Vintage Jenny Carribean / Philip Watch Divers

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styggpyggeno1

·Dec 17, 2022

connieseamaster

This is the smaller 703 case. Jenny of course made cases for a bunch of other companies including Squale and Doxa.

Question for long time Jenny 70x owners: how does the case come apart for servicing?

I am not a watchmaker. However - they are so called "front loaders". There is no removable caseback. The bezel goes off first, then the plexi/chrystal - and then there are some gaskets (3 I believe). Then you are at the movement and - I am not a watchmaker and therefore should not write anything more. ;-)

 

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JwRosenthal

·Dec 17, 2022

styggpyggeno1

… I am not a watchmaker and therefore should not write anything more. ;-)

I think I need to copy and paste this at the end of every one of my posts.

 

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styggpyggeno1

·Dec 17, 2022

Well - I am the one posting this thread:
https://omegaforums.net/threads/a-warning-you-morons-and-do-it-yourselfers.37759/

I do not wish to be one of the morons.

 

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connieseamaster

·Dec 18, 2022

styggpyggeno1

. The bezel goes off first, then the plexi/chrystal - and then there are some gaskets (3 I believe).

Yes, I have other front loaders, but without bezels (Omega Geneve Dynamics), so you can use a tool to compress and lift off the crystal. How does the bezel of a 70x case come off though? (Asking for reference for the watchmaker who ends up working on mine, since extensive googling hasn't worked yet).

 

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Dan S

·Dec 18, 2022

connieseamaster

Yes, I have other front loaders, but without bezels (Omega Geneve Dynamics), so you can use a tool to compress and lift off the crystal. How does the bezel of a 70x case come off though? (Asking for reference for the watchmaker who ends up working on mine, since extensive googling hasn't worked yet).

Is there something special about that bezel, most are pressed on and can be removed using a removal tool (https://omegaforums.net/threads/please-dont-pry-your-bezels-off.4845/). I suspect your watchmaker knows how to do it; however, post some photos from the side if you think it's an unusual bezel.

 

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connieseamaster

·Dec 18, 2022

That makes a lot of sense and definitely appears to be a tool that would work! Thanks, @Dan S! I've seen crystal removal tools that work similarly so if course there would be one for a bezel 😁, just hadn't seen that post.

 

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georgeszaslavsky

·Aug 25, 2025

Apologizes if I am replying late to the thread, I own three of these Carribean watches

Btw I also have a vintage Certina DS2 Super PH1000m

The thing is that people who repair these and have access to spare parts for them (who are almost impossible to find) is that they are very very few if not non existent and not many people know how to do waterproof with a monobloc case.

 

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guaranteed.rohu

·Jun 30, 2026

4 years later I've finally gotten a vintage Jenny Caribbean!

Edited: Jun 30, 2026

 

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Mark020

·Jun 30, 2026·not the sharpest pencil in the ΩF drawer

I used to own this one

 

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liquidsongbird

·Jun 30, 2026

Apologies for any confusion but the “Caribbean” with which I was familiar was this one:

https://ow-watch.com/products/ow-caribbean-oceangraph

How is it related?

 

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guaranteed.rohu

·Jun 30, 2026

liquidsongbird

Apologies for any confusion but the “Caribbean” with which I was familiar was this one:

https://ow-watch.com/products/ow-caribbean-oceangraph

How is it related?

My loose understanding is that, similar to Squale, Jenny (yenni) was a case maker that made these for different brands?

 

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ghce

·Jun 30, 2026

Stunning looking diver, I did not know these existed, I will have to keep an active lookout for one but I suspect I will never see one let alone for sale. Really don't know how I missed this thread.

 

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guaranteed.rohu

·Jun 30, 2026

ghce

Stunning looking diver, I did not know these existed, I will have to keep an active lookout for one but I suspect I will never see one let alone for sale. Really don't know how I missed this thread.

I've been looking for 4+ years and only just found one! love it. Yeah they seem pretty rare, particularly (obviously) in good condition, and particularly I like the variant that is not too busy on the dial and bezel. There seem to be more around that are the really detailed busy-bezel style.

Next one day would love the blue also:

 

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liquidsongbird

·Jun 30, 2026

And another so-so info reply on my part, but from what I remember reading, the shape of the lugs was a problem area for some reason. Perhaps that caused the rarity?

 

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liquidsongbird

·Jun 30, 2026

I was able to connect some dots, and have included some text along with the link below.

https://ow-watch.com/blogs/ollech-w...g-swiss-watch-companies-1-312ft-to-be-precise

Jenny Watches was a small, family-run business, which manufactured, produced, finished and assembled dive watches branded by other Swiss watch companies. It had been testing an extraordinary new type of ‘one-piece’ case, milled from a single block of stainless steel with an enclosed back. By dispensing with a conventional screw-down case back and associated gaskets they had effectively eliminated the parts of the watch most vulnerable to water ingress. A simple but brilliant concept which Jenny imaginatively trademarked the ‘Caribbean 1000’. Now all they needed was a partner to help introduce the innovation to the world’s oceans.

Ollech & Wajs, an independent, Zurich based watchmaker, was first to see the potential. OW had been working with Jenny for some time and although itself only having been founded eight years earlier, had already established its credentials as a maker of rugged and reliable dive watches. Jenny’s revolutionary ‘monobloc’ case would provide OW with exactly what was needed to meet the increasing demands of the dive community. OW quickly secured a licence to incorporate the case in a new line of ‘Precision’ dive watches, providing Jenny with the investment it needed to begin production. Appropriately, OW’s initial order was for ‘1000 cases’. A 17 Jewel ETA 2452 self-winding movement, topped with a black lacquered dial, was front loaded deep into the innovative new case and sealed with a 5mm domed acrylic crystal. In 1964 the ‘Caribbean 1000 Triple-Safe’ case, as it was called, was launched with a certified record-shattering depth rating of 1,000m (3,300ft).

 

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guaranteed.rohu

·Jul 1, 2026

liquidsongbird

And another so-so info reply on my part, but from what I remember reading, the shape of the lugs was a problem area for some reason. Perhaps that caused the rarity?

So the one factor I've just discovered since owning the watch is, the hole for the springbars is very close to the case, too close to fit a nato strap through, which is a shame. But I think most rubber strap options (or leather) are fine.