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Interesting Omegas seen at a (mainly) Rolex GTG

watchlovr
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I was invited to "Issued in london 2", a GTG involving mainly "issued" watches, Military, Comex, that sort of thing.
in among the mainly Rolex event were some special Longines, Tudor, Patek and some Omega.
There were 20+ Milsubs, a similar amount of Comex.
I saw 4 X military Seamster 300's, 1 X PAF Flightmaster (pictured), several unissued Speedies and most importantly, 2 X NASA issued Speedmasters, one attached to a NASA glove!
Anyway please see the photos for more details.
The photos were taken from the "Gherkin" building in the city of London, followed by a private viewing of Phillips auction house's latest offerings.
Great weekend, great people, great watches, enjoy.
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Some more snaps:
A view of London from the Gherkin and some close ups of the 2nd NASA Speedster

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Wow... what a great get together !

Is there a remote chance that any of the British Military watches were aboard HMS Belfast in the past (as seen on the Thames in the last photo) ?
 
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That would be cool, wouldn't it? Sadly it is doubtful as she retired from service in 1963.
The SM300's I saw were from 69 and 70. (165.024)
There was an early ultra rare HS (Hydrographic Survey) SM300 (166.014) from 1962 however?

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Wow... what a great get together !

Is there a remote chance that any of the British Military watches were aboard HMS Belfast in the past (as seen on the Thames in the last photo) ?
 
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I thought so. My understanding is that the PAF flyboys did not see why they'd be wearing a railmaster so got the name changed to something more suitable.
It was lovely.
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interesting flightmaster!
 
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the omega railmaster, labelled flightmaster, was issued to Peru/FAP. not PAF, which is Pakistani Airforce. They had seamaster on the dial of the railmaster.kind regards. achim
 
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Thanks Achim, too many glasses of Champagne I guess!

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the omega railmaster, labelled flightmaster, was issued to Peru/FAP. not PAF, which is Pakistani Airforce. They had seamaster on the dial of the railmaster.kind regards. achim
 
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Wow. Absolutely crazy. Would have loved to have been there. Thanks for sharing.
 
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BTW the Ploprof you see in the report is a Comex prototype, Phillips has another one for sale, that makes 3 I know of.
 
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Has anyone else tried this Geiger counter?
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