Aparently a batch of these surfaced, NOS, from Polish navy stores last year. No idea how many, but I've seen, maybe, six. James Dowling once said that buying a BP 50 Fathoms was like marrying Elizabeth Taylor, but I've forgotten exactly what he meant by it!
This would be a nice piece to have. Like the MN Tudor Sub, this is one of the issue-marked dive watches by a big-name Swiss maker. A complete collection of these would be a beautiful thing: small, intensely focused. And very expensive, as you'd have to either start or finish with the MoD Sub. Let's see: MoD Sub, Mod SM 300, MN Tudor Sub, Israeli Eterna...? (For present purposes I'm ruling out CWC, Precista... What's the complete list of known, issue-marked, higher-end Swiss dive watches?
No intention to belittle the great Benrus Types I and II, to which I am a recent and ardent convert, but they are different -- because, now that I think of it, they are truly mil-spec, whereas all the watches I'm considering here are modifications (however minor) of civilian retail product. Curiously, as I've noted before, the CWC and Precista dives are also mil-spec, but the spec, basically, is the Omega SM 300!
Posted on Dec 31, 2001, 8:18 PM from IP address 24.80.4.208