FOR SALE IS A MASSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE RICOH DYNAMIC DIVER WITH COOL SUPER COMPRESSOR STYLE FADED COKE ROTATING INNER BEZEL.
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CASE: LARGE ALL-STEEL CASE MEASURING A HUNKY 42.5mm ACROSS FLUTED BEZEL NOT INCLUDING ORIGINAL SIGNED DUAL CROWNS BY 47mm LUG TO LUG. CASE IS IN EXCELLENT AND UNPOLISHED CONDITION. SOME MINOR SCRATCHES HERE AND THERE BUT OVERALL THIS THING IS SUPER SHARP. NICE BEEFY WRIST PRESENCE!
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DIAL: THIS IS REALLY SPECTACULAR. CHECK OUT THAT MATTE SLATE GREY DIAL IN NEAR-MINT CONDITION. I LOVE THOSE WHITE APPLIED MARKERS WITH THIS SLIVERS OF AGED LUME. SPEAKING OF LUME, LOOKED AT THOSE PERFECTLY AGED BROAD ARROW STYLE HANDS WITH LOLLIPOP SWEEPER. THE CLINCHER IS THAT CRAZY BEAUTIFUL SLIGHTLY FADED COKE INTERNAL ROTATING BEZEL WHICH IS CONTROLLED WITH THE BOTTOM CROWN. EVEN THE LUMED PIP IS FULLY INTACT WITH SOME BODACIOUS PATINA.
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MOVEMENT: THIS DIVER RUNS ON A JAPANESE 21 JEWEL IN-HOUSE AUTOMATIC. IT RUNS BUTTER SMOOTH AND KEEPS GOOD TIME. DATE IS QUICKSET BY REPEATEDLY PULLING OUT THE CROWN TO ADVANCE. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS WATCH WAS SERVICED IN 2016.
- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A ROBUST BIG HOLE 22mm TROPIC STYLE RUBBER STRAP WHICH ANCHORS THIS ONE DOWN PERFECTLY. RICOH IS ONE OF THE UNSUNG CLASSIC JAPANESE WATCH BRANDS. THIS BRAND HAD INNOVATIVE DESIGNS AND ROBUST WELL-BUILT SPORT WATCHES THAT RIVALED SEIKO AND CITIZEN. THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THEIR CLASSIC DIVERS. IT’S A MASSIVE AND CONTEMPORARY WEARING SPORTS PIECE WHICH HAS A TON OF VINTAGE COOL. THIS ONE IS A NO-BRAINER.
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