FOR SALE IS AN INCREDIBLE 1969 BULOVA-CARAVELLE 666FT SEA-HUNTER SKIN-DIVER SIGNED 4X.
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CASE: SLEEK AND SEXY ALL-STEEL CASE MEASURING A NICE 37mm ACROSS BEZEL NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED CROWN BY 45mm LUG TO LUG. CASE IS IN INCREDIBLE UNPOLISHED CONDITION. POSSIBLY THE BEST CONDITION I’VE SEEN ON ONE OF THESE. CHECK OUT THOSE SHARP LUGS THAT ARE LONG AND SWOOPY AND HUG THE WRIST PERFECTLY. BEZEL IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND ROTATES BIDIRECTIONALLY WITH THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF FRICTION.
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DIAL:SOME WOULD ARGUE ONE OF THE MOST BALANCED VINTAGE DIVE DIALS OUT THERE. THIS ONE IS AN ABSOLUTE GEM OF AN EXAMPLE. I JUST LOVE THOSE EXPLORER STYLE LUME MARKERS WITH EXTREMELY WELL PRESERVED CUSTARDY TRITUM. THIS IS THE EARLY RENDITION OF THE SEA-HUNTER DIAL WITH THAT KILLER DAUPHINE HANDSET. ONE OF THE CLASSIC DIVE DIALS OF THE 60s.
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MOVEMENT: THIS SEA-HUNTER RUNS ON THE BULLETPROOF JAPANESE MADE 11DP MOVEMENT WHICH RUNS BUTTER SMOOTH. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN BUT THIS ONE HAS BEEN KEEPING GREAT TIME BOTH ON/OFF THE WRIST WITH STRONG AMPLITUDE ON THE TIMEGRAPHER.
- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A CLASSY TAN LEATHER STRAP WHICH LOOKS AWESOME WITH THAT GORGEOUS VINTAGE LUME. THE SEA-HUNTER IS THE CROWN JEWEL OF THE CARAVELLE DEVIL-DIVER(666) LINE. I LIKE TO COMPARE THESE TO THE TITUS CALYPSOMATIC DIVERS OF THE SAME ERA WHICH HAD A VERY SIMILAR CASE SIZE/SHAPE AND STYLE....HOWEVER, THOSE NOW ARE GOING FOR UP TO $2500 FOR GOOD EXAMPLES. WITH THE INFLATION AND LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF WATCHES SUCH AS THE CALYPSOMATIC AND THE EARLY ROLEX SUBMARINERS, I SEE THE SEA-HUNTERS BECOMING A SOLID INVESTMENT AND FANTASTIC VALUE CONSIDERING THEIR DEVILISH STYLE AND ROCK-SOLID BUILD QUALITY. THIS IS A SUPER FINE EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE VINTAGE DIVE WATCH "MUST-HAVES"
