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Omega Moscow Olympics 1980 with Misha the Bear

  1. Shabbaz Oct 2, 2021

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    I thought it would be funny to share this real odity. It's a 48mm watch with a caliber 40.6L.T.1 which was produced between 1923 and 1936. The dial features Misha the bear (the mascotte of the 1980 Moscow Olympics). I did'nt find any similar watch on the web. 62 countries, from which the US was one of them, boycotted the Olympics. The Soviet Union had the most medals, followed by East Germany. We have a couple of snoopy fans here, but I'm with Misha The Bear.
     
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  2. Fritz genuflects before the mighty quartzophobe Oct 2, 2021

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    Ouch... textbook bad Ukrainian pocket watch, very scary!

    i could loose sleep over this one!
     
  3. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Oct 2, 2021

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    Fantasy

    I thought I’d seen most of them. But new ones always appear.
     
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  4. belok Nov 23, 2021

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    Wow! I'd take one
     
  5. aleksejeremeev Dec 23, 2021

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    Homemade WATCH
     
  6. daderaz Jan 10, 2022

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    I'm old enough to remember that bear....
     
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  7. JwRosenthal Jan 10, 2022

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    Wait, there was a 1980 Olympics? Oh that’s right- my country boycotted those. I guess it seemed like a bold stance at the time :rolleyes:
    Tell that to the poor Olympiad’s that trained their whole lives for it.
     
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  8. kev1976t Jan 21, 2022

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    I had no idea countries boycotted the 1980 Olympics
     
  9. belok Jan 21, 2022

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    ::facepalm1::
     
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  10. redhed18 Mar 25, 2022

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    Dude he was 4. :D

    Where is "Moskow" a legitimate spelling of that city anyway?
     
  11. justacpa Apr 28, 2022

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    Hang on to that watch. The way things are going now anything Russian will be purged from society. You may have to own it in secret, but eventually it would be worth a fortune.
     
  12. Omegafanman Apr 28, 2022

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    All together now…….’’There's a brown bear and Olympic Rings Tra la la la la la’’