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…

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…