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Johnnie
·I have booked both watches into a first class watchmaker for a thorough overhaul! I have been shamed into it lol.
JLC Tribute to Deep Sea U.S. Version?
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Johnnie
·Certainly Livesimply.
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BlueBoy
·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.
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Johnnie
·Where in London Blueboy ? I am a Londoner myself!
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Johnnie
·Where in London ? I am a Londoner myself! I have messaged you Blueboy.
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BlueBoy
·I am West London
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BlueBoy
·Thanks for the PM by the way
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Johnnie
·NW London
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BlueBoy
·I was in Hampstead for years, then moved West 10 years ago
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plibou
·my first post on this forum
i have the EU version , my brother have the US , watch are different both is the best 😀
i have the EU version , my brother have the US , watch are different both is the best 😀
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mrlemmer11
·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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TylerRolex
·Hands down my favorite "reissue" and modern watch!
Tyler
Tyler
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cvalue13
·I only wish the bezel rotated like the original, that's about the only thing I didn't like.
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.
The European model might be more practical due to the lume on the hour markers and the fact that the logo is above the alarm disc. That could be why JLC made more of them - perhaps they imagined the US dial would be more of a niche product with less demand.
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.
It appears to have been a well received charity auction, with #1 of 3 going for a hair above estimate:
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asrnj77
·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
