1990s Mido Ocean Star No.1 Aquadura Quartz 23mm

Here we have an incredible and rare 1990s Mido Ocean Star No. 1 Aquadura Quartz, featuring a 23mm brushed octagonal stainless-steel case that fits smoothly over your wrist with an integrated bracelet. Its brushed and polished-edged flanks feature screw detailing, leading to a lug-to-lug length of 23.5mm and a case thickness of just 6.5mm, ensuring a comfortable fit. On the right side, there is a coin-edged signed crown. The stepped octagonal bezel holds a flat sapphire crystal above a matte black dial. An outer minute track features lume pips surrounding attractive, facet-edged square indexes at the cardinal points and small, inward-facing, facet-edged baton indexes in between, marking the hours. As you rotate your wrist, they magically play with the light. At 3 o’clock, a date window. Elegant steel baton hands tipped with lume are complemented by a tapered second hand. At noon, we have the Mido motif ‘Quartz’ printed underneath, and at 6 o’clock, ‘Ocean Star No. 1 completes this sophisticated sports watch. On the reverse, a snap-off case back engraved with the watch details and ‘Mido Ocean Star Aquadura’ in the centre, inside a Quartz movement. It comes paired with its integrated 17mm polished-and-brushed stainless steel bracelet, secured by a Björn Borg-signed clasp, and it will fit up to a 6.9-inch wrist. He became a Mido Ambassador in 1981, the year he won the World Tennis Championship.