Vintage Double Hose

From Facebook, translated by Google

Jacques Chabbert Added pictures to the regulator Diving Bell Reconstitution Cousteau-Gagnan 1943 .
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Reconstitution of the regulator Diving Bell Cousteau -. Gagnan 1943 (1st and 2nd floor) based writings, photos and period films
Invention Patent No. FR937032A asked 8 July 1943 by Air Liquide and Jacques-Yves Cousteau.
Thank Franck Machu for documents and photos he gave me and Pascal Poirier for his participation in the making of this reconstitution.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1335463 ... 293548880/

Is it an actual bottom to top RECONSTRUCTION, or is it a RECONSTITUTED (some parts original to the unit, some parts from other regulators of the same kind and other parts remanufactured/re-engineered), or is it a RESURRECTED or total rebuild of an original? I know, semantics. Regardless, it is WAY COOL! Does anyone out there (Adair perhaps?) have one of these in original or near original form. Is it fully functional and if so, when are they going to dive it? Just wondering.

Time to pull out the movie "Epaves" so I can see these units in action!

Eric Souverville who visits here every so often does historical displays for Air Liquide / AquaLung in France. I have seen an original in his displays but not sure who the owner actually is. Perhaps he will stop by and give more details. I have heard that some of the originals were lost during a fire years ago. Below is a link to some photos of the earliest regulators. Use your web translator for more info. If we are lucky some of the site owners read this and stop by for more details. I'm not a collector at all but these prototype and 1st regulators are very interesting to me and I hope more information and pictures show up.

http://scaphandrier2.wix.com/collection ... /image1c2p

swimjim wrote:Time to pull out the movie "Epaves" so I can see these units in action!

Epaves - the movie:

https://vimeo.com/22584246

ScubaLawyer wrote:

swimjim wrote:Time to pull out the movie "Epaves" so I can see these units in action!

Epaves - the movie:

https://vimeo.com/22584246

That's the one!