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Anomaly
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Posts: 7062
Join date: 2009-11-13
Age: 47
Location: Tampa, Florida
 | | Subject: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:12 pm | |
| VERY COOL!  For sale on WUS, http://forums.watchuseek.com/showthread.php?t=382304 ____________________________________  |
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andrema
Xtreme Member
Posts: 4059
Join date: 2009-07-08
Age: 101
Location: CT
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:15 pm | |
| Not bad. I just don't like the polished bezel...that is just asking for a ding or sratch! What is the red/orange button...is that a bezel lock?
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Anomaly
Xtreme Team
Posts: 7062
Join date: 2009-11-13
Age: 47
Location: Tampa, Florida
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:23 pm | |
| | andrema wrote: | | Not bad. I just don't like the polished bezel...that is just asking for a ding or sratch! What is the red/orange button...is that a bezel lock? |
Yep, same idea as a PloProf...____________________________________ |
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Docrwm
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Posts: 4904
Join date: 2009-06-20
Location: Somewhere deep in the South.
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:02 pm | |
| Interesting. Mark is right, the polished bezel just is not in keeping with the overall gestalt of the watch. |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:42 pm | |
| pretty cool watch case. yep, needs some bezel work |
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cali kid
Xtreme Member
Posts: 5391
Join date: 2009-06-17
Age: 49
Location: monterey county ca.
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:55 pm | |
| | andrema wrote: | | Not bad. I just don't like the polished bezel...that is just asking for a ding or sratch! What is the red/orange button...is that a bezel lock? |
Didnt i do how to on brushing a bezel!! The old thumb tack trick, works like a champ! |
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cski
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Posts: 1209
Join date: 2009-06-14
Location: New Jersey
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 7:33 pm | |
| Barracuda lure with all that polish!!! Otherwise, pretty cool, even got one of them nipple things! |
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AtomicTom
Xtreme Optimist & Team Member
Posts: 7196
Join date: 2009-08-25
Age: 40
Location: New Jersey
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Wed Mar 31, 2010 8:58 pm | |
| This watch is in FANTASTIC shape !   I like that bezel lock button alot. You really don't see that on many watches. Plus it just looks ridiculously cool IMHO. So does that super aggressive bezel by the way ! Hey, how about that case back too ?!  A great looking watch no matter how you slice it ! ____________________________________  |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:06 am | |
| The Tiger is a great watch, but does have some shortcomings. The polished bezel is a scratch magnet - no doubt. You could try to brush it, but the bezel pip that Squale uses washes out with your first swim. I know that this Tiger was relumed, just not sure if he did the pip, too.
The other, major, downside to me is the size. Width is fine, but it is a very thin watch. Not very substantial feeling at all.
The bezel lock works great, but is a bit stiffer to use than my PloProf. It's also a little hard to use one-handed, like the PoloProf.
Squale is re-releasing these, among other vintage divers. Princeton Watches will be their new US distributor. |
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Anomaly
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Posts: 7062
Join date: 2009-11-13
Age: 47
Location: Tampa, Florida
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:09 am | |
| | bigflax925 wrote: | The Tiger is a great watch, but does have some shortcomings. The polished bezel is a scratch magnet - no doubt. You could try to brush it, but the bezel pip that Squale uses washes out with your first swim. I know that this Tiger was relumed, just not sure if he did the pip, too.
The other, major, downside to me is the size. Width is fine, but it is a very thin watch. Not very substantial feeling at all.
The bezel lock works great, but is a bit stiffer to use than my PloProf. It's also a little hard to use one-handed, like the PoloProf.
Squale is re-releasing these, among other vintage divers. Princeton Watches will be their new US distributor. |
Welcome to XMT BigFlax!
Good info!
Will be interested to see what the re-issues look like____________________________________ |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Sat Apr 03, 2010 9:23 am | |
| Thanks!
The watches will look the same. They supposedly will use vintage parts.
My Tiger was allegedly a vintage piece that was NOS. It was indeed new in every way. Even the strap had the vanilla smell, which was interesting for a watch that had sat on a shelf for 30 years. The collective thought was that Squale continued to turn these out of over the years and were being sold locally.
That said, I'll be picking up a new, new Tiger in a white or blue dial when Princeton gets set up! |
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Gregger
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Posts: 83
Join date: 2009-11-17
Age: 52
Location: NE Pa.
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:36 pm | |
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cali kid
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Posts: 5391
Join date: 2009-06-17
Age: 49
Location: monterey county ca.
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Sun Apr 04, 2010 9:51 pm | |
| | Gregger wrote: | | I like it!! |
Hey Gregger, great to see you here brother!  |
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moishlashen
Xtreme Member
Posts: 145
Join date: 2010-03-20
Location: Midwest, USA
| | Subject: Re: Vintage Squale Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:37 am | |
| Interesting for sure.
BTW seller is top notch FWIW. |
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