Have any of you chaps put a bracelet on your steel Navigator? I have an Arctic White version currently on a Bond one-piece, but I really want to put a fairly light bracelet on it. Any suggestions? I kind of like mesh bracelets, but a lot of the bett…
Continue readingWhat have I got now….?
So seriously I don’t have much of a clue about this one but it was smiling at me and the price was right (I think/hope) so after a few beers I hit the atm and brought it home.
Seller claims it was manufactured by Hamilton, I believe he’s knowledgeabl…
Continue readingWhat’s up with field watches and lack of water resistance?
A couple of years ago I started getting into field watches, before that I'd been mainly a dive watch guy.
My first foray into the wonderful world of field watches was a Hamilton Khaki King. I love everything about that watch except the measly 5 a…
Continue readingFinal flight in the Queen. I’m retired!
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…
