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Mick Tock Mick Tock
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You may know already that I love blue watches. This is an Aquastar Benthos 500 in the rarer blue configuration, ref. 1002.

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The movement is an A. Schild cal. AS1902 enhanced by a fly-back minutes counter. The orange minutes hand is started and reset by the pusher at 4 and stops after one revolution.

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Enjoy,

Mick

Bravo! It is a marvel. Forgive me, I am not familiar with that maker, but is the 500 referencing the depth rating? i.e. 500m.
 
Bill Sohne
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Hi


Just got this one ..... My most modern Omega !

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Good hunting


Bill Sohne
 
ThatTurtle
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The watch feeds my appetite for distressed and well worn textures for sure. It is an Ollech & Wajs Selectron.
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Like that collection of 'distressed' textures; casual yet strong. Very nice...

What's the watch?
 
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As tony stark said ...."Green Money Watch"....Happy Friday 13th!!!!
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Spy Spy
Bravo! It is a marvel.

Your term marvel is a well deserved designation for this underrated yet sought-after watch. It implements quite a few ingenious developments made by Aquastar.

Spy Spy
Forgive me, I am not familiar with that maker, but is the 500 referencing the depth rating? i.e. 500m.

Yes, in 1962 the Benthos 500 was the first watch rated to 500 m depth. Today Aquastar claims that these watches generally were tested for the pressure of 1000 m.

The case is rather chunky, though:

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Cheers,


Mick
 
Jonatan
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First black dial in my collection and a brand new toy. I just had to try it out!

1940s Universal Geneve, Compur ref 42404.

EDIT : A black dial seems proper for Friday the 13th!
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Jonatan Jonatan
First black dial in my collection and a brand new toy. I just had to try it out!

1940s Universal Geneve, Compur ref 42404.

Dibs! 🥰
 
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