JAWS~60s ALSTA/WAKMANN NAUTOSCAPH 999FT DIVER
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FOR SALE IS THE LEGENDARY ALSTA NAUTOSCAPH BRANDED FOR WAKMANN 999FT SKIN-DIVER MADE FAMOUS BY RICHARD DREYFUS'S CHARACTER IN THE MOVIE JAWS.
- CASE: SLEEK AND SEXY ALL-STEEL ALSTA SIGNED 30ATM SKIN-DIVER CASE MEASURING A NICE 36.5mm ACROSS CASE NOT INCLUDING SCREW DOWN CROWN BY 47mm LUG TO LUG. CASE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH SOME MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR BUT IN OTHERWISE SHARP AND UNPOLISHED CONDITION. CHECK OUT THAT ALL-STEEL ROTATING BEZEL WHICH ROTATES SMOOTHLY WITH JUST THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF FRICTION.
- DIAL: NOW THIS IS VINTAGE PERFECTION RIGHT HERE. CHECK OUT THAT SUPER SLICK GLOSS-BLACK DIAL IN SWEET SHAPE!!!!! THE SHOW-STOPPER ON THIS FACE, THOUGH, IS THAT LUME! LUSCIOUS AGED TRITIUM IS SUPER DREAMY AND IS CONSISTENT FROM THE DIAL TO THAT LEGENDARY NAUTOSCAPH DAGGER HANDSET. THE DIAL IS VIEWED THROUGH A SUPER BUBBLY HI-DOME ACRYLIC IN MINT CONDITION.
- MOVEMENT: THIS NAUTOSCAPH RUNS ON A GILTED 17J ALSTA SIGNED ETA AUTOMATIC WHICH RUNS STRONG AND KEEPS EXCELLENT TIME. QUICKSET DATE IS ACHIEVED BY ROTATING TIME BETWEEN 2000 AND MIDNIGHT.
- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A TAN SUEDE LEATHER STRAP WHICH LOOKS SUAVE ON THIS SKIN-DIVER. THE NAUTOSCAPH 999 IS ONE OF THOSE LEGENDARY DIVE WATCHES MADE FAMOUS AND NOTORIOUS BY RICHARD DREYFUSS'S CHARACTER, MATT HOOPER, IN JAWS. LIKE THE TITUS CALYPSOMATIC, ZODIAC SEA-WOLF, ROLEX SUBMARINER, AND THE JEAN RICHARD AQUASTAR....THE ALSTA NAUTOSCAPH IS ONE OF THE ALL-STAR DIVE WATCHES OF THE 60s and 70s AND IS A MUST-HAVE FOR ANY SERIOUS COLLECTOR. THIS ONE WAS MADE BY ALSTA FOR WAKMANN BUT HAS ALL THE MARKINGS OF THE LEGENDARY BRAND. ALSTA MADE THESE WATCHES FOR A FEW DIFFERENT SMALLER BRANDS. THIS IS A CLEAN EXAMPLE WITH THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF PATINA.
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