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Zodiac Talk => General Zodiac Discussion => Topic started by: poulbrix on April 28, 2011, 05:24:16 PM

Title: Zodiac Sea Wolf Vs Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Vs Rolex Submariner
Post by: poulbrix on April 28, 2011, 05:24:16 PM
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 (http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=40867&highlight=us+navy+zodiac)

Title: Re: Zodiac Sea Wolf Vs Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Vs Rolex Submariner
Post by: jon p on April 28, 2011, 05:37:46 PM
man, this is some interesting info, makes for good reading!! thanks.
Title: Re: Zodiac Sea Wolf Vs Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Vs Rolex Submariner
Post by: orangecorallimorph on April 29, 2011, 01:24:09 AM
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!
Title: Re: Zodiac Sea Wolf Vs Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Vs Rolex Submariner
Post by: dawej on April 29, 2011, 04:27:58 PM
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...


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