What a wild ride it has been. I am done boys! 35 years of professional flying, and I have had enough. I spent 23 years flying in the Army and the Air Force and almost 18 years at Atlas AIr. I am so grateful that I was able to fly for a living, but I ha…
Continue readingElliot Brown SAS watch
Hi Guys
thought you might be interested
my best pal, ex SAS 17yrs, showed me this, which some of the lads commissioned from Elliot Brown. The Kris knife is their symbol owning to their reforming in the Malayan campaign in 1951. The 51 second marker wa…
July 20, 1969
I was in a hotel room in Las Vegas and watched the first landing on the moon on TV…
Do you remember where you were?
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Continue readingA-13A Flyback has arrived!
Just got this today. Now I own the original quartz and the latest mechanical version of the A-13A. The mechanical version is naturally more expensive as it contains a specialized Dubois-Depraz movement, but there’s other refinements like an improved textured caseback, calfskin strap, polished bezel that’s a separate piece, and improved lume. Check it twice on the timegrapher and both times it averaged less than 1 spd error over 5 positions. I did notice something kinda strange about the…
Continue readingLongines DH from 1942
Reposted from the Longines forum:
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32mm, searched the list of Longines logos can’t find an *exact match.
seeing curren…
military-style watches
Good evening,
I have seen that many watch companies sell military-style watches, the so-called pilot and field watches.
I am referring to IWC, Breitling, Bremont, Micromilspec, Ball, Yema, MAT (Mer, Air, Terre), but also Stowa, Laco, Sinn, Dekla, Ham…
pilot watch field watch
Good evening,
What is the difference between a pilot watch and a field watch?
It is clear that when the two types of watches were created, they were made with a purpose, having certain characteristics: to be used by pilots in the cockpit of the plane…
Large military watch
I am looking for a very large military watch. I have big hands and wrists and own a Marathon GSAR, but it’s so small on my wrist. I haven’t seen a JSAR in person, but I know it’s bigger.
Continue readingDoes anyone know of a high quality military watch thats very large?
Appreciate the help.
D-Day…
Your favourite military watch – field, dive or pilot?
I was curious as to what people considered the ultimate category of a military watch to be?
Personally, I prefer military dive watches…
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