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Philippe Cousteau aboard the Calypso
Heritage  ·  Worn by  ·  Philippe Cousteau

1940 · 1979

Philippe Cousteau.

Filmmaker. Marine biologist. Pilot. Second son of Jacques. Documented on the deck of the Calypso wearing Aquastar through the 1970s.

A second-son’s wrist.

Philippe Cousteau was Jacques’ younger son. He joined the Calypso crew as a teenager and went on to become a principal cinematographer for the Cousteau Society’s expeditions through the late 1960s and 1970s.

Aquastar appears on Philippe’s wrist in archive stills and footage from the Calypso years. His father Jacques is not on record wearing a watch in the same period.

28 June 1979.

Philippe was killed on the morning of 28 June 1979 while piloting the Cousteau Society’s PBY-5A Catalina amphibious aircraft on the Tagus River near Lisbon, during a take-off attempt. He was 38.

He was survived by his wife Jan and their two children, Alexandra and Philippe Jr.

The watch on the wrist

The Benthos 500 is still in the catalogue.

Aquastar Benthos 500 II Founder's Edition $4,290
Benthos 500 II Founder’s Edition
300 m · 904L steel · 60-min center counter
The 2026 equivalent
 Aquastar Benthos Heritage II $3,290
Benthos Heritage II
40 mm · helium escape valve

Also worn by

Cousteau wasn’t the only one.

1927 · 2001

Jacques Mayol

100 meters on a breath. Elba, 1976.

1979 · 1984

The French Navy

Issued equipment for combat divers.

Contemporary

Jason Heaton

Depth Charge. The Grey NATO.

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