alterego Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Hi: I've ben looking for a quartz Costeau Aquatimer for sometime and all I have been able to get isinformation on automatic Asian 7750s powered. The reason I'd like a quartz is accuracy and reliability. Can someone share some information on who to order from ? Thank you for reading Alter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 For this piece you generally have to go "outside" of the regular dealers. Watcheden has them. Bear in mind...they look "alright"...but they are nowhere near the same degree of accuracy as the A7750 counterparts which are 3x the price. I have yet to see a quartz CD with the proper caseback...the font on the inner rotating bezel is generally crap...and the subdial layout is usually screwed up because they aren't using proper chrono movements sometimes...or the look of the subdials is wrong. They will say they use the same dial and case...but it's not quite true. The case may be the same...but the dials are definitely different...and the casebacks aren't matched properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alterego Posted January 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thank you fore the tip Toadtorrent. I can see what you say. I have seen low end replicas that I wouldn't take even if they are for free. I'll check the source you quote. I've heard they are not crooks, so even if the quality does not match the Asian automatics at least I know the risk of loosing my money is not part of the deal (I hope). Thank again for your help. Regards Alter For this piece you generally have to go "outside" of the regular dealers. Watcheden has them. Bear in mind...they look "alright"...but they are nowhere near the same degree of accuracy as the A7750 counterparts which are 3x the price. I have yet to see a quartz CD with the proper caseback...the font on the inner rotating bezel is generally crap...and the subdial layout is usually screwed up because they aren't using proper chrono movements sometimes...or the look of the subdials is wrong. They will say they use the same dial and case...but it's not quite true. The case may be the same...but the dials are definitely different...and the casebacks aren't matched properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thank you fore the tip Toadtorrent. I can see what you say. I have seen low end replicas that I wouldn't take even if they are for free. I'll check the source you quote. I've heard they are not crooks, so even if the quality does not match the Asian automatics at least I know the risk of loosing my money is not part of the deal (I hope). Thank again for your help. Hey...no sweat...glad to help. I have a review of the 2006 CD (my fave of the line and linked in my signature)...and Lani just posted a review of his 2008...and The Zigmeisterzumba just re-posted pics of his lume job on my 2006 CD. You can use these threads as reference points to compare the watches. Watcheden is an apprentice collector here...so you'll be fine dealing with him. You won't lose your money...and what is pictured is what you'll get. You can also likely email Silix who might have what you want...or pretty much any of the other collectors...but from what I can gather, watcheden has a lot of the lower end reps which are lower priced. I've never used Watcheden...but I think TeeJay has...you can search for reviews of him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellomen Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 i think capice has a quartz version he is about to sell... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
replin Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 Hi: I've ben looking for a quartz Costeau Aquatimer for sometime and all I have been able to get isinformation on automatic Asian 7750s powered. The reason I'd like a quartz is accuracy and reliability. Can someone share some information on who to order from ? Thank you for reading Alter http://timeshops.net/list.asp?ProdId=1908-3886 No affiliation.. just happened to have seen that before reading your post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hooky Posted February 2, 2009 Report Share Posted February 2, 2009 And how about the AR coating, which makes this Cousteau Diver so distinctable. The specs say no AR coating. And the AR makes this model stand out!! Secondly, the weight of these models will be a lot lower. So no 'genuine' feeling. Third, the specs say 'synthetic sapphire'. Which is MINERAL. So even if the watch has AR, on mineral AR looks a lot different. Just my 2 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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