FOR SALE IS A SUPER CLEAN AND DASHINGLY HANDSOME WALTHAM SKIN-DIVER IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH STUNNING GLOSS BLACK DIAL.
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CASE: CLASSIC SKIN-DIVER CASE MEASURING A NICE 36mm ACROSS NOT INCLUDING CROWN BY 43mm LUG TO LUG. CASE IS IN REALLY SHARP CONDITION WITH NO SIGNS OF EVER HAVING BEEN POLISHED. NICE CLEAN CHAMFERS ON THOSE LONG LUGS. THAT BLACK FRICTION BEZEL IS IN EXTREMELY WELL PRESERVED CONDITION AND ROTATES BIDIRECTIONALLY WITH THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE. NICE AGED LUME PIP TRIANGLE IS WELL PRESERVED WITH A SUBTLE TOUCH OF PATINA.
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DIAL: THIS DIAL IS SERIOUSLY SUBLIME. IF YOU ARE A FAN OF GLOSS BLACK DIALS AND CREAMY CUSTARDY LUME, THIS IS AS GOOD AS THEY GET. THE DIAL IS IN PRISTINE CONDITION AND THE AGED TRITIUM ON THE DIAL AND HANDS IS THE MOST PERFECT CUSTARD TONE YOU WILL EVER FIND. I LOVE THOSE SIMPLE AND CLEAN APPLIED STEEL MARKERS AND THAT UNCLUTTERED LAYOUT WHICH LETS THAT INKY BLACK DIAL DO ALL THE TALKING. RED DATE WHEEL IS S FUN AND PLAYFUL TOUCH. ORIGINAL CRYSTAL IS IN GREAT CONDITION WITH JUST SOME MINOR HAIRLINE SCRATCHES THAT I’VE MOSTLY BUFFED OUT.
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MOVEMENT: THIS WALTHAM RUNS ON A BULLETPROOF SWISS 17JEWEL A.SCHILD MANUAL WINDER. THIS ONE IS A STRONG RUNNER WITH GOOD TIMEKEEPING. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN
- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A SPORTY MINIMALIST NUBUCK STRAP WHICH LENDS A NICE SUMMER VIBE TO THIS WALTHAM. YOU'LL BE HARD PRESSED TO FIND A MORE ATTRACTIVE DIVE DIAL. THERE'S SOMETHING JUST SO SATISFYING ABOUT THIS ONE.
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