which are about as exciting as a new fridge.
Unfortunately the watchmaker I used at the time could not be bothered to match the color when he relumed the hands.



- Finally, yes a quartz movement but for a good reason:
the Seiko 2625 lady diver is similar in shape to the first one above, but with beautiful gilt detailing on the indexes and bezel.
Reminiscent of another iconic men's model from the 1960s-70s whose reference number escapes me right now... maybe someone else can help. The example below is not mine, taken from the internet.

 

Just these two

 

If its smaller you're after, consider men's dress watches from the thirties. Many are tiny by today's standards.

I've been asked more than once why my '38 Waltham is a ladies watch and why I'm wearing it!
(the only reason I can wear it at all is because I'm so damn thin!)

 

It's not straight up smaller that I'm after, it's women's watch models that were sold along men's models and shared the same charactistics in a smaller form factor (ala the Seawolf, Dynamic, or SM 120). So the Seiko ladies divers or the Tudor mini-sub fit that, vintage men's dress watches don't.

 

Correct me if I’m wrong but it seems to me that @connieseamaster has a very specific and interesting angle: she’s looking for women’s models of watches which were created both for men and women — and she’s looking for sizes probably larger than 25mm.
This rules out pretty much anything pre-1950s as women’s watches pre-1950s are really tiny (25mm or less).

With those criteria it seems there aren’t so many watches left in the running except indeed in the 1970s- such as the Omega Dynamic, the nice lady Omega Constellation, and lady or mid-size divers. Overall I think if you’re looking for a ladies watch that’s vintage, casual, and not microscopic you have to look at 1970s ladies watches.

Adit/ add/ oops just noticed OP just did clarify indeed the same.

 

No ladies seamaster like the one on the left


Have to take a photo of Mrs Standy,s EDOX ladies diver

 

So curious now, would you kindly post a picture of the model you have in mind? Looking blindly for it without knowing what it is is like looking for a needle in a haystack... (I tried....)

 

If you want small and vintage, here is my wife’s CK2940 from around 1957.