Nice “Sea Hunter”...congratulations! What year is it? If you are unfamiliar with Caravelle/Bulova date codes, they typically appear on the case back as a letter, denoting the decade, and a single digit, denoting the year within the decade — M=1960s, N=1970s. Attached are a couple photos of my 1969 “Sea Hunter”, M9.

 

Nice piece sir! Mine is 1970, N0. I love yours though, 1969 is the last year they had the "waterproof" text on the dial. I believe it was late 1969 or 1970 when they had it changed to "water resistant" . Those dauphine style hands look great as well!

 

I bought the watch in pieces, and it was missing the hands. I was fortunate enough to find a different 1969 NOS Caravelle model that shared the same style hands and movement, and bought it for "beer money" as a donor.

 

Just picked him up today!

 

PMI What is a super-compressor?
Pls and thx.

 

https://wornandwound.com/guide-super-compressors/

 

What is the movement in this please, a Lorsa P75A??

 

did you get any info?

 

The bow-tie effect!

 

Always wanted one of the Tag Night Divers in the day.

 

sorry , I am not very reactive... it is an ETA 2472 !

 

Need to get a proper bracelet, but it's a great watch to wear

 

Bringing an old thread back to life with a resurrected, crusty Elgin diver.

 

A couple more. The first one I gave to my son but really love it.

Great stuff on this thread.

 

Love the Scafograph!!

 

Picked this up a couple of years ago.

1960s English brand called Le Cheminant ( The Wanderer).

The model is a Valjoux 92 powered Master Mariner.
Had lived in a drawer for 20 years.
A light clean, new crystal and service and away it went.

Beautiful piece but just too small for me at 36mm.

I sold it to fund a Speedmaster.

No regrets.

 

Those are beauties - but Eberhard Scaforgraf an “obscure vintage watch” ??
How about calling a “cult vintage dive watch”?

 

Here is a very obscure single crown Mulco Compressor from 1962. Some shots side by side with my Seamaster

 

Great looking watch. Bears a strong resemblance to the Rotary Aquaplunge chronographs of the same vintage, though I don't believe those had Valjoux movements.

 

Yeah, it seems to be a parts bin special!

The case, bezel and even the dial and hands all seem to be fairly well sued across a few brands of the era.

And you are correct, the movement is a slight step above some competitors.