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Wandering through our capital city, I stopped for a moment at the Bank of England. Wellington guards the Bank of England A strange melody played in my head and then I realised it was "A British Bank" from the movie 'Mary Poppins' (1964). A British Bank Then, I met my friend who kindly brought this s

Horology75 You're too keen! 😆 Congratulations, MTF

Marcus Thanks for explanation Like most political scenarios, there is the public face and then there is what lurks beneath. 😉 MTF

Jay, I'm not a big collector so it may not be a factor. It may be exposure to many products, owners and collector as knowledge based intelligence gathering. I think 'trust' means the brand CEO knows that we are not setting out to spoil their launch plans or reveal stuff inappropriately. We can share

Magnus, Thank you for past services as member and lately moderator for Roger Dubuis and Zenith fora. I hope we will not be strangers and neet again soon in the watch collecting world. Best regards, Melvyn (MTF)

Jay, Trust is easy to say but difficult to earn. For some brands with strong personal relationships, I have been involved at the "blue sky brainstorming" stage before pen has hit paper or nowadays mouse hitting mouse pad. For more exciting news, I've seen prototypes 2 or 3 years before production. F

Marcus, The Hanhart red-button chronographs are well known and I looked at a few during the time that old PuristS friend Thomas Morf was in charge of the brand. He now leads Favre-Leuba. I'm puzzled by the Austrian Airforce. It has one of the more modern frontline aircraft - Eurofighter Typhoon - la

MCG, I think the screws are a design motif to evoke cockpit instruments.... Regards, MTF Airspeed Indicator Rate of Climb Indicator B&R Phantom and St Galen ABR