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    Always with the details! The Superintendent will put it where it should be. We don’t need no stinking Specs. Dustin, you went from a plumbing take off to site work. What do you do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mnoble485 View Post
    Always with the details! The Superintendent will put it where it should be. We don’t need no stinking Specs. Dustin, you went from a plumbing take off to site work. What do you do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCfixie View Post
    Don't tempt me!
    edit - checked the link. It's getting close to attainable. As in, it's only X% more than the Tudor. And well below a Sub, and about the same as my deeply desired Seamaster 233.30.41.21.01.001.
    See what's happening here? Damn...
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    Quote Originally Posted by GonaSovereign View Post
    Don't tempt me!
    edit - checked the link. It's getting close to attainable. As in, it's only X% more than the Tudor. And well below a Sub, and about the same as my deeply desired Seamaster 233.30.41.21.01.001.
    See what's happening here? Damn...
    Tudor = not limited.
    Submariner = not attainable (unless you have a longstanding relationship with an AD).
    Omega = not limited.

    JLC Navy Seals = limited. original. high horology. provenance. will keep its value more than the others (except the sub).
    * And as far as I can tell even Watcbox has only had 1 per year for the past 3 years so I doubt this one will last long before it is sold.



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    Just get a Pelagos.

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    Quote Originally Posted by theflashunc View Post
    Just get a Pelagos.
    Standard Pelagos = not limited and boring (IMHO).
    LHD Pelagos = also not limited but at least interesting (IMHO).

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    having been spawned by a squid who did the sea air and land thing- i can tell you that no SEAL would wear that fukcing watch unless it was given to him and miltary folks aren't allowed to accept gifts from foreign entities unless they have trivial value. A real SEAL would use that $7k for a nice down payment on a new Street Glide with a 25% loan.

    however- that is a really cool looking watch. i'm still going to hold out for a that Tudor I like....as a good friend of a friend from the UK once said- "A Rolex is a house painter's watch."
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    Tudor Submariner is the real deal Navy Seal watch.
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    I see the Jerk with either a Tudor Submariner or a Rolex Daytona ;)

    Quote Originally Posted by jerk View Post
    having been spawned by a squid who did the sea air and land thing- i can tell you that no SEAL would wear that fukcing watch unless it was given to him and miltary folks aren't allowed to accept gifts from foreign entities unless they have trivial value. A real SEAL would use that $7k for a nice down payment on a new Street Glide with a 25% loan.

    however- that is a really cool looking watch. i'm still going to hold out for a that Tudor I like....as a good friend of a friend from the UK once said- "A Rolex is a house painter's watch."

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    Quote Originally Posted by jerk View Post
    having been spawned by a squid who did the sea air and land thing- i can tell you that no SEAL would wear that fukcing watch unless it was given to him and miltary folks aren't allowed to accept gifts from foreign entities unless they have trivial value. A real SEAL would use that $7k for a nice down payment on a new Street Glide with a 25% loan.

    however- that is a really cool looking watch. i'm still going to hold out for a that Tudor I like....as a good friend of a friend from the UK once said- "A Rolex is a house painter's watch."
    Apparently the SEALs (or the precousor to the SEAL teams) did use Rolex Submariner watches:
    U.S. NAVY SEALS Rolex Submariner Heritage

    And the Royal Navy as well:
    Military Time: Rolex and the Armed Forces
    MILITARY ISSUE ROLEX SUBMARINERS

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCfixie View Post
    Apparently the SEALs (or the precousor to the SEAL teams) did use Rolex Submariner watches:
    U.S. NAVY SEALS Rolex Submariner Heritage

    And the Royal Navy as well:
    Military Time: Rolex and the Armed Forces
    MILITARY ISSUE ROLEX SUBMARINERS
    They also used Blancpain Fifty Fathoms.

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    In the early 80s, we were issued Benrus Type 1 watches.

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    The whole "our dive watch used by X military/marine/navy" thing is pretty dumb. Blancpain, Enicar, Rolex, JLC, Tudor, Omega, Panerai and plenty of others were used.

    Maybe more interesting are the Eterna, Omega, Cyma, Lemania, etc Dirty Dozen watches.

    In either case, I wasn't there and can only imagine tools weren't fetishized the way as they are now.

    (I'd still like a Tudor Sub.)
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    -- in the paddies of rice i was issued a Seiko
    similar to current seiko 5 automatic ss with nylon strap (current cost around $140)

    i have current high-end timepieces from family, military ets and purchase..

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    My brother said his last issued watch was a G-Shock with fixed bars already on it.

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    Just bought this Seiko 5 series SNZH55 to have it modded:




    And it will look like this afterward (aka Fifty Five Fathoms - the extra Five because the base watch is a Seiko 5 series - it is an homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms):




    And I am having the other style made for my younger brother:

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    Isn't fetishizing tools what V-Salon is about? ;)

    Quote Originally Posted by GonaSovereign View Post
    The whole "our dive watch used by X military/marine/navy" thing is pretty dumb. Blancpain, Enicar, Rolex, JLC, Tudor, Omega, Panerai and plenty of others were used.

    Maybe more interesting are the Eterna, Omega, Cyma, Lemania, etc Dirty Dozen watches.

    In either case, I wasn't there and can only imagine tools weren't fetishized the way as they are now.

    (I'd still like a Tudor Sub.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by NYCfixie View Post
    Just bought this Seiko 5 series SNZH55 to have it modded:




    And it will look like this afterward (aka Fifty Five Fathoms - the extra Five because the base watch is a Seiko 5 series - it is an homage to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms):




    And I am having the other style made for my younger brother:
    I've been hovering my finger over the buy button for a Fifty Five Fathoms as well. They look great, and the Seiko 5 is probably the best value watch, period.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GonaSovereign View Post
    I've been hovering my finger over the buy button for a Fifty Five Fathoms as well. They look great, and the Seiko 5 is probably the best value watch, period.
    I am going full force:
    - Dial swap
    - Sapphire crystal install
    - Movement upgrade (so it hand winds and hacks)
    - Sailcloth strap (to replace crappy stock metal bracelet)

    I have bought most of the parts and am working with a modder directly. Do not have the time or inclination to do it myself.

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    Several years ago there was a guy named Dennis Rudy (drudy) who sold a number of Fifty Fathoms homage watches with various dials and bezel inserts. They had a domed sapphire and ETA 2824 movement and were very reasonably priced....$300 IIRC. I purchased one and have been more than happy with it over the years.

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    RGM did it again. They have released a Pilot series, including a left handed version. What a great notion >>

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