This Profilux mask looks almost identical to the Swimaster mask from the original Swimaster company in California.On now to diving masks made in the Hungarian People's Republic. We'll begin with a rough English translation of some text on the Hungarian Diving Museum site at :::... Magyar Búvár - Múzeum ...:::: "(During the early 1960s) there soon began small-scale production, mostly in the yellow livery of the FERUNION Foreign Trade Company, or hidden in a black case, of robust divers’ knives with aluminium handles, spearguns, “S”-shaped snorkels with plastic barrels and ping-pong ball valves, weight belts with wire buckles, followed by capillary depth gauges. The FERUNION range also featured, for example, “Carib”, “Profilux”, “Major Special” masks, “Gaston” snorkels, or “Sport”, “Sirene”, “Balaton” fins."
The quotation above refers to three models in the FERUNION Foreign Trade Company range of diving masks, namely the "Carib", the "Profilux" and the "Major Special". I can't find any further information about the "Major Special", but illustrations of the other two models appeared on the sides of a cardboard box containing a diving mask in a recent online auction:
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The first image shows the "Profilux" while the second illustrates the "Carib". This mask carton is my sole source of diving mask imagery for the FERUNION range. Let's take each model in turn.
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2351 Lido: Appears to be a frameless oval diving mask where the lens is retained solely by a groove in the skirt. Adjustable strap with twin buckles.
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2352 Tata: Metal clamp with top screw holds oval lens in place. Adjustable strap with twin buckles.
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2353 Carib: Metal clamp with top screw holds oval lens in place. Adjustable strap with twin buckles.
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2354 Marino: Metal clamp with top screw holds oval lens in place. Oval lens. Corrugated compensator bosses to aid ear-clearing. Adjustable strap with twin buckles.
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2535 Kingston: Cressi Pinocchio lookalike with nose pocket for ear clearing. Split strap with twin buckles.
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2536 Profilux: Comes with drain valve and strap buckle adjustable at the back of the head.
I have several more pictures of one of these models, the "Marino", which I will post in my next message.
SeaRat