VINTAGE BULOVA Divers 666ft. ... the devil diver ...

Bulova Oceanographer Snorkel 666ft.
1970
variant " G "

1970 Bulova Oceanographer Snorkel 666ft. variant " G "

is there a ..... " M " ... or .... " N " ....... printed on the case back of ur watch ?

My old 1972 Snorkel:

Accutron Deep Sea 666ft.

Accutron Deep Sea Diver 666ft. [1970]
Case Ref# 702-1
2181 mvmnt. [day window]

The Bulova Accutron was in the 60s the most popular $100+ timepiece in America, President Johnson declares it the White House’s official Gift of State.
Accutron is the first watch to keep time through electronics, it was a revolutionary timekeeping concept of a watch without springs or escapement operated by an electronically activated tuning fork. The movement was so accurate that the US Government asked Bulova to delay the release of the revolutionary movement for fear the technology may fall into the hands of the Russians, at the time US would be launching new satellites timed by the Accutron and they simply did not want the Russians to benefit from the same precision.
In 1960 NASA incorporate the Accutron into its computers for the space program which become an integral part of 46 missions of the U.S. Space Program.

In 1965, Bulova released the 218, a slimmer movement than the 214 (4.4mm vs 5.5mm), with a more traditional side-exiting setting stem. The 218 was released in a range of complications not seen in the 214, including calendar functions and a jump-hour secondary timezone variant. While the 218 was a reliable, widely adopted caliber, it was never offered in a true Spaceview variant, and never achieved the enduring popularity of the 214.

Bulova is the most successful American watch manufacturer. Established in 1875 in New York by an immigrant named Joseph Bulova, it was acquired by the Loews Corporation in 1979 and then again by Citizen in 2008, but continues to operate independently from the same New York location.

The first ever specialized diving watches were the Panerai, used by the Italian frogmen in the Second World War. Actually they were Rolex 3646s with special dials made by Panerai.

Right after WWII, two French combat diving corps started to search for a military grade diving watch, big and easy to read underwater, hermetically sealed and capable to absorb shocks – this helped Blancpain to develop the legendary Fifty Fathoms introduced in 1953. The transformation of the simple water resistant watch to the tool diver watch happened at that exact point. The next year Rolex launched perhaps the most famous diver watch of them all, the Rolex Submariner; from that point most of the Swiss companies started to shift their attention towards the sea, trying to produce reliable underwater-capable wristwatches.

Bulova Oceanographer Snorkel 666ft.

Bulova Oceanographer Snorkel 666ft.

Bulova 666

Bulova Oceanographer Snorkel 666ft.
on a 18mm vintage JB Champion Beads of Rice Bracelet ....

Jim jupiter ... can u share photos of the case back and perhaps the movement .... of ur RECORD vintage watch ?

1960's Benrus Ultra-Deep 666
[images borrowed from cyber space]
Case Diameter: 41 mm
Case Height: 11.5 mm
Case length: 43 mm
Lug Width: 18 mm
Movement: Benrus GO2D (ETA
2472), Benrus signed rotor, 17j
automatic, 18,000 bph, 42 hr
power reserve
Case material: Stainless steel
Crown: Non-screw down
Bezel: Bi-directional, not indexed
Water resistance: 666 feet

the hunt continues for the original JB Champion bracelet for ...

options ...

Jubilee " Diver 666 "
by: Longines Wittnauer
Diameter: 38mm [minus crown]