FOR SALE IS A SPECTACULAR SHARP LATE 60s PHILIP CARIBBEAN 1000 DIVER.
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CASE: HEAVY DUTY ROBUST ALL SOLID STEEL MONOCOQUE CASE MEASURING A HEARTY 42.4mm ACROSS NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SCREW-DOWN CROWN. SIGNED CROWN THIS WAS THE SAME CARIBBEAN CASE USED BY JENNY, AQUADIVE, AND OLLECH & WAJS. YOU GOTTA DIG THAT GORGEOUS ORANGE/BLACK BAKELITE DECOMPRESSION ROTATING BEZEL WHICH REALLY LOOK KILLER WITH THAT CITRUS DIAL.
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DIAL: LATE 60s SWAGGER AT ITS BEST. REALLY HANDSOME MATTE ORANGE DIAL ABSOLUTELY IS A SWEET LOOK. SOME FANTASTIC CONTRAST WITH THE BLACK MARKERS/HANDSET WITH NICELY PRESERVED TRITIUM LUME. THERE'S A BIT OF ALLURE WITH THIS PARTICULAR DIAL AS THIS SEEMS TO EITHER BE A PROTOTYPE OR A MISPRINT. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FACTORY MIXED THE DEPTH RATINGS INDICATIONS(1000/300METERS AND 660 FEET). I'M 100% CERTAIN THIS IS A FACTORY ORIGINAL DIAL WHICH PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE MADE IT ONTO THE WATCH, BUT IT MAKES FOR SOME INTERESTING INTRIQUE AND FOR AN ENTIRELY UNIQUE ONE OFF PIECE.
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MOVEMENT: THIS DIVER RUNS ON A HI-GRADE AUTOMATIC WHICH IS KEEPING TIME WITH A DECENT POWER RESERVE. CROWN ACTION IS A BIT STIFF BUT TOTALLY FUNCTIONAL.
THIS DIVER COMES ON A PERIOD APPROPRIATE ALL STEEL BRACELET WHICH LOOKS SUPER COOL ON THIS DUDE. THIS IS REALLY THE ULTIMATE TOOL WATCH HOUSED IN AN ABSOLUTE TANK OF A CASE. THIS THING IS A BLAST TO WEAR AND KICKS SOME SERIOUS ASS! SUMMER IS HERE AND YOU NEED A BIT OF VITAMIN C ON THE WRIST
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