It’s been eight years since I wore my pro diver while recovering the bell from my father’s ship off of Malta

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Here’s the story.

Long before I was born, when Germany invaded Poland, my father fled Poland and made his way to Portugal on foot where he took a steamer to England. There he joined the Polish navy in absentia and was on several different ships.

In June 1940 he was aboard the ORP Kujawiak (formerly HMS Oakley) during operation harpoon to resupply Malta. They lost several British combat ships and several freighters during the convoy. Late on the night…

It’s been eight years since I wore my pro diver while recovering the bell from my father’s ship off of Malta

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WWII era Omega 30T2 SC in large 35.5mm size.

This is a lovely and very wearable 35.5 mm Omega in an uncommon screwback case. Serial mumber puts production some time between 1940 and 1944.

Watch doesn’t appear to have ever been polished. Drilled lugs. Beautiful dial and hands.

These are beco…

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