Reply With QuoteVery nice catch, Rick well done.
I'm a newbie when it comes to watches, in fact I'd never even worn a watch until 6 odd weeks ago. Once bitten though, I needed to expand!
After a couple of cheap starter watches I decided I wanted something from my birth year, having quite a limited budget I started nosing around at some options.
My youth was spent at airshows, reading comic books like Commando and Warlord, my teenage years in the RAF cadets - all geared towards a life as a pilot. Unfortunatly due to medical conditions my dream was not to be - but as an homage to a wasted youth of watching Spitfires and building model planes, I thought it only fitting that my birth year watch be something that mirrored my ambitions!
So here it is, a RAF issued 1979 CWC W10 6BB on a battleship gray Nato - a watch that has aged much more gracefully than myself! I plan to wear it on nostalgic occasions or when I'm feeling ill (or hungover), to remind me that if something as simple as a timepiece can keep going day in, day out, so can I!!
:)
Very nice catch, Rick well done.
a great watch as a birth year watch
very nice :)
Nice idea, good for you.
very cool Rick. BTW to these use tension ring glass?
Originally Posted by EZM1
I am a newbie to all things horological! I have no idea I'm afraid!!
Very cool! Wear it in good health!
This is a very clean example. I have the same in parts atm, reminds me to sit down and get it back together...
Nice - looks like my old watch Rich? If so, she was a real beauty. Wear in good health.
These seem to be going up in price all the time so not a bad investment either. I'd started to get rid of my mil pieces, might have to start building up again! :roll:
i like the look of this and am interested in a '79 watch for the same reasons :D . Couple of questions if you don't mind is this manual most of the cwc's i see are quartz and what is the diameter? completely new to these:?
It's a manual wind ETA 27something and the diameter is small :drunken:i like the look of this and am interested in a '79 watch for the same reasons :D . Couple of questions if you don't mind is this manual most of the cwc's i see are quartz and what is the diameter? completely new to these
Very nice catch, Rick! Wear it in the best of health.
I used to have a G10 1980, and went to a very good and caring home.
The watches are so amazing that we can buy such an old timepiece so as to reflect our birth year / age, and we can pass them on to the next generations.
Capt. Serdal
Yes, they do use a tension ring glass, BTW, its a 1 piece case..
It is interesting what you said "I'm a newbie when it comes to watches, in fact I'd never even worn a watch until 6 odd weeks ago. Once bitten though, I needed to expand!" I was talking to a jeweller in Sydney last year and he said "under 30s often don't wear a watch" I was curious and started looking at who does and who doesn't and I note a lot of teens and twenties indeed do seem to use their smart phone to get the time so I wonder how that bodes for the future? My feeling is that a watch is more a statement like a piece of jewellery so I can't see manufacturers going out of business but Ricks opening line grabbed by attention and I researched it a bit and it seems the jeweller is right see http://www.adam-mcfarland.net/2010/0...-to-tell-time/ and http://www.quora.com/What-percentage...es-Young-womenI'm a newbie when it comes to watches, in fact I'd never even worn a watch until 6 odd weeks ago. Once bitten though, I needed to expand!
After a couple of cheap starter watches I decided I wanted something from my birth year, having quite a limited budget I started nosing around at some options.
My youth was spent at airshows, reading comic books like Commando and Warlord, my teenage years in the RAF cadets - all geared towards a life as a pilot. Unfortunatly due to medical conditions my dream was not to be - but as an homage to a wasted youth of watching Spitfires and building model planes, I thought it only fitting that my birth year watch be something that mirrored my ambitions!
So here it is, a RAF issued 1979 CWC W10 6BB on a battleship gray Nato - a watch that has aged much more gracefully than myself! I plan to wear it on nostalgic occasions or when I'm feeling ill (or hungover), to remind me that if something as simple as a timepiece can keep going day in, day out, so can I!!
:)
Nice catch !
Here to compare my 2008 issued CWC GS2000 for the RAF,
enjoy,
Laurent
I like this a lot. 8)
Could someone tell me please what year the W10 6BB was first issued ? Would it be possible to get one from 1969 ?
Thanks,
James
You need to be looking for a Smiths.
Thanks AndyYou need to be looking for a Smiths.
Will have one available soon !
:)
I think that's a fine picture of a great watch.
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