Reply With QuoteThat is a very good looking piece. What're its dimensions?
This arrived this week, ‘30s I guess.
Lovely Art Deco quadrant dial which changes in the light. Nicely blued steel hands. Rotating coin edge bezel with a red arrow to allow timing, like the 1928 Pattern pilot watches. Fixed lugs as was common at this time. Nickel chrome back, case plated I think.
I believe the movement is an FHF, 10.5’’’, possibly an FHF30 used in all sorts of interesting watches, military and civilian. I’d welcome a correction or confirmation from someone who can make out all the FHF variants better than I can.
It just really appealed to me. Need to find the right strap now.
That is a very good looking piece. What're its dimensions?
That's a stunning face, and the timing arrow is a feature I've never seen before. Is the underside of the top right lug alright?
Thanks. 31mm across the bezel, lug to lug is about 38mm. Lug width is 17mm.Originally Posted by hughtrimble
Thanks. The timing arrow featured on a lot of military/military style watches at the time, which I guess this watch copies. It’s far too delicate to realistically be used for flying, but many more robust ones were. Like this one:
The lugs have the usual scratching to the plating, looks a bit worse than it really is in the picture but only cosmetic. The caseback has the usual pitting to the surface with this metal, caused by skin/sweat contact.
A quick update because I bought a new strap, a NOS burgundy leather with metal clips suitable for fixed lugs. I think it sets off the blued hands quite well.
I love the sector dial on that one. Getting decent 16/17/18mm straps for watches with fixed lugs can be a real pain. I've also had some luck with this seller of Bund straps (the Bund bit can be removed).
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Last edited by Carlton-Browne; 14th August 2018 at 07:15.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
Thanks, I could spend hours trying to capture the dial as it moves :).
The link you gave me is to a version with closed ends but that seller seems to have plenty of options with open ends, including some at 17mm like this:
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Also this Bund has lots of open-ended options including 16mm, 18mm and 19mm which will be very useful for a couple of other watches. A very helpful link, thanks Alan.
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Edit: I just realised, is this the guy who registered NATO as a trademark? I might have to keep any purchases under the radar on another forum ;).
Edit: I won’t buy from this eBay seller.
Last edited by alfat33; 13th August 2018 at 20:23.
Yikes. I hope not. International Watchman aka Ronald E Sabo appears to be the chap you're thinking of - not sure it's the same outfit (though I could easily be wrong).
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
That’s the chap. Hmm, this seller is called nato-international based in the US. Might just check a bit further.
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