RARE~1971 BULOVA OCEANOGRAPHER DAY/DATE 333

RARE~1971 BULOVA OCEANOGRAPHER DAY/DATE 333

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FOR SALE IS A RARE AND ALL ORIGINAL 1971 BULOVA SEA-KING WITH CRAZY COOL CROSS-HAIRS DIAL ON ORIGINAL BRACELET.

 

CASE: NEAR MINT ALL-STEEL CUSHION SHAPED CASE  MEASURING 35mm NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN BY 42.5mm LUG TO LUG. CHECK OUT THAT ORIGINAL FACTORY BRUSHING ON THE TOP OF THE BEZEL. ALL THE ORIGINAL SHARP LINES AND EDGES ON THIS BEAUTY ARE WONDERFULLY INTACT.  I LOVE THE WAY THIS CASE WEARS ON THE WRIST WITH THE THIN BEZEL/WIDE DIAL.

 

DIAL: THERE'S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT A NICE METALLIC BRUSHED SILVER DIAL THAT GETS THE BLOOD FLOWING. I LOVE THE CROSS HAIRS MOTIF AND THOSE KILLER RED ACCENTS ON THE SECONDS HAND AND THAT RING THAT RUNS AROUND THE PERIPHERY. I'M A BIG FAN OF THOSE PROMINENT APPLIED STEEL MARKERS WHICH ADD SOME NICE DEPTH TO THIS FACE. ORIGINAL CRYSTAL IS IN NICE SHAPE WITH A FEW MINOR HAIRLINES THAT WERE MAINLY BUFFED OUT.

 

MOVEMENT: THIS GENTLEMAN RUNS ON A BULOVA  SWISS MADE AUTOMATIC. DATE IS SEMI-QUICKSET. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN BUT WATCH IS RUNNING SUPER SMOOTH.

 

WATCH COMES ON ITS ORIGINAL KESTENMADE MILANESE WITH SOLID STEEL CENTER LINKS BRACELET WHICH FITS THIS BULOVA AMAZINGLY.  IF YOU ARE A BULOVA FANATIC...OR A VINTAGE WATCH COLLECTOR OF GOOD STANDING, YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO JUMP ON THIS HIGHLY COLLECTIBLE PIECE.  THE OCEANOGRAPHER LINE OF WATCHES WAS BULOVAS ANSWER TO THE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL AND THE OMEGA SEAMASTER. NICE LOOKING EVERYDAY SPORTY WATCHES WHICH WERE READY FOR ACTION.