Watches to wear with your flight jackets...

[Officer Dibley]

Just have Carl. If Pilot rates it, that's good enough for me.

 

[Persimmon]

It’s a very expensive book.
Far to general for me.

There is a gap on the market for a detailed study of the Ww2 military wrist watch.

 

[Pilot]

Here only a few pages shown...
...The best I have seen on A-11 to A-17 ( & A-17A) plus all the Vietnam and others incl. recent US military watches, such as divers, UDT etc watches...
Its a 3 pounder in weight and a lot of info preventing you to buy a fake....
So far worth every dime invested ( no better alternative anyway...).
No regrets..

 

[Edward]

September 1 (Labor Day Weekend) And its time to hack and set your watches back to 1943... switch out your canvas wrist band for an authentic period leather one and prepare for the inevitable A-2 jacket weather.... (sadly A-2 time is still 8 weeks away but I can look forward to it!) lol!

 

[Pilot]

Nice!
would need 6 of these straps.
Any available?
thx
Cheers

 

[Edward]

Nice!
would need 6 of these straps.
Any available?
thx
Cheers

I get mine from this guy on eBay from his stock of 1944 NOS. he has lots of different colors ranges and charges between $12.95 to $20
just scroll though his items for sale to see 'em all! collect all six and trade 'em with friends! lol!

 

[Pilot]

Thx a lot ...will order immediatly.
Paid a lot more for mine.

 

[Officer Dibley]

It’s a very expensive book.
Far to general for me.

Unlucky for you. For me it is perfect- an appetite whetter.

There are also as i'm sure you know, some great photo books out there. Shame is all are in Japanese. There's money to be made to do translation sheets.....

 

[Carl]

@Persimmon Alan , this is for you as you asked me about production figures for the Type A11 .
Waltham produced 289,215
Elgin 512,857
Bulova 108,285

These are approximate figures , so i maybe out by a few either way .

Carl

 

[Pilot]

@Persimmon Alan , this is for you as you asked me about production figures for the Type A11 .
Waltham produced 289,215
Elgin 7180,000
Bulova 108,285

These are approximate figures , so i maybe out by a few either way .

Carl

an confirm those figures...Plus Elgin produced the most, Bulova the less and now Bulova A-11 are the most wanted A-11.

 

[Carl]

an confirm those figures...Plus Elgin produced the most, Bulova the less and now Bulova A-11 are the most wanted A-11.

Looks like the Bulova market will pick.up now Brice !! Have you got one for me ??

 

[Persimmon]

@Persimmon Alan , this is for you as you asked me about production figures for the Type A11 .
Waltham produced 289,215
Elgin 7180,000
Bulova 108,285

These are approximate figures , so i maybe out by a few either way .

Carl

Carl
7 million Elgin’s.
That is a vast difference between the 100,000 - 300,000 unit contract values of the two main rivals.
I must I am shocked at such a discrepancy
At that rate I am surprised that only one contract supplier (ie) Elgin was not used

Any news based on the cost prices re Hamilton watches ?

 

[Carl]

Carl
7 million Elgin’s.
That is a vast difference between the 100,000 - 300,000 unit contract values of the two main rivals.
I must I am shocked at such a discrepancy
At that rate I am surprised that only one contract supplier (ie) Elgin was not used

Any news based on the cost prices re Hamilton watches ?

Alan , my mistake on the Elgin figure ! That was the total value of all A11 contracts for Elgin , sorry . I have changed it in the post .
Carl

 

[Carl]

Carl
7 million Elgin’s.
That is a vast difference between the 100,000 - 300,000 unit contract values of the two main rivals.
I must I am shocked at such a discrepancy
At that rate I am surprised that only one contract supplier (ie) Elgin was not used

Any news based on the cost prices re Hamilton watches ?

Ill have to get the Hamilton contracts printed out to go through them properly

 

[Pilot]

Looks like the Bulova market will pick.up now Brice !! Have you got one for me ??

Carl, as many Bulova’s A-11 as you want to sponsor...all working all unmessed.

 

[Pilot]

Carl, as many Bulova’s A-11 as you want to sponsor...all working all unmessed.

You have the Bulovas on you Gmail

 

[Pilot]

Will list the remaining A-11 and A-17’s

 

[ties70]

Italian car, Pakistanian GOATCO and Swiss watch...

 

[Pilot]

Nice Tudor...fits with the Ferrari

 

[ties70]

Pilot,

thanks for the kind words, but we both know that it is just the Ferrari rescue capsule called FIAT 500

Still a great design, with much better leather quality than my BMW Z3's had, but with 7 years and 120.000 km it gets kinda old ...