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SPECIFICHE<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Raro cronografo Aquastar \"Deepstar\" con cassa in acciaio e movimento cronografico a carica manuale Valjoux 23, della met\u00e0 degli anni Sessanta.<\/p>\n

Cassa in acciaio inossidabile da 37,5 mm
\nLunetta girevole originale
\nRivestimento luminescente originale
\nCinturino Black Tropic
\nFibbia originale
\nMovimento cronografo Valjoux 23 all'interno<\/p>\n

ANALISI<\/b><\/p>\n

Questo orologio subacqueo professionale \u00e8 entrato nell'immaginario collettivo degli appassionati come una pietra miliare dell'esplorazione delle profondit\u00e0 marine, essendo stato indossato dal grande Jacques Cousteau fin dal 1965, che non l'ha mai abbandonato.<\/p>\n

Questo straordinario cronografo - affettuosamente soprannominato \"Big Hey\" per il grande quadrante singolo che occupa gran parte del quadrante - \u00e8 prodotto da Aquastar Geneve, una Maison fondata nel 1962 da Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Robert, figlio di Yvan Robert, il pi\u00f9 giovane dei tre fratelli che portarono avanti la grande azienda manifatturiera Minerva di Villeret. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric registr\u00f2 per la prima volta il nome \"Aquastar\" nel 1957 (registrazione n. 168166) per conto della societ\u00e0 Jeanichard S.A., da lui co-fondata nel 1945. Successivamente ha registrato il logo della stella marina a cinque punte che compare sui quadranti e sui fondelli degli orologi Aquastar (n. di registrazione 193062 dal 1962). Grande appassionato di immersioni, oltre che grande orologiaio e designer (in seguito disegner\u00e0 i modelli \"Flightmaster\" e \"Ploprof\" per Omega), marinaio e subacqueo professionista, concentr\u00f2 tutte le sue energie sullo sviluppo del marchio Aquastar dalla sua fondazione fino al 1975, quando l'azienda fu acquisita dal Gruppo Eren.<\/p>\n

Il \"Deepstar\" \u00e8 stato uno degli orologi pi\u00f9 riusciti e iconici lanciati da F. Robert. Unisce la sportivit\u00e0 di un design innovativo all'uso tecnico e professionale di un cronografo subacqueo.<\/p>\n

Il quadrante di questo \"Deepstar\" \u00e8 del tipico colore grigio ardesia chiaro con grafica bianca. Offset a sinistra e sovrapposte sono le firme \"Acquastar Geneve\" e \"Deepstar 10 ATM\" con il logo della scuderia marina. Tra queste firme si trovano i secondi che scorrono senza il caratteristico quadrante secondario. L'intera sezione destra del quadrante \u00e8 occupata dal grande contatore bianco dei minuti. A ore 12, 6 e 9 si trovano grandi indici tronco-triangolari con l'originale pasta luminescente al centro, la stessa dei punti rotondi delle ore. Anche le lancette sono molto tipiche del modello: la lancetta delle ore \u00e8 tronca all'estremit\u00e0; quella dei minuti \u00e8 a forma di matita. Entrambe le lancette sono riempite con la pasta luminescente originale.<\/p>\n

Anche la cassa in acciaio con fondello a vite ha un design immediatamente riconoscibile, ispirato alla grande produzione di orologi Skin Diver di quegli anni. Al di sopra di essa, che incornicia il quadrante, si trova la lunetta girevole bidirezionale per il rilevamento dei tempi di immersione e decompressione. Un grande punto luminoso \u00e8 posizionato per facilitare l'uso e la visibilit\u00e0 durante le immersioni.<\/p>\n

