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Jan 28, 2016, 06:14 PM
#11
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Spectacular. What a fortunate owner he is.
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Retired from Fire/Rescue January 2019 with 30 years on the job
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Jan 28, 2016, 09:57 PM
#12
Originally Posted by
Der Amf
Hadn't seen this one before. Bit terrifying!
Must have been in the "everyone needs a variation on the Gerald Genta theme" time period...
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Jan 29, 2016, 05:09 AM
#13
Why do I suddenly feel I need a chocolate biccie?
It's the final countdown! PM me before they're all gone!
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Jan 29, 2016, 06:56 AM
#14
Originally Posted by
mlcor
Must have been in the "everyone needs a variation on the Gerald Genta theme" time period...
Yes its just the square variation of the 222 which was their late 70s sportsleisurecasual watch.
(When I see line ups like that I always think that IWC had the looker of that era, and yet they're the company who had strayed furthest from the original design - the modern Ingenieur is nothing like as good that. Anyway, that's another thread)
The 222 got a very 80s replacement, the 333 which I have to say I'm thoroughly fascinated by
Then after that, a long time after the 70s, came the Overseas, whose spiky case is I think I read a combination of the 222 and a Maltese Cross
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Jan 29, 2016, 08:04 PM
#15
Now that one I like better, except for the date. And the gold bracelet (which, to top it off, looks proprietary).
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May 7, 2017, 02:54 AM
#16
Banned
The watch in the original post is a redial. The ampersand is the wrong font, and the S is funky.
It does, however, have one of the finest and prettiest automatics ever made - either the 1499 or 1071, and in the AP world, known as a caliber 2499 or 2071, depending on what year it was made. Same basic movement, one using 4 roller bearings through the rotor. Simply GORGEOUS!
(picture obviously by Tony C.)