I’m quite curious because there are bunch of WWI and WWII era watches that were used by soldiers and because they survived, it made me wonder if anyone from the military brought their military issued watches home and continued to wear them even after t…
Continue readingElgin A-17A legit or not?
Hello, pilot’s and mil timepieces board. First time posting here, as I’m primarily a vintage Accutron collector.
Continue readingI found this wonderful Elgin A-17A several years ago at an outdoor antique fair. I purchased it in a lot of 3 total pieces, with this being the main “target.”
While these pieces aren’t my forte I had more than a feeling this was something special and I thought it to be legit. I’ve done some research on it but felt it’s time to post here for some critique.
Having trouble…
Flieger und Kaffee (pilot watch and coffee)
I’ve been enjoying the “dive watch and coffee” thread so much I decided to post one for those of us who prefer pilot watches. So let’s see your fliegers and your cup of Joe. I’ll start. Guinand Flight Engineer paired with dark roast in a Farmall tracto…
Continue readingIslander Calverton (Flightmaster resurrected?!)
I just ordered the blue and yellow color way. I think Marc hit a home run with this and happy he put the time in to do justice to the original.
Movement: Seiko Epson YM62A Quartz Chronograph
Case: Stainless Steel, 41.8mm x 12.9mm, 48mm lug to lug
B…
New Benrus field watch (2025) – 34mm with ETA 2671 movement
Just heard about this. Benrus are releasing a new 34mm field watch soon. Not much is known about it yet, other than what is in this article:
https://usa.watchpro.com/benrus-launches-inaugural-collection/
"Among its most anticipated…
Continue readingCWC SBS vs Holton 101-001
I’ve admired both of these quartz watches for a while. Anyone own both? How do they compare?
Overall quality
Lume
Legibility
Crown/movement
Micro date on Holton actually readable
Etc
Also, which is actually issued these days to the SBS, if either? Ch…
Continue readingMilitary watches
My two only military watches, older Marathon Navigator acrylic crystal pop off back and my newer one, sapphire crystal and battery hatch
Continue readingPilot watches – esoteric functions – useful?
I’m not a pilot.
Continue readingI own a Hamilton Flight Timer ana-digi watch.
Mainly for the looks and fantastic time functions, alongside ease of use.
It has a “flight log” function and displays ISA temperature at various altitudes. I never use either.
It got me thinking – do pilots actually use functions such as these on a wrist-watch, in the real-world? My guess is that they don’t but I’m unqualified to say for sure.
Other examples with such functions are the Omega Z-33 and Omega X-33.
I also came…
LET’S SEE YOUR GMT/DUAL TIME WATCH
USBP 1924-2024 CENTENNIAL SANGIN PROFESSIONAL
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