FOR SALE IS AN ULTRA-SLICK LATE 60s THERMIDOR DELUXE DIVER WITH A KILLER BLUE BAKELITE BEZEL AND SOME SERIOUS 'TUDE.
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CASE: BLOCKY ALL-STEEL CUSHION CASE MEASURING A NICE 41.8mm ACROSS BEZEL NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SCREW DOWN CROWN BY 44.4mm LUG TO LUG. CASE IS IN EXCELLENT AND UNPOLISHED CONDITION. SOME MINOR SCRACTHCS HERE AND THERE BUT OVERALL THIS THING IS SUPER SHARP. CHECK OUT THAT GORGEOUS DEEP BLUE BAKELITE BEZEL IN REALLY WELL PRESERVED SHAPE. THE BEZEL ITSELF IS A WORK OF ART WITH THOSE STEEL INLAYS, LUMED PIP AND NUMERALS, AND THAT THICK COIN-EDGED STEEL RING. IT ROTATES BIDIRECTIONALLY WITH THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF FRICTION.
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DIAL: LOOK AT THIS BEAUTY. I LOVE THAT DARK BLUE RADIAL BRUSHED SUNBURST DIAL IN GOOD CONDITION. SOME MINOR DEGRADATION MOST NOTABLE AROUND THE 8 AND 9 MARKERS, BUT OVERALL IN STUNNING CONDITION. I LOVE THOSE BIG BOLD MARKERS FILLED WITH AGED TRITIUM WHICH MATCHES PERFECTLY WITH THE LUME ON THOSE CLASSIC DIVE STYLE HANDS.
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MOVEMENT: THIS DIVER RUNS ON A SWISS ETA 2452 MOVEMENT. IT RUNS BUTTER SMOOTH AND KEEPS EXCELLENT TIME. DATE IS SEMI QUICKSET. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN ON THIS ONE, BUT SHE HAS BEEN RUNNING GREAT BOTH ON/OFF THE WRIST.
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- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A ROBUST DARK BLUE MINIMALIST STRAP WHICH TIES TOGETHER THE COLOR SCHEME BEAUTIFULLY. THERMIDOR WAS A SWISS BRAND THAT WAS MARKETED HEAVILY IN THE LATIN AMERICAN AND PORTUGUESE MARKETS AND CREATED SOME EXCELLENT DIVERS FOR THE TIME. THIS IS A ROBUST AND VERY WELL CONSTRUCTED VINTAGE DIVER WITH AWESOME PATINA AND A LARGE WRIST PRESENCE. THIS ONE REALLY HAS ALL THE GOODS.
