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Old 30 November 2020, 12:56 PM   #31
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1957 Submariner

Most diving qualification cards indicate date and dive level along with issuing authority, like PADI-Professional Assn of Diving Instructors.
The training involved is not easy, but SCUBA or hard hat commercial diving is dangerous.
As a military combat dive school diver, a PADI card was issued. This also allows one to obtain air-for tanks. Most dive shops will not fill tanks-yours or theirs for use-without viewing your dive certification card.

A dive watch allows a diver to accurately measure elapsed time. There are other brands.
Diving without a Submariner on board is not for the skilled and/or intelligent.
That's why it always will be a tool watch. Forget Geneva and the boutiques.
Did a diver sell you your dive watch? Lt Col M
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Old 17 February 2022, 02:10 AM   #32
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very cool information
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Old 28 July 2023, 03:02 AM   #33
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There are now dive computers combined with buoyancy compensators (BCs). But
a diver ALWAYS needs to watch his elapsed time and depth. Bounce dives allow a short deep dive and then back up, helps decompression time.

Blancpain and Rolex had the first quality dive watches. My oldest Submariner is a 1960
5512 reference that introduced crown guards; this watch has pointed crown guards.
I have owned a 1969 red 1680 Submariner for 49 years. As a first Rolex, it has been a hallmark for tough durable tool watch service. Many dives and parachute operations.
My Submariners now will remain as either vintage or discontinued models.
A drilled lug set on your watch allows a NATO band to be used in really hard watch use, where a lost spring bar means a lost watch. Keep a NATO handy.

So-what was Rolex thinking with the "new" references, without drilled lugs? Read Paul Altieri's "Last of the Best" for part of the answer.
At any rate, a view of the Rolex watches For Sale" portion of this forum shows precious few vintage or discontinued models for sale. We are passing into a different era.
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Old 30 July 2023, 03:03 AM   #34
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That's an ad worth saving. I got my first Sub when in the military like a lot of my Vietnam Brothers.
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Old 30 July 2023, 05:59 AM   #35
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It’s an ad for a tool watch:)
This.
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Old 30 July 2023, 06:55 AM   #36
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Agreed. A 1680 red Submariner -Hong Kong.
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