Blancpain

We cannot deny that, sometimes, Luck is on the collector's side. This is exactly what happened to me with the vintage Blancpain Pakistani Milspec. In January 2009, a friend of mine wanted to show me two of his watches, 2 Blancpain Milspec with something s...  

But i look more to the Mills Bulova offer. Albeit it is good for me to know also other Mills. Different, i seen myself for year as not a watch collector, but i noticed i am. I scored a vintage watch, so my end watch was not the end of collecting watches. ... 

Too cool mon ami, thanks for sharing! “After several weeks of harassment…” 😂😂 Persistence pays off! 🙂 Just curious, how did you and the seller arrive at a price given the lack of comps and rarity of these??

There were no records about this special watch. So, he agreed to let one go for a very good price ( for me ). He didn't know, neither did I ) what we were talking about, at that time. Best, Nicolas

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Thanks for the extensive story and post.

Thanks for your very detailed post lots of very interesting information in it and it's incredible to think about the life these watches may have had over the last 58 odd years. Marc

No harm in emailing the Army Institute of Military History admin @ aimh .gov .pk (pls remove spaces) Might get some cool info 👍 ...  

Thank you for sharing, mon ami!🥂

Hello Nicolas, thank you for the detailed report. Mr. Tornek's estate would be interesting. Are there any records or old business documents? best regards Stephan

and those watches are treasures.