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Lot Essay
The present Nautical Cricket is an attractive and very well-preserved example of an early 1970s diver’s wristwatch, distinguished by the unusual dial featuring multi-coloured decompression tables, adjustable by a screw-down crown at 4 o’clock
The Nautical Cricket was introduced in 1961 as a true diver's instrument, taking the functionality of the mechanical alarm a step further with the addition of decompression table dial. It was designed in collaboration with some of the world-famous experts in the field of diving, namely pro-diver Hannes Keller who, at the time, held the record for the deepest dive to 315 meters in 1962 with the Nautical Cricket.
The present watch is from the second series of the model, launched in 1969.
The decompression table comprises four circular sectors, each of which corresponds to a different depth, indicated black on white, in meters (M) and in feet (F). The decompression times can be read in the sector corresponding to the depth reached by the diver opposite the indication of the time elapsed which is engraved on the turning bezel, the triangular index being set to 12 o’clock.
The Nautical Cricket was introduced in 1961 as a true diver's instrument, taking the functionality of the mechanical alarm a step further with the addition of decompression table dial. It was designed in collaboration with some of the world-famous experts in the field of diving, namely pro-diver Hannes Keller who, at the time, held the record for the deepest dive to 315 meters in 1962 with the Nautical Cricket.
The present watch is from the second series of the model, launched in 1969.
The decompression table comprises four circular sectors, each of which corresponds to a different depth, indicated black on white, in meters (M) and in feet (F). The decompression times can be read in the sector corresponding to the depth reached by the diver opposite the indication of the time elapsed which is engraved on the turning bezel, the triangular index being set to 12 o’clock.