Vintage humor-Teflon tape

[Johnoly]

Was walking past a very expensive retail watch store in a local mall and they had this full size display mannequin at the front window. 99.9% of people walk past quickly, but as a diver,,,this one stops you dead in your tracks to scratch your head.

 

[broncobowsher]

It's an advertising prop. Someone knew a few things vintage. Then was tasked with the order of making a couple hundred so each store could have one. Time to cue up the mass production of props.

If someone had not dropped it and broken loose the press fit "valve", it would have looked impressive. Closer look and they were cleaning out a big chunk of the local Ace for parts. Looks like they did a pretty good job with the vintage style strapping.

 

[Jaan]

Looks like it might leak a bit

 

[Luis H]

For an advertising prop, I don't think it looks too bad. It is actually not a bad simulation of a DH regulator and a J valve. The J lever is in the wrong side, but that is actually a cool detail...

Do you have more pictures of the showing the rest?

 

[richard kanner]

FYI That appears to be the prop in the Tudor Boutique used to promote the Tudor Pelagos and the Blackbay 58 and 54 a throw back design to Tudor watches of the 50s.

 

[Johnoly]

Do you have more pictures of the showing the rest?

I just snapped the one picture for fun. Seeing how this was put together............I was worried if I went inside and asked the time, they would tell me how the watch worked instead (or the regulator!!)