Horological Meandering

This one came out of the San Diego Naval base. Ken Jacobs had it and

he sold it to me back in 2007. About 25 years ago when the watch was 

only worth $1500. 

I paid his crazy price after and hour of loosing negotiations. But then how

often do you come across a watch that belonged to a US Navy Master Diver

assigned to a Submarine? I never did get the name of the person that consigned

the watch. Really would have liked to have found out who was WIJ. Less than

2 to 4% of all US Navy divers qualify for the rank of Master Diver. Usually it 

takes 10 years minimum to become qualified for the testing. It is not unusual

for Master Divers to have 20 years diving experience.

If you are familiar with Lt. Slaterly US Navy Seals then you know that the

blue Tudor 94110 was issued to some US Navy personal. Mine I don't know

if it was issued and the serial number is about a couple thousand off from Lt. Slaterly

so probably made same year and could be same order.

I saw Ken, the owner of Wannabuyawatch, back in 2019 and he was telling me that he's been getting offers for his watch of over $100K. It's really amazing Vietnam Tudor with litmus and also the name of the boat the diver was assigned to. His watch came from a US Marines Force Recon combat diver. 

More info on US Navy Seals Lt. Slaterly  ( technically was UDT)

www.dealingtime.com

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