Caribbean 1000 Dive Watch

It was one of the first watches to have that deep a rating and is still impressive.

Caribbean 1000 dive watch. Ollech and wajs o w made a plethora of great divers and chronographs in their heyday in the sixties and seventies but by far the most desirable is the caribbean 1000. For a period of time ollech wajs partnered with jenny to produce the ollech wajs caribbean 1000 a 1000 meter diver that debuted in 1964 and was promptly adopted by the professional divers at global marine incorporated and was used by diving world record holders alberto novelli and. Ollech wajs have decided to release a follow up in the form of the ollech wajs c 1000 with a totally new design but with superb quality and 90 swiss made construction. This allowed scratched and damaged crystals to be easily replaced by the owner without complicated watch making tools or skills and without compromising the integrity of the water resistance.

The first 1000 metre dive watch. Philip watch caribbean 5000 automatic ref. However zurich based ollech wajs had just such a watch in the form of the caribbean 1000. In this instance the case features a new screw down crown with triple gasket a reinforced screwed caseback and an extra strong domed sapphire crystal explaining the slightly thicker case at 15 15mm.

Most famous of their watches is the caribbean 1000 meter dive watch. The abundance of divers oriented features puts it in the same line with some deluxe dive computers and with sufficient practice has the potential to replace the need for a dive computer completely. The ow c 1000 is an updated take on one of the most sought after divers of the 1960s the jenny carribean. The caribbean 1000 case features a òuser replaceableó crystal locking system.

In the early 1970s the jenny caribbean was one of the first timepieces to be guaranteed to a depth of 1000 metres. In the 1960s we introduced the aquadive 1000 a diving watch that was water resistant to 1 000 meters or 3 333 feet. The caribbean 1000 case features a user replaceable crystal locking system. Philip watch caribbean 2000 chronograph vintage diver 6 743.

They patented their case in 1964 and a few years later licensed its design to other brands including fortis heuer squale and philip watch. O w teamed up with the jenny watch company and used their reference 702 case for this model. Unlike other dive watches this one has got an iso 6425 diver s certification which gives peace of mind to those skeptical about the legitimacy of dive watches. This allowed scratched and damaged crystals to be easily replaced by the owner without complicated watch making tools or skills and without compromising the integrity of the water resistance rating.

Most famous of their watches is the caribbean 1000 meter dive watch. Philip watch rare men s caribbean 1500 vintage diver 43mm with. Many of our watches today retain this abyssal rating while our bathyscaphe 300 goes three times as deep.