Gents 1960s Oriosa Diver’s Chronograph Wrist Watch

UK POSTAGE ONLY FOR THIS ITEM

Gents 1960s Oriosa diver’s chronograph.

The watch has a 17-jewel Landeron 248 hand-winding movement which is working nicely.

The watch measures 38mm diameter excluding the winding crown, buttons and lugs. The case is chromium plated while the screw-on case back is stainless steel. There is general light surface marking but nothing too serious. The case back states that the watch is waterproof but, as with any vintage watch, it should be kept away from water and moisture unless specifically tested.

Bi-directional rotating bezel.

The lens has a couple of small marks visible through a jeweller’s loupe.

The signed dial is in its original finish with original hands and chronograph. There are two subsidiary dials, one for constant seconds and the other to record up to 30 minutes. This recording dial has three large markers at three, six and nine minutes. These were aimed at the businessman who made international telephone calls which were very expensive at the time. The calls were rounded to chargeable chunks of three minutes and so watchmaking companies came up with this scale to help people control their talking duration.

There is light marking to the dial but again, you have to look quite closely to see it.

A later leather strap has been fitted.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

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