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·There was a seemingly nice one on eBay recently...nice until you study the photo carefully that is [emoji6]
MY SCUBAPRO 500 DIVE WATCH
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·Alternative bezel was an original option for deep sea divers. 😉
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·Agree with RawArcher, great trio. If you ever feel 3 is too many and want move one along, let me know...
I will keep that in mind AAAKK. Meantime, I would like to share another shrouded dive watch in my collection which is much rarer than the Seiko. Below is my Ricoh 700m diver with orange dial:
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·Erpin must mean "layers of the onion" in Sanskrit! Every new post leads to another layer of Tuna Cans and Scubapros. What else you got????
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erpin9
·Erpin must mean "layers of the onion" in Sanskrit! Every new post leads to another layer of Tuna Cans and Scubapros. What else you got????
No more tunas my friend but I have a rare Citizen 800m dive watch that is known as an "ashtray" watch. Picture below:
The big brother which I also have is the Citizen 1300M dive watch as shown below:
Citizen made their first "Professional" diver, the 1300m, in the early eighties as a tour the force to show they could make a quartz watch with the highest depth rating in those days. These were made only a short time and are now almost impossible to find. In the early nineties Citizen came out with the 800m and 300m. The case is made of TIN coated titanium. The same coating can also be found on high end line guides for fishing rods and is extremely resistant against abrasion.
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lenny
·^Interestingly enough, this 800m saturation diver came out in 1984, two years after your 1300m.
A review if anyone is interested:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f366/c...-a-313011.html#/forumsite/20758/topics/313011
Interestingly enough, most of these companies could not tell you much about these older watches. This was not the case with Seiko a few years back, when you could actually get in touch with their head designer, Ikuo Tokunaga. He would go on in great detail about how and why he designed things the way he did - from the helium proof gaskets on the tuna to hardlex crystals on the mm300. He even provided obscure dimensions to help someone remanufacture crystals for the 6105. Amazing in this day and age.
A review if anyone is interested:
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f366/c...-a-313011.html#/forumsite/20758/topics/313011
Interestingly enough, most of these companies could not tell you much about these older watches. This was not the case with Seiko a few years back, when you could actually get in touch with their head designer, Ikuo Tokunaga. He would go on in great detail about how and why he designed things the way he did - from the helium proof gaskets on the tuna to hardlex crystals on the mm300. He even provided obscure dimensions to help someone remanufacture crystals for the 6105. Amazing in this day and age.
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·I think the 800M Saturation diver is more difficult to find. I have not come across one for sale.
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·1970's
SCUBAPRO 500 AUTOMATIC
Dive Depth rated @ 500 meters
@ 41 mm excluding the screw down crown, approximately 44 mm including the crown with 20 mm between the lugs. Case thickness, measured from the bottom of the case back to the top of the bezel, is approximately 13.5 mm.
STAINLESS STEEL SWISS MADE case ref.# 67199 SUPER-WATERRESISTANT "SCUBAPRO WORLDWIDE" Diver's wrist watch came with black or white bezel. With a 17 jewels unadjusted Swiss "SCUBAPRO" stamped ETA 2784 automatic movement with quickset date function, 41 hour power reserve (same as 25 jeweled Tudor Submariner Snowflake 94110 Automatic Movement)
similar design elements to the following:
NIVADA Taravana GLX 50ATM, Eterna Super KonTiki, Benthos 500, and Omega Seamaster 600/1200.
paired with:
20mm FLUOROELASTOMER (FKM) vented divers strap, FKM rubber belongs to the thermoset elastomers (rubber) classification, while silicone plastic belongs to the thermoset plastics.
Famously created “for divers, by divers,” the SCUBAPRO name has become synonymous with quality and innovation. Since the brand’s debut, SCUBAPRO has garnered a well-earned reputation for cutting-edge engineering, research, and product development that has on occasion revolutionized the way we dive.
SCUBAPRO is the world's most iconic brand of dive equipment, built by and for those whose passion is found below the water's surface. Founded in 1963 by Gustav Dalla Valle and Dick Bonin, SCUBAPRO remains the industry's gold standard for innovation, performance, reliability and durability. The company's products blend advanced technologies with intuitive, sophisticated designs, allowing divers to focus on their dive experience, not their gear. For the hobbyist to the professional.
SCUBAPRO 500 AUTOMATIC
Dive Depth rated @ 500 meters
@ 41 mm excluding the screw down crown, approximately 44 mm including the crown with 20 mm between the lugs. Case thickness, measured from the bottom of the case back to the top of the bezel, is approximately 13.5 mm.
STAINLESS STEEL SWISS MADE case ref.# 67199 SUPER-WATERRESISTANT "SCUBAPRO WORLDWIDE" Diver's wrist watch came with black or white bezel. With a 17 jewels unadjusted Swiss "SCUBAPRO" stamped ETA 2784 automatic movement with quickset date function, 41 hour power reserve (same as 25 jeweled Tudor Submariner Snowflake 94110 Automatic Movement)
similar design elements to the following:
NIVADA Taravana GLX 50ATM, Eterna Super KonTiki, Benthos 500, and Omega Seamaster 600/1200.
paired with:
20mm FLUOROELASTOMER (FKM) vented divers strap, FKM rubber belongs to the thermoset elastomers (rubber) classification, while silicone plastic belongs to the thermoset plastics.
Famously created “for divers, by divers,” the SCUBAPRO name has become synonymous with quality and innovation. Since the brand’s debut, SCUBAPRO has garnered a well-earned reputation for cutting-edge engineering, research, and product development that has on occasion revolutionized the way we dive.
SCUBAPRO is the world's most iconic brand of dive equipment, built by and for those whose passion is found below the water's surface. Founded in 1963 by Gustav Dalla Valle and Dick Bonin, SCUBAPRO remains the industry's gold standard for innovation, performance, reliability and durability. The company's products blend advanced technologies with intuitive, sophisticated designs, allowing divers to focus on their dive experience, not their gear. For the hobbyist to the professional.
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