Atlantic AQUA-SPORT 200m vintage professional diver from 1970's
Basic Info
Listing code : MEES21
Brand : Atlantic
Movement : Quartz
Case material : Steel
Bracelet material : Rubber
Year of production : Unknown
Condition : Used (Good)
Scope of delivery : No original box, no original papers
Gender : Men's watch/Unisex
Location : Poland, Warszawa
Price : zł2,750
Availability : Item is in stock
Caliber
Movement : Quartz
Case
Case material : Steel
Case diameter : 40 x 42.5 mm
Dial : Black
Bracelet/strap
Bracelet material : Rubber
Bracelet color : Black
Atlantic
AQUA-SPORT
vintage diver
200m
very rare watch
from the 1970s
very nice condition
professional diving case Brevet 503305 M.R.P Monnin SA SWITZERLAND
very nice model with with a black dial,
mineral glass and a click bezel that rotates only in one direction
original paint and luma on hands and indices
original screw-down crown dedicated to this model
"AQUA-SPORT" is diving club and company from Sweden, later renamed to Poseidon
general good condition!
info form web :
"Ingvar Elfström was a pioneer in Swedish scuba diving. In 1954, he designed his first dive regulator at home in the kitchen. The same year he started the diving club Poseidon. In 1958, together with a handful of engineers and diving instructors, he founded the company Aqua-sport, later renamed to Poseidon 107 . After a few years, he started developing his regulators with the help of Rolf Tistrand, who has been with the company since 1957. Their next regulator was Cyklon Junior, the first ever-manufactured single-hose regulator designed for diving. Today, the further development is known as Cyklon 300 and Cyklon 5000. With the help of his friend Dennis Österlund, sales began to improve. Products were sold under the Poseidon brand and marketed by the company Aqua-Sport (the company changed its name to Poseidon after Elfström and Österlund were in the US and tried to sell their diving equipment to the US Navy. When they presented the company as Aqua-Sport, the answer came from the US Navy , ”we are not interested in sports equipment”). The equipment that Poseidon could not produce itself was imported from foreign manufacturers
The company continued to grow, which is why Ingvar and Dennis moved the production of regulators from the sink to a small rented garage. The first store was opened in Gothenburg in 1958, shortly afterwards followed by Stockholm and Malmö. The availability of a neoprene diving suit in the fifties was a big problem because everyone thought the material would allow water to seep through. At Poseidon, it was found that it was not the material itself but the seams that let the water through. In the 1960s, Poseidon received a request from the Swedish Navy if it would be possible to produce a suit that could be used for longer exposure times in the cold northern waters. After some research and experiments with different materials and manufacturing techniques, they produced a dry suit that met the navy’s requirements.
The first neoprene drysuit with gas-tight zipper, Unisuit, was delivered to the Swedish Navy in 1968. The suit had a connection for supplying air from the diving apparatus, as well as seals consisting of folded cuffs at the wrists and neck. In the same year, Poseidon began exporting products. Ingvar’s big dream came true in 1984 when a factory that was completely adapted for the manufacture of diving equipment was built108.
Poseidon fortsatte att utveckla sina produkter för kommersiell-, militär- och sportdykning. I och med att intresset för blandgasdykning ökade bland sportdykare började man även titta på utrustning för denna typ av dykning. 2009 lanserade man MKVI. Senare följdes detta upp med ett dyksystem avsett för trimixdykning109.
Poseidon continued to develop its products for commercial, military and scuba diving. As the interest in mixed gas diving increased among scuba divers, they also started looking at equipment for this type of diving. In 2009, MKVI was launched. This was later followed by a diving system intended for trimix diving109."
SUMMARY:
Movement: Swiss ESA ETA 536.121
Case Width: 40 mm / 41 mm without/with crown.
Bezel: 39 mm
Case Length: 42,5 mm with the lugs.
Case Thickness: 12,5 mm
Band/Strap: no
Service history: unknow
Returns: no
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