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JLC Tribute to Deep Sea U.S. Version?

  1. Johnnie Feb 24, 2016

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    I have booked both watches into a first class watchmaker for a thorough overhaul! I have been shamed into it lol.
     
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  2. Johnnie Feb 24, 2016

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    Certainly Livesimply.
     
  3. BlueBoy Mar 3, 2016

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    Johnnie, am with you on the Assam, how did you source a decent watchmaker to service your watches, I am in London, and would be most grateful to find someone competent locally.
     
  4. Johnnie Mar 3, 2016

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    Where in London Blueboy ? I am a Londoner myself!
     
  5. Johnnie Mar 3, 2016

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    Where in London ? I am a Londoner myself! I have messaged you Blueboy.
     
  6. BlueBoy Mar 3, 2016

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    I am West London
     
  7. BlueBoy Mar 3, 2016

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    Thanks for the PM by the way
     
  8. Johnnie Mar 3, 2016

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    NW London
     
  9. BlueBoy Mar 3, 2016

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    I was in Hampstead for years, then moved West 10 years ago
     
  10. plibou Apr 29, 2016

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    my first post on this forum

    i have the EU version , my brother have the US , watch are different both is the best :)

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  11. i20rider May 3, 2016

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    That's awsome.
     
  12. jsaen May 3, 2016

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    Can we trade brothers? I'll give you a good deal. Two for one? Three for one? I like my brothers just fine, but they have poor taste in watches.
     
  13. mrlemmer11 May 9, 2016

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    Love the top photo!
     
  14. plibou May 11, 2016

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    :)
    i keep mine
     
  15. TylerRolex May 27, 2016

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    Hands down my favorite "reissue" and modern watch!
    Tyler
     
  16. cvalue13 Oct 26, 2021

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    Reviving this old thread for one correction: the original versions also did not have a rotating bezel.

    Note also that in any event the bezels show hour demarcations, not elapsed minutes; so even had the bezels turned they wouldn’t have been of much use to a diver. The bezel then shows the hour of the day, absent from the dial itself.

    The point of the Deep Sea alarm was to provide an underwater alarm for elapsed dive time, instead of an elapsed minute dive bezel.

    The Tributes are nearly 1-for-1 correct but for being 0.7mm larger, new innards, etc.

    Ironic, as with the historical US vs Euro versions there were far more of the former made than the latter, with vintage Euro versions being much harder to find.

    Finally, I thought I’d add for completeness to this thread that a third edition of this watch was made by JLC later in 2013, but only 3 examples were made for charity in connection with the Bono-led (RED) campaign. #1 of 3 was auctioned, the other two were kept by designers designers, Jonathan Iveand Marc Newson.

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    It appears to have been a well received charity auction, with #1 of 3 going for a hair above estimate:

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  17. asrnj77 Oct 27, 2021

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    Love mine. Years ago I saw oem straps on eBay for $100. Didn’t buy them and now JLC doesn’t make them and can’t replace them. I still have the original but in rough shape. It’s currently on a similar strap but in goat leather. I have a feeling that JLC doesn’t have much if any spare parts so if the bezel breaks I think the owner is sol
     
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