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:) I know this one very well, as it was mine. :)))
Dec 20, 2013,09:33 AM
Yes, like this one. I tried hard to find something about the true meaning of AM, in vain....
Thanks,
Nicolas
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UK military codes from WW II to early 80s .
By: marcello pisani : January 18th, 2020-12:26
here is the english translation/upgrade of a work about UK military codes I have written some years ago for the italian magazine " Orologi & Market " : In the short space of a single work it's impossible to describe all possible situations and every pecul...
like in this Milspec 1 ???
By: marcello pisani : December 20th, 2013-07:42
not certainly " Air Ministry " as this < AM > is an engraving made at the Blancpain factory . this abbreviation appears only on some Milspec1 and not on other FF ( AFAIK ) and neither on TR 900. the 3 digits figure is in my opinion the case number ....
well ...
By: marcello pisani : December 20th, 2013-14:18
I have seen another 2 or 3 with the same abbreviation .. all with very low case numbers ( under 1000 if I remember well ) ... worths study some more ...
The highest I know is this one, the 103.
By: amanico : December 20th, 2013-14:20
Then, I know the 38, the 57, the 80 and another one, whose SN has been totally scratched.... Very rare version, for sure! Best, Nicolas
Interesting...
By: Baron - Mr Red : December 22nd, 2013-06:19
.....to see Marcello's take on the marking. Bottom line, i suspect, is that we will never get too far on it. Air Ministry...i like that best so far!! I don't think it makes sense to stand for Anti-Magnetic as it has that written in full!!!
Ultimately.....
By: Baron - Mr Red : December 22nd, 2013-06:29
......its the pleasure of the watch and its mystery!! ...
same damned AM 103 ?????
By: marcello pisani : December 22nd, 2013-08:34
if so ... a real small world .. isnt ' it ???? LLLOOLL
a true restless poor baby ......
By: marcello pisani : December 22nd, 2013-08:41
really mint conditions btw ..... unfortunately Blancpain lost all his old records in a fire during the 80s .. so they can't tell us where this watch ( and others with that misterious abbreviation ) have been sold.
Yes, sadly, but...
By: amanico : December 22nd, 2013-08:45
It seems that they way they have been found, t least some of them, indicates a military provenance... Best, Nicolas
so he has found a steady place at last !!
By: marcello pisani : December 22nd, 2013-09:22
glad .. as this watch ( I had in my hands some years ago ) is in really fine conditions. at that time ( 6-7 years ago ) the average quality of watches was far better than now ...
Yep...
By: Baron - Mr Red : December 22nd, 2013-09:31
......took this one this time last year.... Indeed, it is in lovely condition and sits VERY happy in my collection!!!
yes but this wasn't a watch
By: marcello pisani : December 22nd, 2013-11:26
new to the market : if you have done ( like some of us ) in the last years a record of uncommon and particular watches ( like this one ) arrived " fresh " to the market ... you should have easily noticed that the average quality has dramatically decreased...
Superb info....
By: Baron - Mr Red : December 22nd, 2013-06:30
.....Marcello...again....thanks for sharing this.....paints more colour into so many places.