Aqualung Diver Chronograph History

Here is a presentation of my Aqualung diver chronograph, a watch little common and complicated to pick up...

First, forgiveness for my deplorable English, I speak this language like a french cow ;-)



Aqua-lung is an english term that Jacques-Yves Cousteau invented  to market an invention that he had patented with Émile Gagnan in 1945.

Here is some copies of vintage catalog :




Crédit : lesmala.net t



-->On the last image, we distinguish a chrono looking like the one who interests us but it is described as being automatic (Error of the catalog seen the aspect of the watch?!)

Little documentation on this diver's chronograph, here is a EBay's model sold a lot of time ago and I have missed :-(





The case in more rounded off handles (maybe very polite) and the bezel is not identical.

Besides, watches Aqualung was also distributed under the brand U.S. divers in the USA:


Crédit joseph-watches.com m

And Blancpain also distributed fifty phatoms under this brand :


Crédit MWR Forum NickySouth


I find a striking resemblance with this model of Lip Blancpain




In brief, with Aqualung, U.S.divers and Blancpain we are in the same  family but let's go back to the subject :











The case is perfect, the bidirectional glasses is very readable.




It is really a very sexy chronograph on the wrist, the golden logo attracts irresistibly the eyes
 



And under the hood???






With his little sister :








A small blow of projector on " the younger sister ":  




Thank you for your interest and do not hesitate to communicate me pictures if you have!

Samos.