In reply to A Bulova classic. Great… by JimDon5822
I did see that, though only after I posted this piece. I thought i searched well enough to see if an example existed in the DB already and i was sure it would be new.....Until i started searching for something else, then boom, found it. I didn't think to look under Oceanographer, I always thought the Oceanographer and the Snorkel were two distinct models. I never thought about "snorkel" being a sub model of the Oceanographer line.
I do find it odd that this example has a different case back than the existing example and my watch has not case serial number. There seems to be a handwritten japanese marking under what i am assuming a service date leading me to believe this piece spent some time abroad, possibly originating there.