Went to see new sub, came home with something else...

[bayerische]

Originally Posted by fc3s2k

Great watch but not for me. Is that 47mm?

It' about 53mm wide and 44mm high. A small watch I would say.

[pk_diver]

Outstanding watch, one of my all-time-favorite! Are all parts still original? It seems so: dial and hands seem to be tritium and not new luminova parts, and also the bezel seems to be original. It's much better than the new Plorpof imho, and i also prefer this rather the shiny C-sub!

Big congrats!

[dsio]

The DeepSea haters are reading those dimensions and picturing you wearing some sort of a sling to hold your arm up.

Love big Omega's, can't wait to see it on sharkproof mesh, as nice as the NATO is, if a shark bit your wrist, you'd be screwed, that's the other advantage over the DeepSea, its only shark-resistant.

[bayerische]

It's big alright, but it's pretty light with a Nato, and since it's irregularly shaped, it's present on the wrist is not that bad. Given it's definitely not a dress watch!

Sharkproof, indeed. However, I'm not sure I'd dared to go diving with this piece... It's got a one year warranty, but still I guess I want it pressure tested before a dive... Imagine destroying it...

[Beek]

Hi Andreas,

Rare watch and a great find! Enjoy it! I'm sure you'll show it to me next year when I'm in Finland.

[bayerische]

Originally Posted by Beek

Hi Andreas,

Rare watch and a great find! Enjoy it! I'm sure you'll show it to me next year when I'm in Finland.

Absolutely, hope I won't flip it... Got the disease.

[Jason71]

One of my Grails. A HUGE congrats for that one Andreas. You can't appreciate that watch until you have seen it diving. This is one of my good Friend's watches.

[bayerische]

Jason, I must pressure test it (just in case) and bring it on my next dive.

[axecollector65]

Well its your money and now its your watch.

[BH13GMT]

I am fan of the Ploprof, its a shame Omega reissued the model. The original model will always be the one to have

splendid choice and I wouldnt go head to head in a game of watch conkers

and if you dont want any nightmares do not Google "OCEAN 7 LM-7"

[psv]

I don't care who you are - that is a ugly watch! :-)

Nice score though. I'd never buy the new version but the older one is a bit cultish!

[bayerische]

Originally Posted by psv

I don't care who you are - that is a ugly watch! :-)

Nice score though. I'd never buy the new version but the older one is a bit cultish!

I appreciate your honesty!

[StarSovereign]

Interesting... to say the least...

[Andrés G]

Wow! Great catch.

One of my favorite divers.

[bayerische]

Thanks, I guess it's all original, the patina matches.

[kyle L]

I think you did good! You can order the Ceramic Sub anytime, but the chances of you finding another Proplof in that condition will probably be slimmer.

[niner niner seven]

congrats looks good on the nato

[Davvan]

Moi!

Congrats Well done....I would also pick the vintage Ploprof over the new Sub any day of the week

The new sub is not singing to my, but screams in pain

Grattis!!

[George Ab]

Congratulations! 1973 and a very uniquely cool watch. I love the big bad orange minute hand.

[bayerische]

I understand you concern Brian, but the watch does not glow, only after "loading it to a light"...

But you may be right, can't understand the perfectly maching patina, the tritium/lume on the hands used to be white, this is brown.

[Dr.Brian]

Originally Posted by bayerische

I understand you concern Brian, but the watch does not glow, only after "loading it to a light"...

But you may be right, can't understand the perfectly maching patina, the tritium/lume on the hands used to be white, this is brown.

Tritium will not charge like that under the light. It would look like the markers on your dial, essentially dead. (which is to be expected by now) It's interesting that the second hand has no lume, perhaps that is original.
Good luck with this one.

[bayerische]

Originally Posted by Dr.Brian

Tritium will not charge like that under the light. It would look like the markers on your dial, essentially dead. (which is to be expected by now) It's interesting that the second hand has no lume, perhaps that is original.
Good luck with this one.

From my experience, it's possible to "charge" the paint part of the markers, even of the active material once was tririum. I mean, tritium doesn't glow in it self, tritium is an an activator for the paint that glowed.

Luminova is a material that glows after it has been charged by light.

Tritium made the paint glow constantly on "tritium dials and hands", but to my experience "charging" a "tritium" dial/hands up to a light vill make it glow, faintly for a short while.

They are not luminova, cause then the charge should last hours. Now it lasts minutes.

[bayerische]

OK, I made some tests...

First I took a picture of the dial with my camera set to f2.0 3.2sec at 400iso. Why I choose this, is that it shows the dial just as it appears to my eyes in complete darkness.

The watch has been worn all day indoors with normal lightning.




Second image is of the watch, at same exposure after a 30sec "charge-up" to a lightbulb. Notice how the dial is also "glowing".




Third image is again, same exposure after letting the watch "cool down" for 5 minutes in complete darkness.
Luminova shouldn't change much in 5minutes, but here there can be seen a significant change in the glow.



I'm willing to say original.

[dsio]

Very interesting. Wonder if maybe the fact that the tritium in the bezel is suspended inside the plastic, the luminous material has been preserved better than most even though the tritium has lost its radioactivity.

[bayerische]

Pictures 1 and 3 got mixed up. You can see that on the minutes dial... Will try and change it.

[dsio]

Actually, I just googled around a bit, there are two ads listing similar PloProfs with original lume still glowing:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/20767...+++for+SD+1665

http://www.tz-uk.com/forum/viewtopic...&view=previous

It seams that for some reason its not an uncommon case with these models

[bayerische]

OK, sorted.

I'm not sure if you guys can see the VERY faint glow of the seconds hand on the first and third picture? But look in roughly the same place as where the hand is on picture 2.

Tilting/putting of light on screen helps a bit too.

[dieseldragon]

Wow coool watch. I sell my Omega divers, then keep going back! I sold my SHOM 200 and my SMP 300, then this week I have bought a Planet Ocean and 2 mins ago I bought an original (not watchco) Seamaster 120m, the so called Baby Ploprof, on a mesh!

Congrats, thats one of my grails!