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georgeszaslavsky
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one of the favorite pieces of my collection, the 1968 aquastar benthos 500

Hi
I had one special timepiece that I like a lot and which is highly unusual, it is the aquastar benthos 500. The watch was the first 500m water resistant diving watch featuring a chrono minute counter and it was powered by the venerable AS1902 movement. I bought mine in 2005 from a friend of my uncle who has worn it daily during 35 years including during his army service , he also went deep sea diving, skiing, climbing and golfing with it. The watch was in very good shape when I bought it from him. It is not your usual watch but it does draw attention because it is not a small watch by any means but its construction emphasized robustness and toughness. Mine has been overhauled some years ago. Here are some pics of it and some ads related to the watch




Now the ads


The benthos was followed by the benthos II which featured a full metal bracelet instead of the tropic bracelet and a lemania movement which is also very collectible

Best regards

Georges