Dr No
[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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You've carved a niche, Jeff . . .
. . . with Ploprofs owned by divers and Flightmasters owned by pilots. There's a je ne sais quoi about tool watches that were actually used in their intended roles.
My 910 . . .
. . . was acquired from the original owner, a USAF vet who was stationed in Thailand during the Viet Nam war as an avionics tech. He learned how to fly while in the Air Force, and when he left became a co-pilot for an airline. He put his Flightmaster to use flying commercial routes.
To this day, I think of Gene . . .
[Gene H, third from left, first row]
. . . every time I wear his Flightmaster.
Art
Flightmaster "Essais en vol 1972": Master of Flights
I finally had some time to write down the story of the Flightmaster I bought from the son of the first owner two years ago. I was lucky enough to spend two hours with him and take pictures of his photo album. I hope you will enjoy the story. Jean Pierron ...
A what a story
As a former Air Force F16 pilot with over 7,000 hrs in the cockpit, I can only salute in great respect to the man that was a great aviator. I’ve read your post 3 times over and will probably read it anther 10 times this evening. Thanks for sharing Ps: whe...
Thanks for the compliment !
I hope that it was not too painful to read, as english is not my native langage. And I kown nothing about planes ;-)
best vintage watch story i read last years ...
... offside the mainstream storys - so much passion - what a story! for me as a vintage watch fan absolutly fascinatying - this watch with this engraving and story behind is a true burner! many years before i did some research about the centre d'essaie en...
According to his son, he had no other watch
probably the CEV delivered these watches to Airforce pilots only ?
definatly not only, because we know for example, that ...
... Loius Bonte, the CEV director had a Breguet that was registered as number 1 😉 (but the number has nothing to do with the issue-sequence). of course it make sence, that they had been given to aircraft pilots, but perhabs there also had beenn given to p...
Fantastic story!
Whith a provenance like that, the value (at least the emotional value) of the watch goes through the roof. Thank you for charing this amazing story! ☺️
Hello Jeff, long time without reading from you!
Thanks for the interesting piece of history. Congratulations for such a grail. Best regards. René
You've carved a niche, Jeff . . .
. . . with Ploprofs owned by divers and Flightmasters owned by pilots. There's a je ne sais quoi about tool watches that were actually used in their intended roles. My 910 . . . . . . was acquired from the original owner, a USAF vet who was stationed in T...
Art my friend...
you know how much I like that 910. Please think of me in case you get tired of it ;-)
You've got dibs, Jeff! . . .
. . . who knows? Maybe we can arrange a three-way deal with Nicolas where I get his Rail, you get the 910, and Nicolas gets your 2913.
