Love the Navy diver!

 

Another obscure brand generic skin diver from c. mid 1960s. Kingston from West Germany.

 

The brand is far from obscure; but the dial colour in combination with the model 67-5776 is;

 

A couple of Tag Heuers from the 80s.
An 840.006 Super Professional
And a 180.123, the only full size automatic night diver in the lineup

 

Circa 1970 Wittnauer "SuperSport"....not sayin' I'd go full Jacques Cousteau, but....

 

Great watches! I just picked up a 180.123 last week and I am waiting for the watch doctor to give it a once over before I take delivery. You don't see many of these out there, especially with a dial in that condition.

 

A shameless plug.

https://omegaforums.net/threads/jum...lock-down-bezel-exceptional-condition.110915/

 

"AN TIMAGNE TIC", "WATERRESISTANT", "SWISS MOV T"

Looks like a redialed watch to me, but I don't know anything about MUNDO.

 

That is a far better watch than that - it has a full stainless compressor style case, inner rotating bezel, and is a legitimate dive watch:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/orient-king-diver.34998/

 

Wow, that's interesting. What is the depth rating? I understand that it's SS, but what do you mean by compressor style case exactly? I am familiar with the EPSA patents.

 

Ha - turns out that water resistance wasn't actually very good - 40m rating. But still decent watches. Here's some info that Fratello wrote on them when Orient did a King Diver reissue:

https://www.fratellowatches.com/hot-take-orient-king-diver-70th-anniversary/

 

They also made the "baby Pam" model with a serious depth rating.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/baby-panerai-or-“baby-pam”-watches.95713/

 

There's "compressor style" from a design standpoint (case shape, dual crowns at 2 and 4) and then there's "compressor style" from a protection standpoint (using an ESPA-like gasket system which tightens the seams and water ingress path as depth increases). I'm presuming Fratello's assessment is more on the form than the function.

 

A French Yema "skin diver" (name of the model written on the caseback), using an ETA2771 I think. Smaller sibling of the Superman. Quite a few variations on the lume color are seen, I think the lume mismatches are original from the factory.



Much more obscure for us westerners, a '67 Citizen, monobloc case, 150m WR, more reference here: https://vintagecitizenwatches.com/2016/07/10/citizen-super-jet-auto-dater-x-case/ Some variations in the handset exist, I'd be happy to have more info on this model.

 

Le cheminant

 

Very nice , handsome dial, whats the WR rating?

 

20 ATM or 200 metres.

 

Love the bakelite bezel. Valjoux 7736?

 

It’s a rather unusual one. A Landeron 349.

 

Got this a year ago without knowing much about it, except the relation with Bulova. It has an interesting engraving that says "Love, Lynn". I doubt it's true but I like to believe this piece saw some action during Vietnam, judging by the overall condition of it. Gave it some TLC recently and I'm waiting for a caliper to arrive so I can measure the crystal to order a new one. I guess it counts as being obscure since I bought it not knowing these are fairly popular.