Watches to wear with your flight jackets...

[Kermit3D]

An original Tutima???

This is an original Tutima, as it is a Tutima brand chronograph. But it is the reissue of the late 1990s.
The 1940's Tutima Glashütte chronograph is totally out of my budget.

But the Netzkopfhaube LKp-N-101 (flight helmet) is an original.

 

[coolhandluke]

Still wearing a humble ex British army issue G10 complete with scratches and 'patina' although I have just treated it to a new NATO strap...

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Good choice on the NATO strap. I have an Erika's "Connery" strap on my Khaki that has the same color scheme.

 

[Chandler]

And now it's done, I bought the chronograph of my dreams !
I have just taken some photos in an appropriate context :


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Quite nice!

 

[B-Man2]

And now it's done, I bought the chronograph of my dreams !
I have just taken some photos in an appropriate context :


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Congrats on a great looking purchase!

 

[Ed Rooney]

Shame on you if you don’t have a g-shock.

 

[B-Man2]

Shame on you if you don’t have a g-shock.

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I know that this sounds like BS but it’s absolutely true. I have the same G-Shock that I got in 1989 and it’s still keeping accurate time and I’ve never changed the battery. This is a no shit true story.

 

[Ed Rooney]

I know that this sounds like BS but it’s absolutely true. I have the same G-Shock that I got in 1989 and it’s still keeping accurate time and I’ve never changed the battery. This is a no shit true story.

I hear stories like this every so often. The big battery drains are the light, and the alarm/beep. If you did not do much of that, the battery tends to go for a long time. That and you happened to get a good lithium.

I have a solar g-shock, so no battery worries. The one from the pic is a new one from the PX, ordered online.

 

[coolhandluke]

Wearing my 42mm Hamilton Khaki (on a Haveston bakelite single pass canvas strap) along with the Bronson L-2 today...

 

[Pilot]

I hear stories like this every so often. The big battery drains are the light, and the alarm/beep. If you did not do much of that, the battery tends to go for a long time. That and you happened to get a good lithium.

I have a solar g-shock, so no battery worries. The one from the pic is a new one from the PX, ordered online.

100% agree…very sturdy and rugged.
My Casio’s issued to me end of 1980 early 90ies
I don’t wear them anymore.
Photo from my PC.

 

[Ritchy]

These are mine, I don't wear them much anymore but this topic made me want to wear them again.

 

[JonnyCrow]

These are mine, I don't wear them much anymore but this topic made me want to wear them again.
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I used to have watch mania haha I only have 3 or 4 now, my fav is a old Wilsons New York 60's black face skin diver watch with a Bond/NATO style strap, works beautifully still though, just the lume doesn't power so good

 

[JonnyCrow]

My early 60's Wilson Super Deluxe New York skin diver watch

 

[Ed Rooney]

100% agree…very sturdy and rugged.
My Casio’s issued to me end of 1980 early 90ies
I don’t wear them anymore.
Photo from my PC.
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The bottom one is the classic DW-6600, the Navy Seals G-shock as worn by Chris Kyle. Worth a few hundred $$ now.

 

[JonnyCrow]

And now it's done, I bought the chronograph of my dreams !
I have just taken some photos in an appropriate context :


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Nice Kermit, some of the luftwaffe helmets I used to own

 

[coolhandluke]

Nethuns Scuba 500...it's just an entry level Chinese microbrand using a Seiko NH35 movement, but has some decent specs for the cost. I really like the Tudor Black Bay-esque styling in a Seiko 62 Mas type case. It came on a silicone strap, which I replaced with a riveted Tudor style bracelet from Strapcode. The photo makes it look much larger on the wrist than it actually appears in person.

 

[Yogie]

Todays watch is a cheap chinese Benyar BY-5176 Black Bay Pelagos .

 

[JonnyCrow]

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Yogie I've had a few Chinese clones, some good, some bad, my favs are Parnis and Corgeut

 

[JonnyCrow]

Another of my most wearable, Seiko 5 model 1991,

 

[Cyril]

Vintage 1961 Omega, next to a Monarch G-1 (AER)

 

[Ed Rooney]

Built this as a present for my son. I had to stain the hands with coffee to match the dial.