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Watches to wear with your flight jackets...
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Micawber
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Can you post photos full size please, life is too short to spend time waiting for images to lad from attachments here. Full size is an option that can be found once you have uploaded the images.
Thanks
B-Man2
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I doubt it will happen . We’ve been discussing it for sometime now. Nothing seems to work .
London Cabbie
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Always sold out apparently..?
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s4rmark
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I’m thinking of getting a field watch and the two that are in the running are Hamilton field mechanical and the Bulova Hack watch. Anyone out their have any experience with either of these? The Bulova uses a Japanese automatic movement and I believe the Hamilton has a Swiss in house modified mechanical movement .
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This is the Hamilton Khaki I purchased many many years ago, no idea what movement it uses, except it is mechanical, with hacking second.
in my layman's vocabulary, seems to keep accurate enough time, maybe gain or loose a few seconds a day, still winds up fine even if I have left it in the drawer for months on end.
Got it as a modern alternative to an A-11.
in my layman's vocabulary, seems to keep accurate enough time, maybe gain or loose a few seconds a day, still winds up fine even if I have left it in the drawer for months on end.
Got it as a modern alternative to an A-11.
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found this while cleaning out the drawers.
got this years ago when I was randomly browsing on ebay, it had a low starting bid of like $20 or $30, no one bidded on it, and the auction was ending in like 5 mins, so I thought "why not?"
mechanical movement, hacking second, like above, still runs fine even if I had left it in the drawer unwinded for months/years on end, case is made of plastic, lume are tritium, still visible in the dark after all these years.
tiny watch, put a Zippo next to it for size comparison.
got this years ago when I was randomly browsing on ebay, it had a low starting bid of like $20 or $30, no one bidded on it, and the auction was ending in like 5 mins, so I thought "why not?"
mechanical movement, hacking second, like above, still runs fine even if I had left it in the drawer unwinded for months/years on end, case is made of plastic, lume are tritium, still visible in the dark after all these years.
tiny watch, put a Zippo next to it for size comparison.
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busdrivermike
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Last last two weeks I’ve been wearing the Maratac pilot style watch
Using a japanese Miyota automatic movement
Screw down crown , 46mm diameter
Using a japanese Miyota automatic movement
Screw down crown , 46mm diameter
Cocker
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Stumbled upon the Urban Killy by Undone a couple days ago, can't get it out of my head since. Really love the vintage looking dial on this one, and knowing the guy behind the operation, and in regards of most reviews I've seen, it looks like a solid one. Also love the fact that you can customize about everything on it:
Kermit3D
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Is anyone here familiar with A-11 type watches ?
I'm keeping a close eye on this one which looks authentic, everything looks original.
But I'm not a specialist and I wouldn't want to miss anything...
According to my research on this website thanks to the movement number, it would date from 1943.
I'm keeping a close eye on this one which looks authentic, everything looks original.
But I'm not a specialist and I wouldn't want to miss anything...
According to my research on this website thanks to the movement number, it would date from 1943.
ELGIN 1945 WW2 USA Military AF-45 Cal 539 HACKING AF US ARMY A-11 ORIGINAL 16J | eBay
ELGIN 1944 or 1945 WW2 USA Military AF-45 Cal 539 HACKING. Hacking function is working. 16 Jewels,Cal 539. AF US ARMY A-11. ORIGINAL ARMY BLACK DIAL. ALL ORIGINAL. EVERY SINGLE PART IS ORIGINAL !
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Enigma1938
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Not an A-11 but pretty nice little watches on their own. So called "Ord. dept." watches from ww2. I restorated both a few years ago with original parts. I don't changed the yellowed glas on the Elgin as I wanted it keep original and it has the rare tropical watch strap that was issued in the pacific theater.
Kermit3D
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Pretty little watches.
Many military/antique watches are painted with radium.
Personally, radium always worries me a bit... do you wear them often ? do you take special care ?
Enigma1938
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Well the authorities decided to print a radiation warning symbol on military watches around the beginning of the 70s to make the wearer aware that there's some unhealthy stuff in their watches.
But in fact (and I can tell cause I'm a keen watchmaker / collector for ages) the amount of radium and the radiation it produces is so low that you have to wear 20 of that watches on each arm to make you feel a little bit strange.
But in fact (and I can tell cause I'm a keen watchmaker / collector for ages) the amount of radium and the radiation it produces is so low that you have to wear 20 of that watches on each arm to make you feel a little bit strange.
Kermit3D
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Here is a collector website I found by chance a few years ago. He has a very nice collection of old pilots watches (and others).
Some of them are for sale at very good prices.
https://www.antik-hodinky.cz/pilot-military
@Enigma1938 :
- B-uhr " A. LANGE & SÖHNE "
- B-uhr "LACO" for 2 356 Euro !
Some of them are for sale at very good prices.
https://www.antik-hodinky.cz/pilot-military
@Enigma1938 :
- B-uhr " A. LANGE & SÖHNE "
- B-uhr "LACO" for 2 356 Euro !
Pilot
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Bravo!
Can only second that!
Your aircon’s ( fridge,car, living space )
have more toxic emanation on your daily intake and consumption of “contaminated “goods. Plus the sun generates daily more “ nuclear power” on you and your little absorbing skin surface, than 1000 of those hands and markers ( under glass anyway ) ...
No worries, just enjoy, collect and wear it with pride... unless you want to become 470 years old and accumulate enough RA to start to glow in the night.
Kermit3D
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Bravo!
Can only second that!
Your aircon’s ( fridge,car, living space )
have more toxic emanation on your daily intake and consumption of “contaminated “goods. Plus the sun generates daily more “ nuclear power” on you and your little absorbing skin surface, than 1000 of those hands and markers ( under glass anyway ) ...
No worries, just enjoy, collect and wear it with pride... unless you want to become 470 years old and accumulate enough RA to start to glow in the night.
I like this approach, and it makes sense.
A watchmaker in Toulouse who scared me a bit, he didn't want to open one of my old watch because it was painted with radium...
