Ok, Lurkers, browsers and read-only participants,.
Here is your chance to participate. Could someone tell me what is unusual or different about this watch from a standard Aqua lung. I have downloaded some photo of a standard aqua lung. Brian ...
I was waiting for the profis answers first
Fast googeling .... shows similar watches.. But I would not go fo this watch. I dislike the hands and the outer shape of the luenette. ...
I am awaiting case measurements.
Which I will probably not get. My initial reaction was a small case, and then noticed the 41 mm stated diameter. Thank goodness BP had a better sense of proportion and aesthetics. Google Florent Pagny, it is from his collection.
A watch to run away.
For me only the case, the caseback and the caseback ring are Blancpain. Reprinted dial which does not correspond to the type of the first Aqualung manufactured for the US. The bezel and insert are not Blancpain and I have serious doubts about the movement...
So I tried to track the import code.
It looks like NDU, but Dr Ranfft does not show that one, nor could I find it elsewhere. There is an NOU but the importers listed didn’t lead me to an AS1700. Anybody have a different idea of what that import code may be? PS. The watch is for auction this ...
This does not look like first generation aqua lung but i find the dial very interesting.
I have not see the RI on the dial with an aqua lung dial. Very cool. Brian
To finish...
The movement for 3/6/9/12 Aqualung 1000 feet first generation is an AS 1361 and not an AS 1700
I tried to buy one of these strange watches (aka. Life saver) 10 years ago.
I send the money and then the seller refunded the money back and kept the watch. I had my reservation about authenticity of the watch but i found it very intriguing. The seller eventually sent the watch to Bp for service and they ended up servicing the wa...
100% agree
All good watches are Aqua-Lungs with the "-" between Aqua and Lung. This one and the other broad luenette Watches I found in the www were Aqua Lungs without the "-" and as Brian said the hands and the side of the luenette metal ring is totally different t...