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16 March 2019, 05:46 AM | #31 | |
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as usual technology trumps the old methods so I use a program called Skydemon for navigation. but tend to use the stopwatch function on my speedy to record fuel tank change elapsed time as a backup. |
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Thanks much, Lee!
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It's funny that you pointed out all those details about the watch, as many of them were aspects I observed myself when I was choosing this piece. Mind you, the actual purchase happened when a mint pre-owned came about from a dealer I trust, but before that I'd spent a long time admiring pilot watches and determining what I would want in a piece for myself. Some challenges I faced in the hunt were either the watches were a little too big and thick for my taste (IWC's big pilot comes to mind, beautiful as it is), had a date which ruined the design (I'm looking at you, Longines Heritage 1935 - Czech Air Force reedition) or were a little too plain for my linking in the long term (like the IWC Mark XII LE of a couple years back). The Vintage Pilot, I found, presented a solution to all those points, with an added flair of history to the model. As a final fun fact, it is powered by a manual wind caliber based on the Jones pocket watch movement, which is pretty cool: Quote:
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16 March 2019, 09:37 AM | #33 |
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Picked up this Stowa Flieger last month and added a Colareb leather strap.
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17 March 2019, 04:51 AM | #34 |
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I wouldn't quite say it is a pilot watch (no large numerals, no numbers at all) but a watch for pilots nonetheless.
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23 May 2019, 01:46 AM | #35 |
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Bump!
I'm sure there are more pilot's watches out there! |
6 June 2019, 02:25 AM | #36 |
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Giving this awesome thread a well deserved bump.
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6 June 2019, 03:09 AM | #37 |
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My IWC WWW and Mark XVI:
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8 June 2019, 01:13 AM | #39 |
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Great pics, guys. Love the WWII piece. The "dirty dozen" was always a group of watches that fascinated me.
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8 June 2019, 02:30 AM | #40 |
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8 June 2019, 12:36 PM | #41 |
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Great looking Stowa! It's not as nice nor does it contain as many European components as an IWC but it would probably be my choice if I were to get a flieger, as it has no date, an understated logo, and is available for a reasonable price. I wish IWC would produce something like this (i.e., no date and 36-40mm!) at a more reasonable price than their current offerings.
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8 June 2019, 02:51 PM | #42 | |
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I would have gotten an IWC myself but they wear a bit too large for my taste. It was my next best choice for this type of watch. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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9 June 2019, 01:11 AM | #43 |
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Circa WWII.
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9 June 2019, 04:42 AM | #44 |
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This is the best I can do on this subject
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15 June 2019, 07:55 AM | #45 |
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This was on today.
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19 June 2019, 12:00 AM | #48 |
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My Humble pilot
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19 June 2019, 01:16 PM | #49 |
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small one
with blue dial
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23 June 2019, 01:58 AM | #50 |
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Currently, my only Pilot's watch: IWC Pilot's Chronograph IW377724 on a custom ABP Concept strap.
This was an e-commence only 'Tribute' to the 3705/3706. IWC released it for a very short period of time starting in April 2018: IWC29 |
24 June 2019, 11:24 AM | #51 |
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Sweet IWCs, guys. Love that chrono.
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25 June 2019, 02:09 AM | #53 |
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Here is mine
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........and the very first pilot watch ever, now in an improved larger size.
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This one gets more comments than any watch I wear. It's quite nice in person. |
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