1960s Olma Sea-Cup. This is a full-blown compressor-cased affair. I have also seen versions of these branded Limit, so it must be a standard configuration available to produce for any “jobber” at the time. The 6 and 9 are the same applied indices, common (so why does it bother me here), but on this watch kind of bugs me as once you see you cannot unsee, and feels very rushed considering. It’s very comfortable to wear, and the AS movement is solid. Not bad for £28. What is a Sea-Cup? It’s a type of oyster from North Carolina, which is apt for a dress-diver.
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Chris
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Very cool, I've been looking for a vintage dress diver on & off for a while now. Wyler made some nice ones, the lifeguard for example. The early Citizen Superjets also really appeal to me but these are getting really expensive now
Can I ask with this Olma did you stumble across it & like the look of it, or was it something you were aware of & went hunting for. Did you use your 'skill' in other words?
That's a beauty Chris, and very informative back story. Thanks for detailing it. See what you mean about the digits . Would it bother me??probably not. What size case is it. It looks a bit bigger than your recent posts 🤓
Very cool, I've been looking for a vintage dress diver on & off for a while now. Wyler made some nice ones, the lifeguard for example. The early Citizen Superjets also really appeal to me but these are getting really expensive now
Can I ask with this Olma did you stumble across it & like the look of it, or was it something you were aware of & went hunting for. Did you use your 'skill' in other words?
Unless I am on the look out for something specific brand wise or size, I sometimes, in certain online marketplaces, will use random searches: sea watch, sky watch, roulette watch, skin diver… and narrow down by location or whatnot, keeping it UK only. If I’m after something US, then I tailor it for that. Japanese markets are good for limited edition Timex, or random Tags, so it just depends on how much I’m targeting what I want next, or if I just let the universe pick out the next one.
This was an unplanned find from search for “sea watch” (I think I was looking for a quartz Rotary style Sea Captain or Sea Dragon for my father to replace his dead 70s/80s Rotary TV quartz watch, and vintage Rotary just revealed thousands of items of dross). Once I find something of interest I can either deep dive or track anything interesting - that’s how I found the Limits, and multiple Olma’s of similar provenance, and then it’s just luck or patience.
That's a beauty Chris, and very informative back story. Thanks for detailing it. See what you mean about the digits . Would it bother me??probably not. What size case is it. It looks a bit bigger than your recent posts 🤓
It’s 34mm without the crown, so we are still sub-36mm, but I hadn’t worn this for a couple of months and I wanted to give it an outing.
It’s 34mm without the crown, so we are still sub-36mm, but I hadn’t worn this for a couple of months and I wanted to give it an outing.
Nice, I think 34mm to 36mm is my sweet spot 🤓
Unless I am on the look out for something specific brand wise or size, I sometimes, in certain online marketplaces, will use random searches: sea watch, sky watch, roulette watch, skin diver… and narrow down by location or whatnot, keeping it UK only. If I’m after something US, then I tailor it for that. Japanese markets are good for limited edition Timex, or random Tags, so it just depends on how much I’m targeting what I want next, or if I just let the universe pick out the next one.
This was an unplanned find from search for “sea watch” (I think I was looking for a quartz Rotary style Sea Captain or Sea Dragon for my father to replace his dead 70s/80s Rotary TV quartz watch, and vintage Rotary just revealed thousands of items of dross). Once I find something of interest I can either deep dive or track anything interesting - that’s how I found the Limits, and multiple Olma’s of similar provenance, and then it’s just luck or patience.
Thanks for the insight. I set about searching in a similar way & also have saved searches for sellers I've previously bought from, in case they unearth anything interesting. I started off collecting vintage Seiko & always excluded sellers in the UK due to the high number of reworked watches with aftermarket parts. As you say it's advisable to tailor the market to the watch or brand.