Aquastar Benthos 500...Some pics.

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Produced between 1962 and 1972, this was Aquastar’s first diving watch, the model name “Benthos” coming from Greek for ‘the bottom of the sea’ and “500″ being the depth in meters to which the watch is water resistant. When first released, the Benthos was the first diving watch to use round as opposed to flat gaskets which significantly improved water resistance.



The watch was made with two different calibres, both from A. Schild, the cal. AS1902 and the cal. AS2162. Both are 17 jewel automatic calibres, the main difference being the rate at which they run; the AS1902 at 21,600bph and the AS2162 at 28,800bph. (The one in my watch is a AS2162.)



Both calibres were modified to include a minute timer, you may have noticed the extra hand in the first picture. The timer is started using the pusher, which when pressed returns the minute counter hand back to the 12 o’ clock position. It then moves in sync with the minute hand to time a maximum of 60 minutes.



A classic in diving watches...





This is a first batch case...



A "must have" for an Aquastar lover...



Saludos

[Invité]

Thank you,

[Fab75]

Thanks for the picts and congrats for the watch.
KR

[françois assay]

Manu tanks thèse Nice pics

[Invité]

awesome pics and awesome watches

thanks for share with us

[Nostromo]

Great watch and a very nice collection. Thanks.

[tartine.74]

Damned... that's a very awesome watch, indeed...

Thanks for the so good pictures.

N.

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