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You need to buy some lottery tickets quick - those are high on any space watch collector’s list - including mine!

A great addition to your collection.

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Jon.

That looks fantastic but you’ll need the white dial version to go with it, possibly a Porco Rosso Navitimer too?

One of my favourite films, especially the phantom squadron sequence borrowed from...

Brilliant - thanks for finding that.

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Jon.

That’s interesting, never heard of one of those before.

Do you know if NASA posts the results of anything like this on its website or is there a live feed - NASA has those on Youtube?

Thanks...

Many scenes in “The World’s Fastest Indian”, the story of Burt Munro, played by Anthony Hopkins are my favourites.

The opening scenes testing his Scout in the early hours, his arrival at...

Wow, that brings back some memories. I think my first half decent watch must have come from Argos - pretty sure I had the gold version of that Smiths “digital” watch which is item number 5 in the...

Yes, saw that - reckon I’d probably be in the same boat as Tony otherwise!

I’m sticking to vintage in future.

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Jon.

£250 for a Mk3 Zodiac in the early ‘80s. Added a Raymond Mays head, twin SUs on a chrome manifold and a six branch later on, blew the bottom end and the diff’, then dropped in a 302 and C4 box out of...

Last year I was talking to CW Sellors (I think) about a new Sinn 140 and they eventually offered a discount and interest-free but would not put it in writing until I agreed - impression was they...

I’ve found it a good resource - I’ve seen so many vintage watches on there that I’d never heard of before and found lots of interesting watch modders.

One thing though, there seems to be an...

I had a 9015 in a Helson Skindiver and an Ancon Tank and they were the most accurate watches I gave owned - very impressive.

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Jon.

Burying things in the garden then forgetting where seems quite common.

Sir Malcolm Campbell buried all of his car racing trophies etc in his garden at the start of WW2 when invasion was...

Bit of an old thread revival but just saw this whilst searching for something else.

I have a NOS Mickey Mouse watch, exactly the same as Buzz’s.

One of the problems with collecting watches is...

Thank you - that was whispering “Come and get me”, like Curly’s gold. Really like that Citizen.

I’ll never save up for a Lemania Cosmonaut with all these distractions - this place is so bad for...

Have you bought it yet?

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Jon.

A Fortis Cosmonaut (preferably Lemania 5100) and an Omega X-33 are on my list.

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Jon

Hmm, as well as a couple of Bremonts I own a Speedmaster, a Big Eye Avigation and just bought a G-SHOCK 5600E to which I’ve added a metal case and bracelet but I do not fit the criteria. Damn! Better...

Good question! Shame on me for forgetting about the Ducati - a beautiful bike. I meant the Porsche but it was meant as a compliment - I used to own a Mk1 GT3 years ago and it was a good car. Trouble...

I was recently in the same position a couple of months ago and chose the Hesalite Pro. For me that was the right decision and certainly no regrets, even if the FOIS is now discontinued. The FOIS...

Yes, Bremont seem to have taken over from Breitling with sales to the military and to pilots generally. I’m interested to see whether Breitling’s new leadership will let that go or tackle it. The...

Regarding the comments here on Sinn, that’s one of my favourite brands. My first decent watch was a 757 UTC which may still be owned by someone on this forum - bought it in 2007 I think.

My...

Ah, makes sense, presenting a watch each time would be expensive. Interesting link, thanks for posting. If you buy the MB1 I think they engrave your club number on the caseback?

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Jon.

Well, that’s what the bloke at Martin Baker said, something about withstanding up to 30G if I recall. I suspect many watches may have been damaged when they hit something on exiting the cockpit,...

Good review, thanks. I have one on a Bulova A15 reissue and it looks perfect, “Looks OEM’ as one friend said.

I’m very impressed with the Komfits and their Beads of Rice too.

Excellent service...

I’m sure you all know this but the story behind the MB is quite interesting too - presumably due to their aviation links the English brothers were asked by Martin Baker to build a watch that would...