papazulu
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Jun 10, 2014,10:43 AM
I quite agree with you, there were good and bad on ALL sides...and as to the watch, you should get the lower pusher redone by your loved one, as the rumour says
I had to do my own with nail varnish, as my loved one would have painted all of it
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Original Hanhart Flyback Fliegerchronograph 1942 - a true man's watch
By: passetemps : June 7th, 2014-13:23
The authentic fighter-bomber pilot watch, a vital orientation tool used in combat missions. An extremely rare find. So cool that even the king of cool, Steve McQueen, wore a replica of this watch made in the 1950's! So cool that the famous Type XX (made b...
great watch, but never ever..
By: dalevito : June 7th, 2014-14:07
I appreciate your passion, but really? So cool that when i strap it on my wrist, i do it in memory of the courageous and skilled hero pilots from both sides who fell in combat in the sadly fratricide WW2. No. From both sides? Never ever. The watch in ques...
Yours is an interesting remark
By: passetemps : June 7th, 2014-14:20
We have reconciled a long time ago and now we honor the dead of both sides equally; this is common practice, at least in Continental Europe. On the "good" side there was also a "bad" contender, Stalin's regime. Etc. This kind of distinctions could go on f...
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By: papazulu : June 10th, 2014-10:43
I quite agree with you, there were good and bad on ALL sides...and as to the watch, you should get the lower pusher redone by your loved one, as the rumour says ;) I had to do my own with nail varnish, as my loved one would have painted all of it :) ...
Thanks for the tip
By: passetemps : June 11th, 2014-01:40
Maybe one day i will paint the lower pusher in red. In general i am reluctant to altering the original condition of my Fliegerchronographen, and i like to see the genuine patina, but i may well ask my loved one to lend me her toe nail varnish ;-) It would...
+1 (nt)
By: Echi : June 11th, 2014-00:44
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