FOR YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE AND CONSIDERATION IS A SUPER SWEET FADED COKE BEZEL'D 1971 BULOVA DEEP SEA DEVIL DIVER IN SUPERB CONDITION.
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CASE: HEFTY SOLID STEEL SKIN-DIVER CASE IN SUPER SHARP CONDITION. THIS GUY MEASURES A LARGE 38mm ACROSS BEZEL NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN BY 47.5mm LUG TO LUG. THIS THING IS REALLY SHARP MAINTAINING ITS FACTORY BEVELS ON THE LUGS AND BRUSHING ON THE CASE-TOP. THERE ARE SOME VERY MINOR HAIRLINE SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE AND SOME ITSY BITSY DINGS ON THE LUGS IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY. THE BEZEL ON THIS ONE IS OUTSTANDING. THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF GHOST FADE IN THE RED LENDING A GROOVY PINKISH TONE. LUMED PIP IS INTACT WHICH IS A NICE BONUS. THIS BULOVA SKIN-DIVER CHRONO CASE IS ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE ALL TIME FAVORITES BECAUSE OF THOSE SWOOPY LUGS AND THE LONG LUG TO LUG LENGTH WHICH MAKES THESE WEAR QUITE LARGE.
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DIAL: I CAN'T BELIEVE HOW WELL PRESERVED THIS DIAL IS. FROM THE INKY BLACK ORIGINAL GLOSS DIAL TO THOSE WHITE SUB-DIALS WITH JUST A SUBTLE HINT OF PATINA; IT'S A MIRACLE THAT THIS THING STILL LOOKS LIKE THIS AFTER 47 YEARS. 90% OF THESE BLACK DIAL'D VARIANTS HAVE EITHER GONE TROPICAL OR HAVE UNDERGONE SIGNIFICANT CRACKING/BUBBLING. TO FIND ONE LIKE THIS IS A SUPER RARITY. THE LUME ON THE HANDS IS SUPER CLEAN WITH JUST THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF PATINA CONSISTENT WITH THE TRITIUM ON THE DIAL MARKERS. THE TANGERINE CHRONO HAND HAS MAINTAINED ITS VIBRANT COLOR. THE ORIGINAL CRYSTAL HAS A FEW HAIRLINE SCRATCHES THAT I'VE MAINLY BUFFED OUT BUT NONE OF THAT CRAZING YOU NORMALLY FIND ON THESE. ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING.
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MOVEMENT: THIS SLEEK DIVE CHRONO IS POWERED BY THE VENERABLE VALJOUX 7733. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN . THE CHRONO WORKS CRISPLY AND THE TIME KEEPING IS SPOT ON. WATCH WINDS SMOOTHLY AND HOLDS A SOLID POWER RESERVE. CHRONO DOES RESET SNAPPY BACK TO ZERO, BUT I WILL MENTION IT'S A MILLIMETER FROM FULL ZERO, BUT STILL SITS SQUARELY ON THE 12 MARKER..
- I'VE GOT THIS BAD-BOY MOUTNED ON A SUPER NICE SUEDE TAN COLORED B&R BANDS STRAP WHICH REALLY LOOKS SPECTACULAR. THIS IS BY FAR ONE OF MY FAVORITE VINTAGE WATCHES OF ALL TIME. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE GLOSS DIAL WITH THOSE WHITE SUBDIALS THAT JUST SPEAKS TO MY SOUL. THE FADED COKE BEZEL REALLY TIES IT ALL TOGETHER.
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