Vintage Traser S3000 H3 Swiss Quartz 46mm Black Military Style Date Rubber Watch

A distinctive early Traser S3000, combining Swiss quartz timekeeping with the bold, functional styling associated with the brand’s tritium-equipped watches.

The black dial features clear Arabic numerals, contrasting white hands with tritium tube inserts, a detailed outer minute track and a date display at 3 o’clock. An oversized elapsed-time bezel and angular case guards give the watch its recognisable instrument-like appearance.

Estimated to date from the 1990s–early 2000s, this example represents an earlier chapter of Traser’s history. The brand emerged in 1989 from Swiss illumination specialist mb-microtec, whose miniature tritium light sources became central to its watchmaking identity. The S3000 was also documented in period diving-equipment catalogues.

Its appeal lies in that combination of specialist Swiss heritage, practical design and unmistakable vintage sports-watch character.

DETAILS

• Brand: Traser

• Model: S3000, marked “S 3000” on the dial

• Estimated period: 1990s–early 2000s

• Country of manufacture: Switzerland

• Movement: Swiss quartz

• Case size: approximately 46 mm

• Case: black polymer housing with metal caseback

• Dial: black with white Arabic numerals

• Functions: hours, minutes, central seconds and date

• Bezel: rotating elapsed-time bezel

• Illumination fittings: tritium tubes in the hands and outer markers

• Strap: new black rubber strap with silver-tone pin buckle

• Caseback: four-screw construction with mb-microtec Switzerland markings

CONDITION

Pre-owned vintage condition with visible wear to the case and bezel. The caseback has substantial loss of its black coating, exposing the underlying metal across a large area; portions of the original inscriptions remain visible. Please examine the close-up photographs carefully.

The 200 m caseback marking records the original water-resistance specification and does not establish the watch’s present-day water resistance.