FOR SALE IS A SUPER SLICK MID 60s LE PHARE SKIN-DIVER CHRONOGRAPH WITH AMAZING LUME PATINA MOUNTED ON AN EXPANDING GAY FRERES RIVET BRACELET.
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CASE: SLEEK AND SEXY ALL-STEEL SKIN-DIVER CASE MEASURING A NICE 36.5mm ACROSS BEZEL BY 45mm LUG TO LUG. SUPER SHARP AND UNPOLISHED CASE WITH SOME MINOR SHALLOW HAIRLINES THROUGHOUT BUT IN IMPRESSIVE CONDITION. THE SKIN-DIVER CHRONO CASES WEAR SO MODERN DUE TO THEIR LONG AND CHUNKY LUGS WHICH MAKE THESE SEEM LARGER THAN THEIR DIMENSIONS WOULD SUGGEST. THIS ONE REALLY WEARS MORE LIKE A 38mm PIECE. I REALLY LOVE THE ALL-STEEL BEZEL ON THIS ONE WHICH IS IN VERY NICE SHAPE AND ROTATES WITH THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF FRICTION. LUME PIP IS EVEN FULLY INTACT.
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DIAL: NOW THIS IS VINTAGE PERFECTION RIGHT HERE. CHECK OUT THAT SUBLIME AND MINTY SEMI MATTE BLACK DIAL. THE TRITIUM LUME HAS TAKEN ON THE PERFECT CUSTARD PATINA OVER YEARS OF AGE AND IS EVEN IN TONE THROUGHOUT THE DIAL AND THOSE GROOVY LADDER STYLE HANDS. I LOVE THE ARABIC 12/6 NUMERALS WHICH GIVE THIS AN EXPLORER LOOK. THIS THING HAS SO MUCH CHARACTER.
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MOVEMENT: THIS SLICK BEAUTY RUNS ON A HIGH GRADE VALJOUX 92 17 JEWEL MANUAL WIND CHRONOGRAPH MOVEMENT. THESE CALIBERS ARE HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER DUE TO THEIR COLUMN WHEEL ARRANGEMENT. THESE WERE MORE OFTEN SEEN IN HIGH END CHRONOGRAPHS IN THE 60s(ie HEUER). THIS ONE WAS ACQUIRED FROM A COLLECTOR WHO HAD THIS ONE SERVICED IN 2017, AND IT'S RUNNING ESPECIALLY CRISPY WITH ALL FUNCTIONS WORKING SPOT-ON.
- IF THIS WATCH WASN'T COOL ENOUGH ALREADY, I WENT AHEAD AND PUT IT ON A NOS GAY FRERES EXPANDING RIVET BRACELET. THIS BRACELET IS A WORK OF ART. I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE RIGHT WATCH TO PUT THIS ON.....AND THIS ONE WAS IT. THIS BRACELET SHOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE ANY WRIST SIZE WITH PLENTY OF MICRO-ADJUSTS AND THE SPRINGLOADED EXPANSION CAPABILITY. THE SKIN-DIVER CHRONO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE STYLES OF WATCHES. I LOVE THE PATINA OF THIS DIAL AND THAT SUPER COOL STEEL BEZEL. WHAT AN ABSOLUTE GORGEOUS EXAMPLE. THIS IS THE HIGH GRADE VERSION OF THIS WATCH WITH THE VALJOUX 92 VERSUS THE LANDERON CALIBERS WHICH ARE USUALLY SEEN IN THESE. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE MUST FOR ANY VINTAGE DIVE WATCH COLLECTOR
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