If it is an invitation so here is my

 

Cowabanga!

 

Watch and pic courteous of Gavin a few days ago (Thanks again Gavin )

 

My pleasure and wear it in good health my friend.

 

Sorry for being late. I had planned for a new and better picture of this one today but my work day became extremely hectic - not a second to spare. Just came home (23.00 here).

Well - better late than never

Turtle tuesday

 

Egad! Almost missed Turtle Tuesday.

 

Later that same day...

 

gorgeous!

 

Taxonomy has no place here.

 

I believe u meant taxidermy...

 

No, I had it right.

Taxidermy clearly has a place of honor on OF.

 

It is Turtle Tuesday again! And again - for this tuesday I rely on old merits. But this time it actually has a purpose. At one time I had, what I believe, all known variants/versions of the turtles dials and cases and I took photos of them together.

I have not seen any other than the "white" and the "silver-grey" in steel cases and the two gold versions (the dial is actually made of gold) - let me call them "French" and "English" - in gold cases. Why "French" and "English"? It has to do with the wording and spelling - French = Chronometre Zenith Automatic and the English = Zenith Automatic Chronometer. Well, the norm is the "French" as there is only one "English" known. It was mine until I sold it to a collector here in Sweden. I still have the photos, though, of what has to be the biggest gathering of different turtles since they where separated at birth (and yes I anticipate a lot of pics from Cinderella, Upackmucus and friends)

So fellow turtle lovers - are there any other kind of dials out there?




Disregard the El Primero...concentrate on the good looking turtles instead...



Solo of the "English"

 

Wow... just wow! Thanks for the group shot - it cleared up the questions I had on the varients out there. The first thought that came to my mind when I saw the 4 turtles - TMNT and you being the wise old Sensei Splinter! Haha, tells u something about which generation I come from.

Do you still have the "English"? If so, DIBS!!

 

Here is the swedish collector mentioned above and he can tell that this is his absolute favorite…

 

Humble pie eaten. Totally forgot the white gold version. Strange that I forgot - as I know I have some pictures of a white one in my old computer. The one I have pictures of - uses another version of the white gold de luxe dial than the above. Found this (pic stolen/borrowed on the net) just now and I think it is similar with what I have seen before:



OK - any other versions I might have forgot?