Can anyone help with identifying this one? Has "Bulova self wind" above and "waterproof 666 feet" below. hard to see as the crystal is badly scratched.
In reply to Your watch is "Snorkel 666" by jabs
There appears to be an 'H' variant that is very similar, as seen here and in this portion of a 1968 Bulova Annual Report:
Not real sure the difference between the 'F' and the 'H', they look rather identical other than perhaps the 'F' rotating ring has grooves where the 'H' is more smooth. I'm going with the 'H' variant.
In reply to There appears to be an 'H' by Andersok
In reply to There appears to be an 'H' by Andersok
In that black and white "F" add there appeared to be "grooved outer ring" , but both 1965 watch records using that add for support do not have those groves line in add.
With a nice clean picture as in the "H" add above, we can see no groves. Perhaps the grooves in "F" add are artist rendering to show some kind of shading vs groves?
thank you for all the responses to this watch. it was an easy ID in the end. i am amazed at the knowledge on display here.
yes, snorkel variant H. i notice some have a triangle marker above the "12" and some, like mine have a circle marker. Is the grooved bezel able to be rotated? mine seems unable to do so. also mine seems to have the original bracelet but the clasp is unmarked is this correct? (aside from the "champion" engraving)
$95.00 seems like a high price back in 1968
In reply to thank you for all the by art vandeco
Adjusted for inflation, $95.00 is $650.00 in today's money. $95 was a fair chunk of money in '68, mainly because the wages have not kept up with inflation. A trusted source tells me his BlancPain 50 Fathom dive watch which he purchased in 1968, was the same price as this Bulova Snorkel. The Bulova Snorkel series is around $500 today, while the BlancPain FF is about $9000.00.