2023 Aquastar Model 60 Re-Edition 37mm Black Dial
Ref: M60

Points of Mention

This watch is sold with its original Aquastar box and paperwork. The watch comes paired with its 19mm Aquastar seatbelt NATO strap with a signed pin buckle. The watch is from June 2023 and is sold in worn condition, but overall very fair as you can see and comes with its Manufacturer's Warranty.

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The Watch

Here we have a 2023 Aquastar Model 60 Re-Edition Black Dial, a modern tribute to their original 1957 dive watch which included their patented and clever safety friction ring inside the rotating bezel which helped to prevent it from accidentally rotating. Lieutenant Don Walsh of the US Navy and co-pilot Jacques Piccard achieved an unprecedented accomplishment on January 23rd, 1960. They successfully reached the bottom of the Challenger Deep, setting a new record with a depth of 10,916 metres (35,814 feet). This feat was accomplished while wearing an original Model 60 and aboard the bathyscaphe Trieste, this journey was made famous due to the Rolex Deep Sea Special being attached to the outside of the bathyscaphe. The 37mm brushed stainless steel case curves over your wrist with flat-ended tapered lugs, and a lug-to-lug length of 47mm and a case thickness of 12mm give the watch an impressive wrist presence. On the right side is a large screw-down crown. The bidirectional 120-click bezel has a 60-minute scale and a ceramic bearing holding a high-domed sapphire crystal AR triple-coated above a black dial. An outer minute track surrounds disc and baton indexes coated in “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova for that vintage aesthetic, at 3 o’clock a date window, baton and sword hands filled with the same “old light Radium” SuperLumiNova are complemented by a lollipop counterweighted second hand, at 12 o’clock we have the Aquastar Suisse motif and at 6 o’clock “Automatic 200m/600ft complete this faithful re-edition of a classic dive watch. On the reverse is a screw-down case back with the details of the watch around its edge and the Aquastar Deepstar in the middle, inside an automatic La Joux-Perret G100, 28 jewels, beating at 28,800 beats per hour, this quality movement is designed and manufactured by La Joux-Perret in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland. The watch comes paired with its 19mm Aquastar seatbelt NATO strap with a signed pin buckle, and this watch is sold with its original Aquastar box and paperwork.

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