I too thought it was odd when I first saw them but this is a Made in Russia watch, not USSR/CCCP. So both the original target of these aircraft and the aircraft themselves (apart from in museums) are ancient history. As things stand now, it's just a cool aircraft to put on the dial of a watch. Whether or not there was a particular special occasion to prompt the Victor watch I don't know, though.
Vostok did a watch to celebrate Desert Shield/Desert Storm, as I recall, and that was actually in the USSR era. (However, on DuckDuckGo-ing just now I see that this one (Desert Shield) may have been a commercial deal with a US businessman).
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Well this was an impulse purchase. Saw it just sitting there in the Omega boutique in Tokyo.
A real surprise as we were told these were all sold out and allocated!
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MWW anniversary Tatoskok
Picked up a Tissot Visodate from Ryanb741 over in sales corner. Been wanting to try one for a while but didnt want to pay full price for one. Looking forward to it being delivered. Hopefully monday or tuesday.
Titaniummmmmmm! Just arrived, eBay bargain. Horrible orange strap soon to be in the bin, Zuludiver ND limits strap on order. In the meantime it seems ok on an admiralty grey nato
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Can't remember if I ever got around to posting this when it arrived (a few months ago now), courtesy of another TZUKer.
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Latest pick up during the week. Sorry for the bad pic.
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Arrived today, just missed the Friday thread. Casio CGW-91
Picked this up on friday.
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"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Picked this up yesterday!
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Very nice congrats!
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My Halios Seaforth bronze (blue dial) arrived today. My first Halios and must say I am amazed by the quality! Case has sharp lines and very nice and differently finished sections. Top hat like crystal is a dream and the dark blue dial is of a deep stunning colour.
The hands and indices match the case well. A nice and calm design that seems to work.
Comes with a nice travel case and extra strap as well. Already ordered another strap from Pavel here that I hope to fit soon!
Very shiny now, will be great to see the patina develop over time.
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Sunnto Traverse Alpha.
A great watch with an interesting backlight!
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Very happy to finally have a damasko
Variations on a theme - the borderline fugly FRED Force 10. Subtle it ain't.
Now all I need is one of those naff Force 10 wire bracelets to go with it. Not.
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Having slagged off their reissue for the use of fauxtina, I felt a sudden urge to try one of these in it’s authentic patina.
It’s a fantastic runner at -4spd and is wonderfully light but with the reassurance that it can still take some abuse. I’m very impressed - can you tell?
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This beautiful Eterna Kontiki GMT just arrived, and will not be going anywhere.
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Waiting patiently on my first “real” watch, which is also my first automatic
Tag Heuer WAY201A
Bought last Thursday but still no word on it yet!
Incoming this Monday from trade, outgoing potentially (PM me).
Took delivery of this yesterday, very pleased with it indeed!
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