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 . honestly I have no clear ideas about the " AM " meaning .....
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...
Huge Thanks, my friend... By the way, Marcello, do you happen to know what " AM " stands for on a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms from 1967 / 1968??? Best, Nicolas
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 ....
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 ...
.....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!!!
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.
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 ...
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...