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A Vintage Fifty Fathoms Family picture.
Here is my very intimate Table Shot, the only new thing here being the table... 
From left to right: AM 103, Early Milspec ( 1958 ), Pakistanese Milspec, TR 900 and Early fifty Rotomatic Incabloc.
4 different Milspecs, fighting hard with a Rotomatic...
5 dangerously addictive beauties.
Can't wait to be able to add 2 or 3 more of these delicious poisons.
For the pleasure of the eyes.
Best,
Nicolas.
A Vintage Fifty Fathoms Family picture.
Here is my very intimate Table Shot, the only new thing here being the table... From left to right: AM 103, Early Milspec ( 1958 ), Pakistanese Milspec, TR 900 and Early fifty Rotomatic Incabloc. 4 different Milspecs, fighting hard with a Rotomatic... 5 d...
Now my eyes hurt !
Did you buy the table au marché des puces ? or Ikea ? See you soon bim
Ouch!
That really hurts! Awesome collection indeed! You know you have a great collection when i cannot pick out a favorite one(i love them all). I'll have a group shot in week or so. Brian
Well, well, well... It can be even better...
Still have in mind 2 or 3 more watches before closing this journey into Vintage Fifty Fathoms... A 3/ 6 / 9 / 12 dial, of course, which I miss a lot, a Bund ( I should have never sell it ), a special FF Milspec ( I am currently trying to make my mind on t...
Rarities and Beauties !
Either you have a very good source or you have dogged determination, these are hard to come by ! I first got into FF because of your posts (very educational I might add) and now it has expanded into the historical importance/significance and evolution beh...
If I have to add one modern FF, it would be the model introduced in 2007.
I love it, I love the way Blancpain succeeded in improving the finish,even if we go far from the " tool roots ", but it is a very nice watch, wih a great movement, inside. And it is always interesting to play the Vintage / Modern game! to get into the Vin...
Certainly not this one! The No Rad was released in 2010.
I meant the one like Oliver's. Best, Nicolas.
Straight to the best. ;)
Finding a TR 900 is less and less easy, my friend. The AM is an impossible quest, as well as the Pakistanese Milspec, but a nice Rotomatic Incabloc or a 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 is still possible to find. So it may be a good, an excellent way to start, indeed. Best...
Absolutely Superb!!..
the rotomatic looks exceptionally clean! and the TR is looking as gorgeous as ever, with its beautiful hands!! And the patina on indices and hands of the Pakistani is very cool.... I could go on and on... cheers Tony ps, good idea, think I'll get a fifty ...
Each of these 5 is a marvel, Tony.
Each of them is greatly loved, by the way. But I'm still working on the topic, to make it even more appealing. Yes, please, some family pics would be greatly appreciated. Best, my friend. Nicolas.
My slightly smaller family....
Left to right, latest family member - civilian Bund type, Milspec 1, 3H Bund. I'll work on better pictures, but wanted to join in the fun after the past 24hrs - came out of office last night to find drivers side two doors and rear quater had been key scra...
The one on the top is tip top. ;)
Very lovely family you have here, my friend. I have the feeling you're on the building way... Am I wrong? What next? Best, Tony. See you soon. And sorry for your car, I had the same issue quite often... Nicolas.
What next??
Well, the Milspec 1 is hard to beat! its is for me a grail watch, but I would quite like a rotormatic - for its nice simplistic face, they are lovely looking watches. I also would like a no rad (missed out on a few recently), bund or non bund, but your ri...
And what about a 3/ 6 / 9 / 12?
The Pair Rotmatic Incablcc + 3 / 6 / 9 / 12 is awesome. And, after all, they came first. You're right about the car, but it is " enervant ". All the best. Nicolas.
Exactement mon ami, exactement!
And yes, the 3/6/9/12 face is very very sexy, but perhaps a lot harder to find, hense I'd be happy with the rotomatic! I would actually also like a LIP badged one too!! If only I'd had the funds when I found my milspec 1, and you had offered me a LIP, I w...
Now that is a wish list! ;)
Yes, I remember my Lip Blancpain with a lot of affection. I sold it one year ago, now, to partially fund another watch I was running after, the Tudor Big Crown. Finding an authentic Lip Blancpain is not an easy mission as the dial, but also the case back,...
You are
not making our lives any easier ... aren't you... OK which one can I take? I'll put it on strap no worry Best Damjan P.S. I'm bit puzzled by left to right direction shouldn't Pakistanese be last on list after Roto? This message has been edited by Ares501 ...
If only you knew how many pics I had to take before having a decent one!
There is no rational order on this picture. The Rotomatic should be first, then the early Milspec, then the TR 900, then the AM 103 and, to end, the Pakistanese. I tried several expositions, angles, lights .... And I ended with this one. Your pain is my p...
Welll think
I know after seeing you light tent on GTG but just to be on anal side of knowledge on your picture is it Counterclockwise from left Rotomatic - TR 900 - early Milspec - AM 103 - Pakistanese? Just to be sure Best Damjan
Met the Family on monday....
and although ALL these watches have something very special, I was surprised at how much I liked the Pakistan Miltiary one!! I had never really thought that the bezels with minute markers all the way around where that nice. I don't know why, just thought i...
Wait, my friend, there is another one in my radar.
Not the 60 minutes bezel, another one, but what a case! About the Pakistanese, now that you know the story behind this watch, you also know how lucky I was on this one. It was, as always, a great pleasure to meet you! Best, Nicolas. PS: If I find such a c...
..oups, I lost my..
... eye sight at the press of a mouse button... what happened here. Its so dark here mom.. Best Hans P.S. Niiicee collection..and to be continued...
Hey, Hans, the light is on your left! ;)
Seriously, I still have to grab 3 or 4 of them to end this thema... But some of these 3 or 4 are not really easy to catch. We'll see, my friend. These FFs are so addictive. Best, Nicolas.