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Vintage 1970s GRUEN Automatic Diver’s Watch – 1500ft Depth Rating – Rare Orange Dial

When we see bomber pieces like this cushion case Gruen diver's watch, we are reminded that there was a time, not so long ago, when men were measured by their deeds and remembered for their daring. With decidedly 70s case design and bold colors, coupled with reliable and robust movements, the diving watches of the era were built to accompany their owner adventurer, across the globe and to keep time in its dark depths.

We could go on and on about the whimsy of its orange dial, its deep polished rehaul, or the wickedly cool acrylic bezel. We could tell you about Gruen's fascinating history as one of the first American watch companies to move production to Switzerland. We could bore you to tears with pontifications about a purer age of adventurers and the analog devices they relied upon. But we won't. Sometimes a watch just speaks for itself, and this is one of those times. A massive hunk of steel with a bright orange dial, used to plunge 1500 feet into the abyss?

Orange dials were introduced by Doxa watches, and the most famous was the Clive Cussler version. In the 1970s many watch manufacturers made watches for each other, or the Zodiac Super Sea Wolf shares DNA with this watch.

This is a beauty. This large 42.5 to 43mm. stainless steel 1970’s GRUEN dive watch housed in a robust steel tonneau-shaped case with a screw down crown, mineral glass crystal, turning bezel, and robust 15mm. thick screw-back case. These watches housed an automatic GRUEN precision movement, which is quite reliable. This particular movement was just cleaned and is keeping time based on vintage standard. During the time these watches appeared, the ROLEX Submariner could go down to 660 feet, these GRUENS could go to 1500ft! These are of great value. Definitely a collector's watch.

Please look at all the pictures, as they are part of the description. The watch is working and serviced. Contact me if you have any questions. The condition of the watch is the same as it appears in the photos. The watch is working. Contact me if you have any questions first.

SPECIFICATION
Case	Stainless Steel Case and Case Back.
Case Size	43,00 mm without the crown and 49,50 mm Lug to Lug. Due to its size, the watch is considered a Super Submariner divers' watch. This watch is also very similar to the Zodic Super Sea Wolf. Steel cushion case
Case Back	Stainless steel cover signed, with a Screw Back.
Crown	UnSigned, New screw down crown
Crystal	Mineral Some Scratches, shows age & character
Bezel:	Diving, white inner fixed bezel as well (some fading, especially at 50). bi-directional rotating bezel, recessed crystal with steel screw down retaining bezel
Dial:	Beautiful Orange Dial (Doxa Professional watches first made the orange dial, which was supposed to be the most visible underwater), large applied steel markers, steel baton hands, Luminous hands & indices dial, Swiss made Mark, with the seconds Hand. Shows light patina. Please see the pictures for more details.
Complication	Seconds, Deep Diver.
Movement	Self-Winding Automatic 731 SS
Movement Notes	Just inspected and in great shape. Fully serviced and overhauled by the last owner. Please see pictures, and as some old movements don't have a very clear marking. Movement is running. Keeps great time, see below time testing. The watch is set and wound clockwise.
Strap	Vintage Speidel Bracelet, the end pieces have bent to them Lug Size: 19mm. Please see the pictures.
Box	NA
Reference #	NA Precision Diving 1500 ft
Made in	Switzerland
Water Resistance	No. Please pressure test before water use.
Service Level	2 (6/2018) (Please see Tab below for details) Please keep in mind when comparing serviced watches with none serviced watch. Price is at least $350-$500 more based on complications. Since old watch are like old cars you never know what you gone get.
Timing Test **	±30 s/day This is great time keeping for a watch in this age! In-House Time Test Results (See Service Level Tab)**
Certified Pre-Owned	NA
Warranty	NA (Please see Tab below for details)
Notes:	All watch functions are tested and operable. Circa 1970’s

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Unfortunately lot of sellers are calming the watch has been serviced where the watch has not been. So please be careful and ask questions from sellers first. As far as my watches please see below:

Watches I sell can have the following service Levels:

Level # 1 Experts Watches Serviced: Serviced by our service repair center with over 40 years of experience very old school and very hard to find these day. Our routine service includes the following:

Complete disassembly of the watch. completely disassembled, cleaned, oiled, and timed using state of the art equipment.
Clean all moving parts with specialized cleaning solvents.
Proper lubrication with only the highest-grade lubricants and oils during the reassembly process.
Thorough testing of accuracy. Your watch is tested to our exacting standards of 24 to 72 hours to assure accuracy, water resistance, and proper operation of all functionality. (Overhaul – Lubricants, Gaskets, Sealing, Regulation, MISC testing)
The was inside case is marked and dated by the service man.
Receipts are available on request.

Level #2 Serviced by previous owner: (this can range from being sold by one of dealer affiliates or sold to us by private collector). This watches are inspected and timed to make sure it meets the vintage watch timing standards. Which can be posted, given that most professional watch repair centers follow the same standards, the watch should be in great condition, for any other question please contact us.

Level #3 Inspected and timed: This watches are inspected and timed to make sure it meets the vintage watch timing standards. Please Note: Watch timing posted in our listing is our timing information during our testing via timeographer. This information is just provided as a snapshot of the watch. Vintage watch timing can change based on many factors and standard timing for our watches is Plus+ or Minus- 2 minutes on some cases can be up to 5 minutes. For best performance Service is recommended.

