Obscure and Vintage Dive Watches

[connieseamaster]

Aqua Star Seatime Ref 1004

 

[rcs914]

Here's one that's been on ebay forever - it's kind of spendy, but not really when compared to some of the other contemporaries that sell for ludicrous amounts of money (I'm looking at you Calypsomatic...)



https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rarest-Wat...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649

 

[Norfolk]

JwRosenthal

Added a few more Seawolf’s to the stable recently- but this one is an oddity.


MKII dial and hands with MKIII bezel isn’t that unusual, it was a normal transitional assembly with the grey/blue Bakelite and black hash marks. But this has a red hash marked bezel- not orange, RED! I have never seen a red bezel on these. The orange bezel was always paired with the orange dial- but has anyone else seen a red bezel?

Here’s mine.

...just to confuse the issue....

 

[allwoundup]

connieseamaster

Aqua Star Seatime Ref 1004

Handsome watch. I picked this one up for my wife a few months back after losing an auction for one for myself....still looking....

 

[janice&fred]

allwoundup

Handsome watch. I picked this one up for my wife a few months back after losing an auction for one for myself....still looking....

Man that is a crispy clean example ya got there 👍

 

[connieseamaster]

allwoundup

Handsome watch. I picked this one up for my wife a few months back after losing an auction for one for myself....still looking....

Very nice! Is the bezel still working? The mechanism seems to be a common failure point.

 

[allwoundup]

connieseamaster

Very nice! Is the bezel still working? The mechanism seems to be a common failure point.

Yes, the bezel works fine...and the watch keeps very accurate time.

 

[w154]

Already posted this on another thread but I’m loving it. A friend tells me that he’s only seen three of the full size Lorenz divers, and each one has a different dial, so this is possibly the only known example of this type. I should probably get the hands relumed, but other than that a great survivor especially given the fragility of the bezels on these.

Edited: Dec 11, 2020

 

[connieseamaster]

allwoundup

Yes, the bezel works fine...and the watch keeps very accurate time.

Looks like I have to message the seller then. Was described as working well and the timekeeping is great. The bezel...nsm.

 

[S.H.]

A very well preserved generic swiss diver...



The case is lovely, sharp and shiny bevels 🥰

 

[abrahamovic]

X350 XJR

Not my watch, but check out that hour hand!

I finally put my hands on one. I just need to find new bezel. #challengeaccepted
bezel seems exactly as the one the clebar example:

 

[Gaz6263]

Same handset on my Luxor

 

[w154]

abrahamovic

I finally put my hands on one. I just need to find new bezel. #challengeaccepted
bezel seems exactly as the one the clebar example:

Nice one... saw that this morning and did consider bidding.

 

[abrahamovic]

Gaz6263

Same handset on my Luxor

thank you, just gathering some materials, havent found this one. they all have in common: SUPERAUTOMATIC sign on the dial. So far I found 5 different examples.

 

[abrahamovic]

w154

Nice one... saw that this morning and did consider bidding.

glad you re-considered.

 

[maanu]

EBay find.

 

[S.H.]

I love the internal curvature of the crystals found on Japanese divers...

 

[Syrte]

Flea market find, a French brand known only in France -obscure enough I would say. Also has one of those crystals @S.H. mentions even though it’s not Japanese 😀

 

[maanu]

Never knew about the one on the right unless Synchron reissued last week.

 

[Dan S]

maanu

Never knew about the one on the right unless Synchron reissued last week.

It's a recently issued homage watch.