BADASS~1971 BULOVA BRULEE DIAL 666 DIVE CHRONOGRAPH

BADASS~1971 BULOVA BRULEE DIAL 666 DIVE CHRONOGRAPH

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COMING AT YOU IS A CRAZY COOL 1971 BULOVA 666 DEVIL DIVER CHRONOGRAPH WITH A DELICIOUS BRULEE TROPICAL DIAL AND EXCELLENT GHOST FADE BEZEL.

 

  • CASE: HEFTY SOLID STEEL SKIN-DIVER CASE IN EXCELLENT UNPOLISHED 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. THE BEZEL ON THIS ONE IS SIMPLY DREAMY. JUST THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF GHOST FADE ON THE RED PORTION OF THIS COCA-COLA RENDITION. THIS BULOVA "B" 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.

 

  • DIAL: THIS THING IS PURE INSANITY. I'VE SEEN THIS AGING PATTERN ON THIS EXACT DIAL MANY TIMES AND MAKES ME THING THAT IT HAS TO DO WITH THE TYPE OF LACQUER THAT BULOVA PUT ON THESE BLACK DIAL'D VARIANTS AND HOW THEY REACTED WITH THE AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT OVER DECADES. IT HAS  A GLAZED, CRACKLED, TROPICAL LOOK TO IT WHICH LENDS TO A VERY COOL TEXTURE AND CHARACTER WITH HINTS OF CHOCOLATE. SO COOL!!! THE WHITE PRINT IS NICE AND CRISP AND COMPLETELY INTACT AS ARE THE CREME COLORED SUBDIALS. NICE CARAMEL TONES IN THE LUME PATINA ON BOTH THE DIAL AND HANDS. THE TANGERINE SWEEPER GIVES A NICE BRIGHT AND VIBRANT POP OF COLOR TO THIS BEAUTY. ALL VIEWED UNDER WHAT LOOKS TO BE THE ORIGINAL CRYSTAL. 

 

  • MOVEMENT: THIS SLEEK DIVE CHRONO IS  POWERED BY THE VENERABLE VALJOUX 7733. I ACQUIRED THIS FROM A FELLOW WATCH COLLECTOR WHO REPORTS THAT THIS ONE WAS SERVICED IN 2016. THE CHRONO WORKS CRISPLY AND THE TIME KEEPING IS SPOT ON. WATCH WINDS SMOOTHLY AND CARRIES A SOLID POWER RESERVE.

 

  • THIS COKE BEZEL'D BEAUTY IS MOUTNED ON A SUPPLE LARGE HOLE BROWN LEATHER STRAP WHICH REALLY LOOKS COOL WITH THE PATINA ON THIS ONE. THE DEVIL DIVER SERIES OF WATCHES, NICKNAMED FOR THE 666 WATER RESISTANCE MARKING, ARE SOME OF THE MOST SOUGHT AFTER VINTAGE DIVERS. THIS DIVE CHRONO "B" VARIANT IS SUCH A FUN EXAMPLE. WHILE IT MAY NOT BE MINT CONDITION, IT HAS AGED IN SUCH A GORGEOUS WAY THAT I ALMOST PREFER IT. THIS IS WHAT VINTAGE WATCH COLLECTING IS ABOUT RIGHT HERE. YOU LOOK AT THIS THING AND YOU IMAGINE ALL THE COOL THINGS IT HAS LIVED THROUGH. WHILE STILL LOOKING TIGHT AND SHARP, THIS ONE HAS SO MUCH FRIGGIN CHARACTER.