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pitpro
·SWISS Made Accutron Astronaut GMT with Bakelite bezel and Bullet Band Hmmmmmmm
Show us your "Hummers"
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vmh
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Pvt-Public
·I would but she would kill me ! 
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And mine says 'hi'!
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pitpro
·Here's another.
Astronaut DayNight GMT with coffin Kreisler band.
Good enough for Cooper and Carpenter, good enough for me. 😀
Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper weigh in
Ed Carpenter eating lunch with his daughter.
Astronaut DayNight GMT with coffin Kreisler band.
Good enough for Cooper and Carpenter, good enough for me. 😀
Gordon Cooper
Gordon Cooper weigh in
Ed Carpenter eating lunch with his daughter.
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Apa
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberBought it purely on the basis of aesthetics, but apparently the Landeron 4750 movement is also a pretty good one.
Oh, and also a compressor case!
Oh, and also a compressor case!
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Tom Dick
·Although I know I've already show this one off on this tread I couldn't resist putting some more pics up, I've been wearing it for the last fortnight and I love it and a few people has asked me for some more pics.
This is one of two radial dial speedsonics I have, the other has a very worn dial and is only the movement, dial and hands (still hunting for a new star case for that one)
This on however is complete and in all its glory, no serial number just 12 engraved on the movement plate, note also the non Swiss radial dial.
Pretty cool things are very very rare! Only ever seen two others, one in the Alaska display in Bienne and one for sale through the Sachs brothers
12 - 18 of these went to NASA for testing in 1978 along with 16 11003's and 54 radial dial moon watches
This is by far most precious hummer
This is one of two radial dial speedsonics I have, the other has a very worn dial and is only the movement, dial and hands (still hunting for a new star case for that one)
This on however is complete and in all its glory, no serial number just 12 engraved on the movement plate, note also the non Swiss radial dial.
Pretty cool things are very very rare! Only ever seen two others, one in the Alaska display in Bienne and one for sale through the Sachs brothers
12 - 18 of these went to NASA for testing in 1978 along with 16 11003's and 54 radial dial moon watches
This is by far most precious hummer
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rogart
·Some of my latest "hummers" .I which the bezel where as nice as the one @Northernman s 198.029 . But can't have it all. I have an old bezel that i am thinking of having laseredged in original type. Tropic looking good @omegastar 😀
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Northernman
··LemaniacAwesome Spaceview!! I have my stepfather's vintage one ... He wore it every day for over twenty years. It's one of the early 1960s models - I haven't been able to source a battery for it in almost a decade.
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rogart
·I like your watch though 😀 and i think it's a rather rare little bird?
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Tony C.
··Ωf Jury memberThe Helbros probably has a PUW 1001 or 2001 movement . A electronic movement that has a balance like a usual movement . But the Hummers has a movement with tuning forks that vibrates at high pitch. That is what makes the humming sound. If you listen to a Helbros you will only hear a ticking sound from the balance wheel. Take a look at http://electric-watches.co.uk/
I like your watch though 😀 and i think it's a rather rare little bird?
Ah, thank you! That makes good sense, and it shows how little I know about the genre.
And yes, this Helbros model isn't easy to find.
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vmh
·The Helbros probably has a PUW 1001 or 2001 movement . A electronic movement that has a balance like a usual movement . But the Hummers has a movement with tuning forks that vibrates at high pitch. That is what makes the humming sound. If you listen to a Helbros you will only hear a ticking sound from the balance wheel. Take a look at http://electric-watches.co.uk/
I like your watch though 😀 and i think it's a rather rare little bird?
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vmh
·You cannot even call the Helbros a electronic watch like those hummers because there is no electronic inside it. Only a moving coil and a magnet, it is a pure electric watch.
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