Level #4 Sold as is: For best performance Service is recommended or Required. Given watch inspection and timing or servicing can cost anywhere from $200 to $1500. With basic service costing $250 to $600 given that it is very time consuming. Are less expensive watches or newer watches that does not need it might not go through his process.

This testing is not a warranty of repeat-ability or accuracy. Actually, wearing the watch in the pulse will get you different results for sure, because the watch will. be subject to very different positions and temperatures.

No matter how good the test results may look, the watch is sold as is, without any sort of warranty unless otherwise stated.

Like a car, a mechanical watch will require periodic maintenance by an expert watchmaker.

Recommendations for the owner of antiquarian watches:

All Antique watches are mechanical. Many repairs will not be cheap, as most likely they will require replacement of non-standard parts (unlike most late model watches).
Antique watches should not be beaten or dropped - because repairs may be expensive.
Antique watches are generally NOT waterproof. This is because waterproofing was not in general production until the middle of the 20th century for most watches. Therefore you should protect your antique watch from exposure to moisture.
If your watch becomes wet it should be dried off quickly. Carefully open all covers and use a hair drier to blow dry the movement, dial, covers, crown. This will reduce the amount of rust.
If your watch becomes wet with any kind of salt water you should immediately immerse or spray your watch with fresh (no-salt) water to remove all the salt from the works before drying the watch completely. Any salt left in the watch will combine with moisture in the air to rust metal components of the movement, case etc.
Winding any mechanical watch tight may break the mainspring. If you can avoid it do not wind the watch hard.
When adjusting the hands of your watch, move them in a clockwise direction only. Counter-clockwise adjustments may damage the movement.
If you must adjust counter-clockwise make it for small adjustments only (i.e. for minutes, NOT hours).
Be careful and gentle when adjusting the movement speed (faster or slower). Don't make sharp movements, and don't touch other components in the movement especially the pendulum mechanism.
Every 2-3 years it is necessary to service and oil vintage watches.
IF the watch is dirty - allow the watch to run down, don't wind it again until you have it serviced by a qualified watch repair expert. Dust will absorb and remove important lubricants and cause the movement pieces to wear down.
To clean the case, dial and crystal you should use a cloth that does NOT leave fibers as these may get caught up in the movement. Check with your Watch repair expert to get an appropriate cloth.
Keep your antiques watch away from magnets. Strong magnetic fields may affect the accuracy of your watch since some vintage watches were made with iron based components in the movement.
Most Cases and Covers are fine components and will not handle abuse well. The watch should not be shaken, beaten, or stressed.
Antique watches generally experience an error of up to 5-7 minutes a day. Any accuracy of +- 5 minutes is very good.

Welcome to EXPERTS WATCHES

EXPERTS WATCHES.COM was born from a passion of collecting wristwatches for over 40 years. This passion has evolved into an opportunity to create the best destination for luxury & vintage pre-owned timepieces. Offering an expertly handpicked inventory of luxury & vintage pre-owned watches for sale, including watch accessories, jewelry, and watch straps. We have been providing high quality personalized customer service experience to our customers for over 15 years. This has been a joyful experience to share one’s passion with others.

Our Goal is to provide range of watches and luxury products to cater to all our customers. From novice to experienced collector, and from affordable to well-designed luxury goods. From time to time we try to bring in watches that are beyond our collecting palates. This can be a challenging experience especially in a vintage watch world, but also a fulfilling one to help our customers with their collecting needs.

All the custom accessories at EXPERTS WATCHES are developed with the goal of creating products of superior quality and affordable prices. We also partner with our manufactures to bringing the high-quality products that meets our collectors’ pallets.

My Collecting Taste: I have always been in love with functional watches that fill a need. For instance: Chronographs watches for timing actions, Diving watches for beach vacation and its durability, Triple Date chronographs watches, Moon Phase and annual & perpetual calendar watches for the pure complication.

Among my favorite watches are world timers (GMT or Geographic watches) and world timers with chronograph like the Girard Perregaux ww.tc or Jaeger LeCoultre master compressor geographic, and among my favorites is the Vintage Rolex GMT Pepsi with no wholes, and the latest to the collection Jaeger-Lecoultre AMVOX 5 World Chronograph which my grail watch and I wear when I travel.

I also, from time to time enjoy wearing a Rolex Cellini 4243 with a suit for its pureness and simplicity. With our last venture and corporation with Grand Seiko we created a very limited Spring Drive Collection for our local collectors which was very exciting and fulfilling.

Helping Collectors Succeed: We have created a watch largest collector community in Southern California where we meet once a month and talk watches. We even setup events with Authorized Dealers. Our goal has always been to help many collectors succeed over making a buck. My greatest joy is to talk to early collectors and help them start their collection or talk with experience collectors to learn more about watches.

70 's Vintage Gruen Precision Diving 1500 ft Diver Orange Dial Watch 43mm

Vintage 1970s GRUEN Automatic Diver’s Watch – 1500ft Depth Rating – Rare Orange Dial

PAYMENT POLICIES:

General Instructions:

For Local Bidders:

For International Bidders:

SHIPPING POLICIES:

General Instructions:

For International Bidders:

RETURN POLICY:

PLEASE NOTE:

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE BIDDING:

Have a Great Day & Enjoy Your Purchase!!!

Watch as serviced:

Watches I sell can have the following service Levels:

Level # 1 Experts Watches Serviced: Serviced by our service repair center with over 40 years of experience very old school and very hard to find these day. Our routine service includes the following:

Recommendations for the owner of antiquarian watches: