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Félicitations
Félicitations Matthieu, en 10 ans de passion tu as assemblé une belle collection, tu as fait de belles trouvailles. Ces montres sont aussi le témoignage de belles rencontres et d’amitié.
Nous avons commencé à rechercher et collectionner les premières montres de la plongée autonome il y a longtemps, 10 ans pour toi, un peu plus pour moi. Nous avons eu de la chance d’avoir commencé tôt cette quête.
JL
Congratulations Matthieu, in 10 years of passion you have assembled a beautiful collection, you have made beautiful finds. These watches are also the testimony of beautiful encounters and friendship.
We started looking for and collecting the first scuba diving watches a long time ago, 10 years for you, a little more for me. We were lucky to have started this quest early.
JL
10 years of collecting vintage divers...
Hi all, It has been almost ten years I have been collecting vintage divers watches so I thought this is a good opportunity to share a bit of the journey and see where it brought me. I thought it to be legitimate to share it here as it initiated with Puris...
Hey Tyler
It's been a while! the Seamaster was a 14755, the dial was relumed and the bezel not accurately repainted...i upgraded for a CK2913 on the pic with a pretty nice original dial. part of the learning... Matt
Great collection
The longines is monoblocque case? I got a nice vintage Venus(my only vintage diver),upload later
SC case
The Longines is a single crown super compressor EPSA case with screw back. Matt
Same timeline, somewhat different . . .
. . . direction here. Although I'd acquired my first vintage Omega in '05 . . . . . . it took three years to bag a second - and the Mk II had departed by then. Ten years have passed since acquiring this Connie . . . . . . and a few dozen more Omegas have ...
Very nice collection! Thanks for sharing!
It shows how many different models are hiding behind the word 'diver'. I would not know where to start from. Do yo have any contemporary model or are only into vintage historical pieces? Best, É.
Hi there,
it's been a journey!...I sold all my modern watches and shifted 100% vintage! Matt
Wow, you have an incredible collection of divers there!.........
My favorites are the 50 Fathoms and the Polaris. I wish I had interest in vintage dive watches 10 years ago especially the 50 fathoms. Back then you could buy those for pretty reasonable prices. Congrats on owning them now!!! Tony
Hey Tony,
thanks for the kind words. Indeed i was lucky to start ten years ago with some of the early 50s divers!...Some of them like Fifty Fathoms were expensive at the time...now they have indeed reached a different level!...and that trend is even stronger for Ro...
Wonderful collection Matt!! Thank you so much for sharing it with us! I´m also a fan of diving watches...
... though I regret my collection doesn´t include some of those iconic brands/models you show like the FF among others. It is always a pleasure to view your superb photos and watches here at PuristS and at your IG. All the best! Abel.
Merci maître!
it's been a journey as you've experienced yourself. The depthomatic is interesting indeed, I am looking for a correct bezel! not easy! Matt
Greetings Matt
Needless to say that I love, love, love your collection of divers. I myself find more attracted to the rugged tool design of divers, which doesn’t mean that some are also elegant. I remember very well your beautiful photos o your watches “on the leaves” ,...
Hi René
thanks very much for your kind words. To the answer what else in the drawer...well, some more divers, then some chronos and two GMTs Matt
Félicitations
Félicitations Matthieu, en 10 ans de passion tu as assemblé une belle collection, tu as fait de belles trouvailles. Ces montres sont aussi le témoignage de belles rencontres et d’amitié. Nous avons commencé à rechercher et collectionner les premières mont...
Merci JL
as you say we have been consistent in this quest for some time...sometimes it pays off as finding some true good pieces often means more than laying many dollars on the table. Thanks for your friendship and sharing your knowledge. Matt
Very nice collection!
Thanks for sharing. Didn't know citizen was the one w the first Japanese diver. Need to get one of those prompto