Ad alimentare questo orologio iconico e raro \u00e8 il solido e preciso movimento cronografo Valjoux 23 a carica manuale. \u00c8 largo 13\u2033 lignes (29,5 mm), ha 17 rubini, oscilla a 18.000 vph e ha una riserva di carica di 46 ore.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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At 12, 6, and 9 o'clock are large, truncated-triangular indexes with the original luminescent paste in their centers, the same as the round dots at the hours. The hands are also very typical of the model: the hour hand is truncated at the tip; the minute hand is pencil-shaped. Both hands are filled with the original luminescent paste. The steel case with screw-down caseback also has its own instantly recognizable design, drawing inspiration from the large production of Skin Diver watches of those years. Above it, framing the dial, is the bidirectional rotating bezel for tracking dive and decompression times. A large lume dot is positioned for ease of use and visibility while diving. Powering this iconic and rare watch is the solid and precise Valjoux 23 hand-wound chronograph movement. 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Cassa in acciaio da 37,5 mm Lunetta girevole originale Rivestimento luminescente originale Cinturino Black Tropic Fibbia originale Movimento cronografo Valjoux 23 all'interno ANALISI Questo orologio subacqueo professionale \u00e8 entrato nell'immaginario collettivo degli appassionati come una pietra miliare dell'esplorazione delle profondit\u00e0 marine, essendo stato indossato dal grande Jacques Cousteau fin dal 1965, che non lo ha mai abbandonato. Questo straordinario cronografo - affettuosamente soprannominato \"Big Hey\" per il grande quadrante singolo che occupa gran parte del quadrante - \u00e8 prodotto da Aquastar Geneve, una Maison fondata nel 1962 da Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Robert, figlio di Yvan Robert, il pi\u00f9 giovane dei tre fratelli che portarono avanti la grande azienda manifatturiera Minerva di Villeret. Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric registr\u00f2 per la prima volta il nome \"Aquastar\" nel 1957 (registrazione n. 168166) per conto della societ\u00e0 Jeanichard S.A., da lui co-fondata nel 1945. Successivamente registr\u00f2 il logo della stella marina a cinque punte che compare sui quadranti e sui fondelli degli orologi Aquastar (n. di registrazione 193062 dal 1962). Grande appassionato di immersioni, oltre che grande orologiaio e designer (in seguito disegner\u00e0 per Omega i modelli \"Flightmaster\" e \"Ploprof\"), marinaio e subacqueo professionista, concentr\u00f2 tutte le sue energie sullo sviluppo del marchio Aquastar dalla sua fondazione fino al 1975, quando l'azienda fu acquisita dal Gruppo Eren. Il \"Deepstar\" \u00e8 stato uno degli orologi pi\u00f9 riusciti e iconici lanciati da F. Robert. Unisce la sportivit\u00e0 di un design innovativo all'uso tecnico e professionale di un cronografo subacqueo. Il quadrante di questo \"Deepstar\" \u00e8 del tipico colore grigio ardesia chiaro con grafica bianca. Le firme \"Acquastar Geneve\" e \"Deepstar 10 ATM\" con il logo della scuderia marina sono decentrate a sinistra e sovrapposte. Tra queste firme si trovano i secondi che scorrono senza il caratteristico quadrante secondario. L'intera sezione destra del quadrante \u00e8 occupata dal grande contatore bianco dei minuti. A ore 12, 6 e 9 si trovano grandi indici tronco-triangolari con l'originale pasta luminescente al centro, la stessa dei punti rotondi delle ore. Anche le lancette sono molto tipiche del modello: la lancetta delle ore \u00e8 tronca all'estremit\u00e0; quella dei minuti \u00e8 a forma di matita. Entrambe le lancette sono riempite con la pasta luminescente originale. Anche la cassa in acciaio con fondello a vite ha un design immediatamente riconoscibile, ispirato alla grande produzione di orologi Skin Diver di quegli anni. Sopra di essa, che incornicia il quadrante, si trova la lunetta girevole bidirezionale per il rilevamento dei tempi di immersione e decompressione. Un grande punto luminoso \u00e8 posizionato per facilitare l'uso e la visibilit\u00e0 durante le immersioni. Ad alimentare questo orologio iconico e raro \u00e8 il solido e preciso movimento cronografo Valjoux 23 a carica manuale. Ha una larghezza di 13\" lignes (29,5 mm), 17 rubini, oscilla a 18.000 vph e ha una riserva di carica di 46 ore.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/shop\/aquastar-geneve-deepstar-big-eye-chronograph\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"it-IT","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/shop\/aquastar-geneve-deepstar-big-eye-chronograph\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/shop\/aquastar-geneve-deepstar-big-eye-chronograph\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQUASTAR-_DEEPSTAR_-CRONOGRAFO-CASSA-IN-ACCIAIO_1_1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQUASTAR-_DEEPSTAR_-CRONOGRAFO-CASSA-IN-ACCIAIO_1_1.jpg","width":2013,"height":2013},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/shop\/aquastar-geneve-deepstar-big-eye-chronograph\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/negozio\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Aquastar “Deepstar” Chronograph Stainless Steel Case Valjoux 23 Manual-Winding Chronograph Movement From the mid-1960s"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/","name":"Il Vintageur","description":"La vostra collezione di orologi su misura","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"it-IT"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/#organization","name":"Il Vintageur","url":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"it-IT","@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/logo-dark.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/logo-dark.svg","width":392,"height":28,"caption":"The Vintageur"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/vintageur\/"]}]},"product_price_amount":"7800.00","product_price_currency":"EUR","og_availability":"instock","product_availability":"instock","product_retailer_item_id":"127","product_condition":"new"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4166","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4166"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4166\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63616,"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/4166\/revisions\/63616"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4166"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=4166"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=4166"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevintageur.com\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=4166"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}