Now I'm worried. :shock:
Type: Posts; User: Crusader
Now I'm worried. :shock:
I thought you knew better John. :wink:
Eddie[/quote]
A deplorable moment of weakness ... easily worth striking 5,000 posts of john's post count. :twisted: :D :wink:
An excellent choice of thread to record your question for posterity. :?
No we won't. :D [/quote]
I must have misunderstood you. :P :lol: :wink:
Wow, we'll be having a quartz Speedbird! :P :wink:
Hear, hear! :D
Well argued, and a touch of the "original" won't hurt the SB3 indeed. 8)
Thanks, Brian - I must have overlooked that.
I am curious that you find the Quad too thick ... I am usually a stickler for flat watches (my main gripe with the 7750-movement), but I find the...
My understanding is that the Quad 10 is too long (52mm), and too heavy ... I haven't heard complaints about its height (12.95mm, about the same as the PRS-53's 12.75mm) per se, but I may have...
Martin, will you (once again) please explain to me why I need to care about this part of the spec? Isn't this only possible aboard aircraft, and even then, very unlikely to be experienced by a...
Seconded. I might add that since Fricker is making the case, it would be good to test the crystal against loss of outside pressure to 0.3 bar (0.7 below normal); that will be the same rating that IWC...
Sold out, and no point in a new run, what with the SB3 in the wings, I assume.
Too bad that the extra millimeter of the 2824 cannot be compensated by slimming the antimagnetic case. Of course, 40'000 A/m is a moot point in this case, I was just trying to find a way to keep the...
Good point, Kamraj.
The spring bars on the 656 are really too close to the case, limiting the choice of straps that can be mounted on the watch due to their thickness (i.e. longer lugs would be...
Just to put the 40'000 and 80'000 A/m antimagnetic rating in perspective, the original specs for the Mark 11 called for an antimagnetic rating of 12'000 A/m. (Admittedly, the actual antimagnetic...
44mm is the lug-to-lug length of the IWC Fliegerchrono 3740/3741, and possibly of the Mark XII (diameter 36mm). The XV must be bigger by at least 2mm.
Here are some lug-to-lug measurements from my...
:shock: :shock: :shock: If the admitted lead time is 18 months now already ... one wonders when the movements would really be available! :P :roll: :lol: :wink:
Any chance of a slimmer...
Eddie's original proposal was patterned after the IWC Mark XV which has a 38mm case and 19mm lugs ... but I would hope that the lugs would be broadened to a very sensible and versatile 20mm width.
I consider this excellent news as well. :D
Tim, while a manual watch may be very desirable for this community, the attractiveness of such a watch with acrylic crystal (with a screw-down bezel, by the way) for Eddie's business may be an...
Never took a liking to the short (towards the dial center) hour marks of the JLC, nor the uninspired second hand. :?
The RAF stopped procuring the JLC Mark 11 when it turned out that it was...
Oh, the rashness ofm young puppies ... :roll: :wink:
Watch projects must mature like good cheese or wine, and the length of time required falls somewhere in between. :P
What's "MOP"? Mother-of-pearl?
Never mind the Speedbird case ... get a PRS-53 and its beautifully domed acrylic from Eddie, and add the Yao dial and hands!
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Never mind the Speedbird case ... get a PRS-53 and its beautifully domed acrylic and add the Yao dial and hands!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v629/Lobebaer/Mark%20MCXLVIII/Mk1148_wrist2.jpg
Only 5 atmospheres = 50 meters (I think you require ten, rather than 100 atm), and a beautifully domed acrylic instead of the sapphire:
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