Mido Ocean Star Decompression Timer 1961 - References, Prices and Owners' Reviews

Previewed on the internet, this watch immediately attracted me. However, I had to see it before succumbing. It's not easy to find a Mido in a store and in any case in Lyon I didn't find one. A short trip to Clermont-Ferrand allowed me to try it and at the same time choose between the two models offered. The only one available was this one and I left with it. I love its colorful dial, the engraving of the superb starfish, its GMT function and its large power reserve. With the Milanese mesh bracelet it is magnificent. A little bonus that I discovered in store, it is COSC certified. I never take it off.

First automatic watch in my collection. While I was thinking about what would become my first automatic watch, eyeing Tissot, Orient, LIP and other Laco, I immediately fell for this MIDO Ocean Star Décompression Timer 1961. A reissue and modern reinterpretation of a diving watch from 1961 - the year my mother was born and a good excuse to double the budget initially planned - it won me over even though, a priori, one would not think of it as a first watch. Absolutely not consensual with its rainbow dial and colored bezel, that's what makes it so charming. A watch that is unlike any other, immediately recognizable and produced in a limited series. Its reduced format for a 40.5mm diver, its short lugs, and its 80-hour power reserve movement with an accuracy of +1sec/day, make it a very pleasant watch to wear on the beach as well as in the office.