FOR SALE IS A SPORTY 70s ORIS FIBER DATE DIVER WITH FUNKY COMPOSITE RED CASE.
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CASE: LIGHT WEIGHT COMPOSITE FIBERGLASS CASE MEASURING A LARGE 44mm ACROSS CASE NOT COUNTING CROWN. THE ROTATING CREAM COLORED BEZEL DOES ROTATE WITH GOOD FRICTION BI-DIRECTIONALLY.
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DIAL: TOTALLY 70s BULLSEYE GREY/BLACK DIAL WITH TONS OF STYLE THE ORANGE SWEEPER IS MEGA FUNKY.
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MOVEMENT: THIS FUN PARTY ANIMAL RUNS ON A 17J SWISS MANUAL WINDER. SERVICE HISTORY IS UNKNOWN. WATCH HAS BEEN WINDING SMOOTHLY, KEEPING GOOD TIME, AND DATE FLIPS APPROPIATELY.
- WATCH IS MOUNTED ON A HANDSOME PEBBLED LEATHER STRAP WHICH LOOKS SPORTY ON THIS GUY. IN THE LATE 60s/EARLY 70s YOU SAW A HANDFUL OF SWISS COMPANIES PUT OUT SIMILAR WATCHES WITH THESE COMPOSITE FIBERGLASS CASES. TISSOT HAD THE "CAROUSEL" LINE AND FORTIS THE "FLIPPER". I'VE NEVER RUN ACROSS THIS PARTICULAR MODEL BEFORE, BUT IT DEFINITELY IS AS RETRO AND WILD AS THEY COME FROM ONE OF THE MOST CELEBRATED WATCH BRANDS, ORIS.
