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The pilot’s watch thread

  1. ras47 Jun 16, 2019

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    Lookitthat, a pilot's pocket watch! Huh.
     
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  2. Pvt-Public Jun 16, 2019

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    @Mad Dog ,
    Love the Elgin. I tend to end up with the Hamiltons 992's. Couldn't the Railroad Engineers be sort of considered pilots. Timetables/schedules, long distance, passenger count, freight. Just a thought.
     
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  3. D YOUNG Jun 16, 2019

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  4. barmy Jun 17, 2019

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    Designed by the master
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    When pilots frequently sat exposed to the elements
     
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  5. Larry S Color Commentator for the Hyperbole. Jun 17, 2019

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  6. barmy Jun 17, 2019

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    The lever locks the bezel
     
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  7. X vintage Jun 17, 2019

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    An exquisite thread indeed.

    In all my flights i used to wear this:
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    But i do consider myself lucky enough to own these as well:
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    This is actually my wife's watch...
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    And these are long sold:
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    X
     
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  8. SpeedyPhill Founder Of Aussie Cricket Blog Mark Waugh Universe Jun 19, 2019

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    Apollo 17 lunar EVA training featured a Rolex GMT master pilot's watch worn on a lunar surface flown A7LB spacesuit...
    IMHO it doesn't get any better...
    Read the developing story at RolexMagazine ---> https://www.rolexmagazine.com/
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  9. OMTOM Jun 19, 2019

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    Tom's Mark V.jpg

    The equivalent of a wrist shot!
    Omega Mark V ‘aviator watch’ from 1917, World War I. Ref.123.19, calibre 19’’’LOB Cs.
    The watch clipped into a bracket on the instrument panel – a real pilot’s watch! Presumably one of the earliest watches produced particularly for pilots.
     
  10. OMTOM Jun 19, 2019

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    Tom's thin arrow.jpg

    Five pages on OmegaForums and no ‘thin arrow’!

    Well-known from 1953, chronometer-standard calibre 30 T3 283RS, government marking 6B/542. Anti-magnetic with a 1mm ‘mumetal’ screening disc inside the caseback, produced because of growing concerns about the amount of magnetic influence in cockpits.

    Withdrawn because of concerns about the radium lume – re-issued re-dialled with tritium lume with the ‘fat arrow’ (a couple of examples in the thread above).
    So many concerns!
    The fore-runner of the Railmaster.
     
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  11. Alpha Kilt Owner, Beagle Parent, Omega Collector Jun 19, 2019

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    Residing at the lower end of the market these days ;)

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  12. Dash1 Jun 20, 2019

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    My Navitimer - and I have used the slide rule function for flights(!)
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    My regular Speedy that I sometimes use to time flights. Poor picture but I was probably looking at the view out the window more...
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  13. Börn Sep 21, 2019

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    My Laco Fliegeruhren.
     
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  14. maanu Sep 21, 2019

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  15. Börn Sep 21, 2019

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    That is quite a collection. Do you fly?
     
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  16. Foo2rama Keeps his worms in a ball instead of a can. Sep 21, 2019

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  17. maanu Sep 21, 2019

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    no, I do not fly or dive but love collecting vintage watches.
     
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  18. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Sep 22, 2019

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    The modern Speedy Gonzales Moonwatch is a good watch for the pointy end...and if you have an Omega replica NASA strap handy...it’s a good loaner watch to plastic NASA astronauts...

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  19. Mad Dog rockpaperscissorschampion Sep 22, 2019

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    For the record...

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  20. Spruce Sunburst dial fan Sep 22, 2019

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    Not only my first pilot watch, but my only watch, pilot or otherwise, for quite a few years!
    Ultimately, I got fed up with the 'kinetic' rattle.
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