Vulcain Cricket Nautical Reference S2321A Unpolished

The Vulcain Cricket Nautical is an absolute icon of a watch. It is a remarkable dive watch made by the case-making specialist Ervin Piquerez (EPSA). EPSA’s reputation, albeit earned later than the Rolex Oyster, is closely associated with their impermeable bayonet case designs. A renaissance man of his era, Piquerez would file 200 patents and register 8,000 designs over the course of his career. Just about every manufacturer would commission EPSA throughout 50s-70s to compete with the offerings from Rolex. Incredibly, one of the greatest case manufacturer would achieve this with a staff of only 160 employees by the early 1970s. Whether Breitling Cosmonautes, the Vulcain Nautical Cricket, the Jaeger-LeCoultre Polaris, Heuer’s Carrera and Monaco, or Enicar’s Sherpa Graph and Ultradive, Piquerez be integrally involved in many highly-coveted vintage sports watches.

The Nautical is highly important dive watch and was incredibly innovative. It featured a 300ATM (just under 1,000 feet) depth rating! The case measures to 42mm in diameter and is 49mm lug-to-lug. The case is unpolished.

The watch does not come with box or papers. We do not know the service history, but it is running great!

(Item SBUXYT0904)

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