BULOVA 666FEET Diver model # "511240" case ref# 386 circa: 1964 (M4) Sometimes informally referred to as a "pre-Snorkel," this model is officially categorized as a Bulova Snorkel , marking the beginning of the series. It is part of Bulova’s early "Snorkel

It comes in a brown little nice box. Nicely presented. This watch is the watch that never came out but stopped like a prototype in 1957, 3 were sent to the military for testing but 2 of these did not pass the tests. So there was never any production of th

I´m very fond of themes related with history of diving, both scuba and hard hat since I was very very young around 1958 and have read a lot of books and magazine articles about that themes so I learned about the formation of the early military "frogmen" i

I’m not a Roman numeral fan on watches although I do have some, like this Seiko Presage. For 20 years this Roman Numeral clock has been “ticking” away in my house, so I have my fill of this numeral system (and had to teach it in math books “the C is 100,

In the 1920’s “three Romanian immigrant brothers, Benjamin, Oscar, and Ralph, launched watch company Benrus in New York with their combined $5,000 savings. Benrus imported Swiss movements to the United States and put them into cases in New York. They soon

You have tons of super choices way below 10, 000 USD. An example? The vintage Lemania chronographs for the RAF or RAN. The Heuer Bund, too. Some great vintage JLCs. Some superb Hamilton Military Chronos. And so on... And among the moderns, too: See Tudor,

Bulova MIL-SHIPS-W-2181 It comes in a brown little nice box. Nicely presented. This watch is the watch that never came out but stopped like a prototype in 1957, 3 were sent to the military for testing but 2 of these did not pass the tests. So there was ne

I think there are many watches that are just "tool" watches and important that they function well and hold up.....mostly Rolex sport models fit this bill. As far as collection...well then I assume that something more "rare" is more interesting....like a v

Appreciate the warm welcome, everyone! The going consensus here is spot on re aftermarket pricing. I've had reasonably good luck sourcing Rolex from my ADs at MSRP, and have a few in the collection - BLNR Batman and recently a 114060 no date SubC both bra