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flightmaster71
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Thanks Bill ...

I guess I'm a little gun shy to go sprouting off ideas among this esteemed company but give me a week or to and I get over it and start pontificating.  But seriously thanks for making me welcome and congrats on a fine community you have here.

When it comes to the cal. 911 versus cal. 910 flightmaster I come down on the side of the cal. 911 mostly for cosmetic reasons but also for some pragmatic and historic reasons.  like the case shape of the 145.036 over the 145.013.  That is not to take away from the cal. 910, I think it is great and love it, it would be great to own one one day (particularly the solid gold version ... I know I'm dreaming) but I like the constant second subdial at 9 o'clock of the cal. 911 - letting me know the watch is running - and the association with Apollo-Soyuz and Alexi Leonev.    At risk of sounding mad I made up this small framed montage and hung it on the wall:



Which in a sense goes toward addressing your post the other day about re: "we can't buy a new watch every day" in that it is a small way of prolonging my sense of fascination with the watches I already have.  I'm a sucker for a bit of unpaid historical endorsement, Leonev and flighmaster, Cousteau and the PloProf among others etc.

In defence of myself I also made up similar ones for my mates who own a PloProf and a Omega Bullhead respectively.

Anyway thanks again,

Zac