Vintage Scubapro 200m

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Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by TernGully » Mon Jun 03, 2019 2:24 pm

Hey All,

I picked up this vintage Scubapro 200m diver a while back to go along with some of my other old scuba branded watches. I don't have any really useful info on this particular scubapro model other than it is an M.R.P.S.A case and it has a quartz movement used by a lot of the older quartz Heuer divers. I love my Scubapro 500 but i'm always surprised how much I enjoy the smaller 200m. I remember getting it and being impressed that it was larger than I anticipated and very thin at right around 10mm thick. The dial combination of gold and black along with the PVD case is a great combination that I don't have with any other of my watches. I also love the bracelet, it looked really bizzare in the photos when I bought it, but its just a super long bracelet that you loop through one end and has a little latch that fits into the bracelet. I love that the date wheel has the gold dates on a black date wheel. A small detail, but they all make for a cool watch. enough of my blabbering, onto the watch! If anyone does have any info about this particular model, i'd love to hear it. I ran across a thread where a guy said he bought one new in 1984 (i think) but his was a silver version, not the black and gold.

As a bonus I added a photo of another obscure Scuba branded diver. It's an old quartz 200m Pro-dive branded watch that I bought missing the bezel insert but running great for $50, my twin brother who also collects some old divers helped me do some recon and internet sleuthing and we turned up this old Croton branded diver that turned out to have the same case, same hands, same sized bezel insert and it was on a bracelet. So i bought the Croton as a donor and now my old obscure "Pro-dive" has a nice bezel insert as well as a bracelet and some donor parts if the need ever arises. It was a fun journey piecing it together and makes for a pretty fun addition some of my obscure divers.
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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by MikeyLikesIt » Mon Jun 03, 2019 4:44 pm

That’s awesome, great post. Love these obscure divers

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by aikiman44 » Mon Jun 03, 2019 5:54 pm

Very cool.
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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by HapaHapa » Mon Jun 03, 2019 9:58 pm

Very nice. Welcome.
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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by deepcdvr » Tue Jun 04, 2019 11:17 am

Nice - I agree the gold number on the black detail are tits... Great score!
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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by River Rat » Tue Jun 04, 2019 3:25 pm

Nice collection of vintage divers.

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by TernGully » Tue Jun 04, 2019 5:24 pm

Thanks everyone, I’m glad you guys enjoy them as much as I do!

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by mainman » Thu Jun 06, 2019 2:17 am

Nice collection!

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by FireMonk3y » Sun Jun 09, 2019 8:58 am

Very cool, have never seen that 200m Scubapro. I searched for a long time before buying a Seiko 6306 Scubapro. Finally found an almost new original on a Japanese auction site and waited quite awhile to get it. It’s probably one of the most faked vintage Seiko’s and pretty hard to find the real deal. Image

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by richard.k.johnson02 » Mon Jun 10, 2019 12:23 pm

I’ve never seen your model before.

I bought my Scubapro in 1986 and wore it for 20 years. Still ticks but I don’t use it for diving. A PO 8900 is now on my wrist when I’m in the water.

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by TernGully » Wed Jun 12, 2019 8:57 am

I’ve never seen that 30atm model before either (although the case does seem similar to a “Submarex” branded diver I’ve seen before).

It’s awesome that you bought it new and used it for diving, I’m sure it’s earned the retired life and can let the PO have the fun now. Thanks for showing your Scubapro!

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by richard.k.johnson02 » Wed Jun 12, 2019 12:51 pm

TernGully wrote:I’ve never seen that 30atm model before either (although the case does seem similar to a “Submarex” branded diver I’ve seen before).

It’s awesome that you bought it new and used it for diving, I’m sure it’s earned the retired life and can let the PO have the fun now. Thanks for showing your Scubapro!
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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by WatchTimes » Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:30 pm

My first real watch was a 80's Rolex Datejust, I still have it to this day even though I rarely ever wear it as its small and and my wife wears a 36 mm DJ LOL. I will NEVER sell it! I will pass it on to my son someday (along with a Hulk I bought the day he was born in his name and bday sitting in the coffin in my safe unworn). I hope he will appreciate those two pieces the most as the DJ is my first, I wanted it and worked hard to make it happen and the Hulk shows I was thinking about his future one the day he was born.
Some watches we can never sell even if we do not wear as they mark a special moment.

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Re: Vintage Scubapro 200m

Post by andrema » Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:36 pm

I had 3 Scubapro 500's a year or so ago. Now down to 1.
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