NAAFI delivered Speedmasters here (and other NAAFI DELIVERED WATCHES!)

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Tri-national-man

·May 31, 2018

mr_yossarian

did you keep it when you sold the watch??

Ha ha.. No.. But had to skip through 10,000 photos to find it..

 

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gminnj

·May 31, 2018

I’m in the club...

 

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shishy

·Jun 3, 2018

Are you kidding me... even more reason to love this watch.

 

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padders

·Jun 4, 2018·Oooo subtitles!

gminnj

I’m in the club...

Note the 1.2m jump in serials between my April ‘66 Ed White and this June ‘66 model. I know the straight lugs weren’t big sellers once the Pro had been released, maybe they made them in small batches. Anyone ever seen a 23m serial EW? Or Pro for that matter?

Edited: Jun 4, 2018

 

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ConElPueblo

·Jun 4, 2018

G Geo7863

The guy is dreaming big style, 16K just because it came from one shop which was in or attached to a Military Base.. whoopsie doo,...

A lot of civilians seem to put some value in it - surely only people who've never been in one would do that.

 

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padders

·Jun 4, 2018·Oooo subtitles!

It’s easy to be cynical when clowns are asking silly premiums but anything out of the ordinary on an extract does add interest to a piece IMO. I would rather have a NAAFI delivered watch than one from Meister or Tiffany since there all you really have is some badly printed advertising for a Jeweller bang in the middle of the dial. The market rather disagrees with me on this point though! I have been in several NAAFI establishments and no they aren’t all that impressive to be honest but then they don’t sell Omegas any more.

Edited: Jun 4, 2018

 

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Andy K

·Jun 4, 2018

padders

It’s easy to be cynical when clowns are asking silly premiums but anything out of the ordinary on an extract does add interest to a piece IMO.

Yep, that’s my take as well.

 

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RCAFBuster

·Jun 28, 2018

Mine is a Birthyear, Military(NAAFI) provenance. 1961 2998-4
Cheers,
Buster

 

Omega 2998-4 Extract - Copy.jpg - 2.3 MB

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gminnj

·Jun 28, 2018

padders

Note the 1.2m jump in serials between my April ‘66 Ed White and this June ‘66 model. I know the straight lugs weren’t big sellers once the Pro had been released, maybe they made them in small batches. Anyone ever seen a 23m serial EW? Or Pro for that matter?

I often wonder about these serial number mysteries myself...

I can’t recall seeing a 23M Ed White, but maybe someone else has.

 

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jimmyd13

·Jun 28, 2018

I'd never noticed this thread before. Here's a Mark II:

 

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MCC

·Jun 28, 2018

Some very nice watches in this thread and I love the old NAAFI adverts.

 

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tikkathree

·Jun 29, 2018

Tri-national-man

Lets see how many are out there..
I’ll start...
145.012-67
105.012-66(CB)

There are times, honestly, when it comes to Speedmasters that I really have no idea what I'm supposed to be looking at and thinking.

 

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Reborn

·Jun 29, 2018

I think having the NAAFI record would really make a watch quite special

 

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jimmyd13

·Jun 30, 2018

I should probably have added this photo to the one above:

 

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jetkins

·Jun 30, 2018

Sadly, the NAAFI is going away in the next few years. https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/406153/Naafi-to-shut-up-shop-after-century-of-service

 

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simonsays

·Jun 30, 2018

Not naafi but related

 

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Croweater

·Jul 3, 2018

I bought my Dynamic in the NAAFI in Detmold,BFPO 41 if my memory serves me right.