Saturday, June 20, 2009

Rotary GT Monza


This is a queer watch. Rotary is not a well know brand and one of their current model does look like Lecoulte reverso. They're quite an established brand, sadly not a lot of info can be found about them. I have with me an almost new old stock for a diver watch from Rotary. It is an automatic running flawless, the dial is greyish with a screw down crown.
After some research, it appears Jo Siffert wore a similar watch with GT Monza.





Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Tudor Submariner 7016/0


One of the late 60's Tudor submariner. This series usually have a snow flake hands. But for this particular piece the hands are of those found in Rolex submariner. I beleive it house a ETA calibre.

Monday, June 15, 2009

Racine Diver


I have bought and sold off this seldom seen Racine diver. Some goolging I found that Racine = Enicar spell backwards. Is it true? Anyone have the answer? This watch measures 38mm across and is robust in design. Automatic movement and a no nonsense dial. Anyone has more info about this watch?

Lanco Diver


I have collected this particular diver watch Lanco diver. It has a explorer dial, and a bakelite bezel. I have no information regarding this watch except there is one similare version Lanco Barracuda. It is rather small sized at 36mm and is automatic.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Omega Seamaster 300 165-024


wikipedia define diving watch to be "a watch designed for underwater diving that features, as a minimum, a water resistance greater than 10 ATM, the equivalent of 100 meters". Well to me, diving watch is a robust timepeice that tell time in any situation any time, impressed upon others the wearer is responsible for both his and his peers time.
My first dive watch was a vintage Omega seamaster 300 reference 165-024. It has gain much fame after Antiquorum has collaborated with Omega to feature OMEGAMANIA - THEMATIC AUCTION.
It uses the calibre 552, made in the 1960s.