Hi all

This is an 80's or early 90's Squale Marina Militare.
It has the very rare (bakelite?) bezel insert, with luminous numerals (very vary faintly glow now though!)

Comes with a straight lugged Squale signed oyster-esk bracelet. I’m not sure if this is original to the watch, but it’s a nice extra to have. Unfortunetly it’s not that long, so the watch also comes with an almost identical aftermarket version (unsigned).

Heavily used and patina'd !

Here is a description taken from my blog post about it:
I won’t pretend to be any expert in military and/or issued watches, but the research I have done points to this example being from circa 1980 to early ‘90’s.

This particular watch was owned by a profuse collector of Marina Militare/COMSUBIN watches. He is a former military recon diver, and posted a very good account of his collection, with their history here:
http://www.thedivewatchconnection.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=34616

This collector sold it on, and I ended up buying it from another diving enthusiast based in France.
This Squale has a rare Bakelite bezel, which features illuminscent minute numerals, which amazingly still glow – but it’s very faint. It’s presumed that this bezel was specified by COMSUBIN – the name given to the of the Comando Subacqueo Incursori , based in La Spezia, North Eastern Italy.

The watch itself is pretty beaten up, and the bezel looks like salt water and sun has caused for fatigue.. but that’s what is so charming about it, it has been used as a tool, and shows it.

Full post is here: https://heuerville.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/squale-marina-militare-50-atmos/

£600 GBP. Prefer Bank Transfer. Will accept Paypal plus 3% fees.
Shipping is UPS Express £20 worldwide (or £10 in the UK)

Thanks
Stewart
- Heuerville