Zodiac Sea Wolf Vs Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Vs Rolex Submariner

[poulbrix]

Very cool documents from the US Navy Diving Unit from the 1950's

http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40867&highlight=us+navy+zodiac

[jon p]

man, this is some interesting info, makes for good reading!! thanks.

[orangecorallimorph]

Thanks for adding that link. I am totally w/ Jon P.  Super interesting and like a walk back in time. The U.S. Navy took serious consideration into the viability of those watches! Lives depended on it!

[dawej]

Wow, thanks for the link.

Seawolf was $39.5 and Sub $90. Prices on those specific models has taken quite the different direction since. That Sub is about $25k today and a good condition Seawolf would be perhaps $1k(?). (Was a really nice example further down in that thread.)

Wonder how todays watches would behave in a test like that...