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Good morning all. Wearing the 41mm SMPc today. With all due respect to the current version, this model is still the one to own in my humble opinion. If you’re going to have a one watch collection (perish the thought!), this watch is a serious contender.
 
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Yes, that’s an 1861 Speedmaster on an Aqua Terra blue rubber deployant. Just goofing around with straps on a rainy morning…

 
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Good morning all. Wearing the 41mm SMPc today. With all due respect to the current version, this model is still the one to own in my humble opinion. If you’re going to have a one watch collection (perish the thought!), this watch is a serious contender.

Agreed!
 
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WAKMANN
watch supplied by watch maker ALSTA WATCH COMPANY
Caliber: Swiss Made, A. Schild’s (AS) 1906 high grade automatic, 17 jewels

misc:
The Wakmann Watch Company was founded in the state of New York in 1946, and began importing, assembling, and manufacturing SWISS MADE timepieces for the American market. This is due to the tax structure of the era that enforced substantial duties on the importation of Swiss wristwatches. Wakmann saw opportunity in their industry by partnering with various SWISS watch makers who supplied the brand with watch components to be given a final assembly, and later sold in the US under the WAKMANN label. WAKMANN was eventually bought and taken over by Breitling which most ppl associate the brand with.
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Headed to TGM [my second viewing] with a pilot buddy…going all out wearing ALL my Navy issued flight gear…AND also wearing my beloved 1986 6309-7049 which I purchased new at the NAS Whiting Field NEX in 1987 during Navy primary pilot training…AND also wearing the 6309’s little brother, the SRP777…good times…👍