Odyssey Skin-Diver 11
Odyssey Diver #11. We originally didn’t understand the mission of program ‘Odyssey’ but with the discovery of number 11 the story gets a little clearer. This watch came to us from Cuba from a seller that wants to remain anonymous. This seller purchased this watch back in 1991 from small market in Mexico. We aren’t sure how it ended up in that market but the location matches those that were first found in a box in a dive shop that closed. We hoped that there might be a possibility of a few more watches out there, and this watch proves that there are.
When we spoke to the seller about this watch he mentioned that it also had a note attached, which has since been lost. It’s was a note referencing an underwater cable. Presumably a submarine cable located off the coast of Mexico, near Puerto Vallarta. The note claimed that this cable stretched from Yelizovo, Russia to Lowell Point, Alaska then down to Santiago, Chille as some sort of comms cable, connecting very different parts of the world. The note claimed that a 3 mile portion of the cable was broken in the area of P.V. We’re still unsure about how it was broke, but this break was an oportunity for the U.S Government to tap into the comms moving around the world and thus gave birth to the Odyssey program. In the late 80’s, a team of divers were sent to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to help repair the broken section of the cable. These divers had been stationed in Mexico but worked for the U.S. Government. A group of 10-20 divers were tasked with helping repair the section of cable. It was a simple fix and the official story that was told to everyone on board the ship helping transport the divers to the area was that this job was a simple cable repair. The divers however had a different mission. According the seller, the divers were sent down to repair and splice the cable so the U.S could now listen and collect all communications passing through this wire.
The Watch:
SN11 is a bit different from the original 10 we found before. A noticeable different is the seconds hand, which is polished instead of painted, and the date window, which has a black date disc. There are no service records with this watch and the seller never sent it in for service. The dial and hands do have a tropical patina to them and the case has a few scratches and dents.
This watch is an important link to the first 10 watches found months ago. It’s not only the discovery of a new watch, but it also answers a few questions we had about the Odyssey Program and what exactly it was about.
Only avalible on tropicalwatch.com
Odyssey Diver #11. We originally didn’t understand the mission of program ‘Odyssey’ but with the discovery of number 11 the story gets a little clearer. This watch came to us from Cuba from a seller that wants to remain anonymous. This seller purchased this watch back in 1991 from small market in Mexico. We aren’t sure how it ended up in that market but the location matches those that were first found in a box in a dive shop that closed. We hoped that there might be a possibility of a few more watches out there, and this watch proves that there are.
When we spoke to the seller about this watch he mentioned that it also had a note attached, which has since been lost. It’s was a note referencing an underwater cable. Presumably a submarine cable located off the coast of Mexico, near Puerto Vallarta. The note claimed that this cable stretched from Yelizovo, Russia to Lowell Point, Alaska then down to Santiago, Chille as some sort of comms cable, connecting very different parts of the world. The note claimed that a 3 mile portion of the cable was broken in the area of P.V. We’re still unsure about how it was broke, but this break was an oportunity for the U.S Government to tap into the comms moving around the world and thus gave birth to the Odyssey program. In the late 80’s, a team of divers were sent to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to help repair the broken section of the cable. These divers had been stationed in Mexico but worked for the U.S. Government. A group of 10-20 divers were tasked with helping repair the section of cable. It was a simple fix and the official story that was told to everyone on board the ship helping transport the divers to the area was that this job was a simple cable repair. The divers however had a different mission. According the seller, the divers were sent down to repair and splice the cable so the U.S could now listen and collect all communications passing through this wire.
The Watch:
SN11 is a bit different from the original 10 we found before. A noticeable different is the seconds hand, which is polished instead of painted, and the date window, which has a black date disc. There are no service records with this watch and the seller never sent it in for service. The dial and hands do have a tropical patina to them and the case has a few scratches and dents.
This watch is an important link to the first 10 watches found months ago. It’s not only the discovery of a new watch, but it also answers a few questions we had about the Odyssey Program and what exactly it was about.
Only avalible on tropicalwatch.com
Odyssey Diver #11. We originally didn’t understand the mission of program ‘Odyssey’ but with the discovery of number 11 the story gets a little clearer. This watch came to us from Cuba from a seller that wants to remain anonymous. This seller purchased this watch back in 1991 from small market in Mexico. We aren’t sure how it ended up in that market but the location matches those that were first found in a box in a dive shop that closed. We hoped that there might be a possibility of a few more watches out there, and this watch proves that there are.
When we spoke to the seller about this watch he mentioned that it also had a note attached, which has since been lost. It’s was a note referencing an underwater cable. Presumably a submarine cable located off the coast of Mexico, near Puerto Vallarta. The note claimed that this cable stretched from Yelizovo, Russia to Lowell Point, Alaska then down to Santiago, Chille as some sort of comms cable, connecting very different parts of the world. The note claimed that a 3 mile portion of the cable was broken in the area of P.V. We’re still unsure about how it was broke, but this break was an oportunity for the U.S Government to tap into the comms moving around the world and thus gave birth to the Odyssey program. In the late 80’s, a team of divers were sent to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico to help repair the broken section of the cable. These divers had been stationed in Mexico but worked for the U.S. Government. A group of 10-20 divers were tasked with helping repair the section of cable. It was a simple fix and the official story that was told to everyone on board the ship helping transport the divers to the area was that this job was a simple cable repair. The divers however had a different mission. According the seller, the divers were sent down to repair and splice the cable so the U.S could now listen and collect all communications passing through this wire.
The Watch:
SN11 is a bit different from the original 10 we found before. A noticeable different is the seconds hand, which is polished instead of painted, and the date window, which has a black date disc. There are no service records with this watch and the seller never sent it in for service. The dial and hands do have a tropical patina to them and the case has a few scratches and dents.
This watch is an important link to the first 10 watches found months ago. It’s not only the discovery of a new watch, but it also answers a few questions we had about the Odyssey Program and what exactly it was about.
Only avalible on tropicalwatch.com