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The one that got away
I’ve wanted one of these watches since I first saw an ad in the London Sunday Times Magazine back in the 70’s. A few years ago I thought I had one on the hook, but closer inspection showed that through a series of bad repairs it had become a Frankenwatch. So I’m still looking!
But yours looks fabulous! Enjoy!
My Father's Omega Dynamic...
Well, not exactly... What you see here is a twin of the watch Omega USA presented to my Dad in 1970. Dad was a designer and manufacturer of ladies watch cases and mesh bracelets. His original went deep-sea fishing with him one year (ca. 1985) and did not ...
Nice story
The case shape seems very comfortable. I experienced recently with rectangular watches and they do not fit my wrist Oval, "horizontal" cases like AP Millenary or this one are much more logical. I would expect the next major Apple Watch update to follow th...
The one that got away
I’ve wanted one of these watches since I first saw an ad in the London Sunday Times Magazine back in the 70’s. A few years ago I thought I had one on the hook, but closer inspection showed that through a series of bad repairs it had become a Frankenwatch....
One of my earliest lessons in wristwatch appreciation . . .
. . . was taught by Thomas Mao. We were at dinner sixteen years ago in a West LA restaurant with two other Purists; Thomas had brought a few of his AP's, including a Millenary. Sensing my distaste for it, he said, "Put it on your wrist." My unease over it...
