I'm not sure now but Lothar Schmidt worked at IWC before Sinn and I wonder what influence he had from the Aquatimers, the Titanium IWC PD [similar to the EZM10] etc as a 'case' man. And yes, the unblinged rarity of the EZM1 and IWC puts then in an interesting bracket, for me.
I'm a big fan of the original but think Sinn did it justice in this remake, there will be one in the collection at some stage, that's for sure. Here are my 3 old boys -
...there is also the RAN version, slightly more interesting as it has a pheon on the dial, if I may, here is a picture borrowed from Paul of Heuerworld fame - Most of the SAAFs were destroyed - out of the 800 issued very few remain, there is also only a small number of the RANs, but it is an excelle
Thanks, I've collected them over a period of years, and there are still a few elusive 5100s yet on the list, a very interesting movement.... ...but I feel I need to stretch out a little now, and embrace some other iconic work chronographs, such as the Zenith EP (preferably in a A386 guise) and in si
...mostly with the ghastly 5100 ;) Eterna Matic, my newest one - A Tutima Commando II, previously issued to the ZUZ, the tactical unit of the German Customs - A Heuer Carrera 510.523 - A Lemania 5012, issued to South African Air Force, early eighties - The first Lorenz sub pro - again, a 5100 powere