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KevinB
·Great movie, only problem I had was that no matter how much effort they put into the exact Spit version, the air combat scenes never felt convincing when using those Hispanos iso the real deal Bf's
Dunkirk Film and the Supermarine Spitfire
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Dre
·The watch ticking noise in the background is apparently Nolan's own pocket watch, been trying to find out what it is from the moment I left the cinema. Anyone has any clue?
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propervinyl
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This is seriously, seriously cool.
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GuiltyBoomerang
·Was there a real one in there somewhere?
At least two of the Spitfires were real, while the Me109 was a licensed copy from another country. Other planes were large RC models. They had to fit the IMAX cameras in specially built pods on the plane. Some of the mini ferries in the film were actually used during the real battle as well.
-Courtesy of Wikipedia-
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dennisthemenace
·At least two of the Spitfires were real, while the Me109 was a licensed copy from another country. Other planes were large RC models. They had to fit the IMAX cameras in specially built pods on the plane. Some of the mini ferries in the film were actually used during the real battle as well.
-Courtesy of Wikipedia-
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Larry S
··Color Commentator for the Hyperbole.I'm not so sure IMAX was being used in 1969.
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2ar2c1
·my wife hates fast movement loud movies in movie theaters
the wife wears ear plugs in loud movies 😀
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doog
·Great movie, only problem I had was that no matter how much effort they put into the exact Spit version, the air combat scenes never felt convincing when using those Hispanos iso the real deal Bf's
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COYI
·Last month I visited the RAF museum in Hendon. It's well worth a visit if you want to see some historic aeroplanes close up. You can even sit in a Spitfire cockpit.
Here's my WWC with a Spitfire in the background.
Here's my WWC with a Spitfire in the background.
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watchos
·Here's some information on the watch he wore:
“WATCHSPOTTING: The story behind the Omega watch that plays a pivotal role in Dunkirk on the wrist of Tom Hardy”
http://timeandtidewatches.com/watch...al-role-in-dunkirk-on-the-wrist-of-tom-hardy/
“WATCHSPOTTING: The story behind the Omega watch that plays a pivotal role in Dunkirk on the wrist of Tom Hardy”
http://timeandtidewatches.com/watch...al-role-in-dunkirk-on-the-wrist-of-tom-hardy/
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river rat
·Did any one notice he showed how the Omega weems bezel was used to figure fuel consumption that was the cool part. Most of the early pilot watches all had bezel of some kind for that.
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river rat
·Here is my only RAF watch issued in the time of Dunkirk and the battle of Britain A odd one with a Denison case but Waltham movement has a small 870 movement that had a spacer in the case. Bought it as a fluke found out it was real on the MWR forum only seen a few of them.
You can see the issue date 1940 on the issue marks I guess the first issued Waltham of WW2. To me this has history being military and Waltham and Denison getting together one last time before Denison moved to England from the US to start a watch case co he was one of the founders of Waltham.
You can see the issue date 1940 on the issue marks I guess the first issued Waltham of WW2. To me this has history being military and Waltham and Denison getting together one last time before Denison moved to England from the US to start a watch case co he was one of the founders of Waltham.
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Kmart
·Visited the Military Aviation Museum in VA beach today and they have an airworthy Spitfire in their collection -- among an amazing selection of other great WWII / WWI aircraft (including a Hawker Hurricane, of course). Highly recommend!
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immustard
·Visited the Military Aviation Museum in VA beach today and they have an airworthy Spitfire in their collection -- among an amazing selection of other great WWII / WWI aircraft (including a Hawker Hurricane, of course). Highly recommend!
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Hattrick
·Last month I visited the RAF museum in Hendon. It's well worth a visit if you want to see some historic aeroplanes close up. You can even sit in a Spitfire cockpit.
Here's my WWC with a Spitfire in the background.
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Tire-comedon
·Here's some information on the watch he wore:
“WATCHSPOTTING: The story behind the Omega watch that plays a pivotal role in Dunkirk on the wrist of Tom Hardy”
http://timeandtidewatches.com/watch...al-role-in-dunkirk-on-the-wrist-of-tom-hardy/
Mine says hello :
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Traveler
·Too bad the hands are not original on the weems used in the movie. There were no luminous ones...
Mine says hello :
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Tire-comedon
·I think the picture used in the article was just grabbed off the net, not of the one from the film - I think the film one was just black hands like yours...
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Speedmasterfan88
·Too bad the hands are not original on the weems shown on this page. There were no luminous ones...
Mine says hello :
Anyway, the watch is great. But can someone, @Tire-comedon , explain how the bezel/second crown arrangement works, how it's used? As there is no inner rotating bezel from what I can see and it's just a three hander, it's beyond me how you would measure fuel usage with this? Much appreciated!
Cheers,
Max
