I think it would be a good addition. Not too many 36mm dive style watches around and good looking watch with the addition of well thought out bezel 👍🏻
In another thread we were talking about a possible Astral diver etc. Anyway, long story short what I am proposing is a gilt dial PRS-25 with a bezel. The original 6202 Turn-o-graph was a 36mm watch.
https://www.chrono24.co.uk/rolex/rol...id18896904.htm
https://www.phillips.com/article/383...y-turn-o-graph
https://monochrome-watches.com/histo...riner-wintage/
Every watch a story.
I think it would be a good addition. Not too many 36mm dive style watches around and good looking watch with the addition of well thought out bezel 👍🏻
How would sticking a dive style bezel on a 36 mm watch affect the dial aperture...won't it make it smaller...I like the concept but would prefer it at 38 mm/39 mm.
I bought a vintage Edox Skydiver from SC a few years a go.
It was a lovely little watch but at 36mm was too small for a diver. The inclusion of a bezel made the dial tiny.
A polar white dialed 6609 Thunderbird Turn-o-graph homage in 38mm would make a stylish and versatile dress/sports perhaps?
Last edited by silver centurian; 6th April 2021 at 12:44.
I'd be all over a 38mm option
Same here as regards to being in pursuit of something smart in Polar White with 100m WR. 38 mm works.
Good idea. Very good idea.
A lovely idea, maybe even with multiple bezel inserts for people to chop and change (count up, count down, 1-12?)
Thanks for the article links. Sounds like it was more of a sport or aviator watch than a diver, so 36mm would be interesting. I like the honeycomb dial a lot. This would have an acrylic crystal, yes?
About small watches, the bezel and California dial on this 32mm Zerographe are fantastic:
https://monochrome-watches.com/an-ul...it-now-button/
Smiths did in fact make one, back in the day:
(photos from create at mwr)
Last edited by Rev-O; 7th April 2021 at 12:28.
That is so cool Rev. Love the hands. Even though hard to read, I like the quirkiness. The case is like the PRS-29a with a bezel.
What's its size?
Every watch a story.
One of the few Smiths I've never actually seen irl, much less owned. And that's saying something.
Model A.470, produced for one year only (1957) and marketed as a "Parking and Football watch in chromium plated case with stainless steel back. Rotating bezel graduated 0-45 minutes."
Consensus seems to be that the case might be Russian.
Guess it's 36mm (based on the 12''' movement plus bezel).
That needs making.
I love the idea of a 45 minute bezel too, leaving the last quarter blank.
Despite not being made for many years, Rolex recently renewed the trademark for Turn-o-Graph.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Once you said "parking"... I remembered.
SMITHS Referee/Parking watch A470
https://forum.tz-uk.com/showthread.p...ing-watch-A470
Every watch a story.
Looks like something similar could enter the pipeline.