Dive Watches

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I’m reposting these to say that the Citizen has me spoiled. The crown at 4:00 is a huge improvement over 3:00

I wonder why its not more common? @CoryMc showed a Seiko crown at 4:00. jbmonkey jbmonkey the (Citizen watch king) has Citizens crown at 4:00 and 8:00.

Sometimes a little detail that makes a huge difference to one guy, doesn’t matter to anyone else.

Really nice watches everyone. I’m literally swimming in the shallow end of the pool. Lol.
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the automatic citizen fugus have crown on left side at 8. the ecodrive versions have it at 4 on the right. these watches come in two sizes...the old autos versions were 42mm cases...the newer ones with sapphire and the ecodrives are 44mm. they are very close you'd almost never notice side by side. the small dial and bezel setup and shorter lug to other side lug distance, make these feel smaller than they really are.

back in the early 90s the Italian navy special forces adopted these citizen fugus the ny004 series and used them so they have some limited military usage history as well.

to me these are the most bang for the buck one can get for an iso tested divers watch with real usage and military history and still very very affordable.
 
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this one isnt too bad either

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Here is one of my favorites, my DOXA Poseidon LE SUB 300T #71/500, which will be getting old enough to service next year. This is the part of owning so many mechanical watches that hate, when I have to service 6-8 each year. For a while I just traded or sold them for newer ones if they weren't sentimental or highly desirable, but I don't have many that I'd be willing to part with left. What's left are mostly keepers.

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I also have the Aquadive 1000M Poseidon GMT version. #187 of 300.

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I forgot that my DOXA came with a Beads Of Rice bracelet, and the ISOfrane which I believe they own that company as well?

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I tried a NATO strap, but the ISOfrane is more comfortable. NOT scratched, just fingerprints!

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My dog likes the vanilla smell of the rubber strap.

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DocJekl said:
Here is one of my favorites, my DOXA Poseidon LE SUB 300T #71/500, which will be getting old enough to service next year. This is the part of owning so many mechanical watches that hate, when I have to service 6-8 each year. For a while I just traded or sold them for newer ones if they weren't sentimental or highly desirable, but I don't have many that I'd be willing to part with left. What's left are mostly keepers.

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I also have the Aquadive 1000M Poseidon GMT version. #187 of 300.

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if you're not wearing them everyday and keeping them running....I do 10 years on mechanicals. been doing this for decades and never an issue. now one worn everyday and running nonstop...yeah 5 to 7 or so.

wr testing I do every 3 to 5 years if worn in water diving. also never an issue in decades. every brand has different recommendations though so make sure you do what you feel is best..just throwing our my experiences.
 
Send it in when it stops working... Simple as that.

Water resistance is a different case. If your in the water all the time, every year. Once and a while every two to three years.
 
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if you're not wearing them everyday and keeping them running....I do 10 years on mechanicals. been doing this for decades and never an issue. now one worn everyday and running nonstop...yeah 5 to 7 or so.

wr testing I do every 3 to 5 years if worn in water diving. also never an issue in decades. every brand has different recommendations though so make sure you do what you feel is best..just throwing our my experiences.
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My understanding is that the oils inside dry up after 6-7 years in most mechanical watches, even nice Swiss movements. So I tend to put them away in the safe after 5-6 years until I can get them serviced if possible.

If my local watchmaker is servicing a watch for which parts are readily available, worn parts will add to the cost. If it's going back to Omega or Rolex then the cost of service usually includes the parts needed to replace worn out parts, and I worry less about wearing those out.
 
I think the servicing on mechanical watches that are inexpensive like my Orients or Citizen may be problematic as they may not make parts for them ten years down the road. For higher quality brands this is probably less of an issue.
 
MolokaiRider said:
I think the servicing on mechanical watches that are inexpensive like my Orients or Citizen may be problematic as they may not make parts for them ten years down the road. For higher quality brands this is probably less of an issue.
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My watchmaker serviced my 1996 Seiko SKX009, but more modern Seiko watches will just get a new movement replaced for about $100 in parts and $50 labor (or something close to that, and those prices are pre-pandemic). A lot of Seiko movements still have parts available, or at least good quality replacement movements at an affordable price.

He has serviced a a few of my Seiko watches, as well as ETA based Swiss movements from Hamilton, Luminox, and Victorinox, and a few vintage Omega and/or Moonwatches with 861, as well as two with 1861 movements. Omega won't certify many good watchmakers without a $100K investment in equipment, so with the Omega Moonwatches he can't easily get parts anymore (he has some connections, but no discounted prices anymore). So, for these I have to avoid wearing them past their due date.

I previously sold or gave away all of my mechanical Orient watches (Mako?), and all of my Citizen watches are all solar Eco-Drives. So, I don't worry about them. I also have 3 Seiko Solar - an Astron, a PADI, and an Arnie.

But I have a lot with Seiko mechanical movements in the house - an SKX007, 009, and 173 (modded to look like a Black Bay Red), as well as King Seiko Turtle (it's in for warranty service with bad movement right now), a Seiko PADI Turtle and Blue Lagoon Turtle, plus 2 NTH Subs and 2 Orthos F71 watches by Janis Trading with seiko movements. And I think the Scurfa Diver One LE that I gave my brother and that he was wearing when he passed away from brain cancer in 2020 is using a Seiko movement. I should be able to get any of those serviced or have movements replaced as needed.
 
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