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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 10:20:36 GMT
Decide that the 1966 Rolex Air-King-Date (ref 5700)gets the nod. The only thing difficult with its 1520 movement is its lack of quick set date... haven't worn it in a couple weeks, so a lot of turning on the crown. Hope everyone drifts into the weekend safely!  |
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Post by jamestkirk on Oct 9, 2020 11:43:51 GMT
Decide that the 1966 Rolex Air-King-Date (ref 5700)gets the nod. The only thing difficult with its 1520 movement is its lack of quick set date... haven't worn it in a couple weeks, so a lot of turning on the crown. Hope everyone drifts into the weekend safely! 
Have a great weekend all! |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 12:06:27 GMT
Decide that the 1966 Rolex Air-King-Date (ref 5700)gets the nod. The only thing difficult with its 1520 movement is its lack of quick set date... haven't worn it in a couple weeks, so a lot of turning on the crown. Hope everyone drifts into the weekend safely!
Have a great weekend all!Thank you! That is a great case style- you have a second Casio that uses it, right? |
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Post by jeffhargrave on Oct 9, 2020 13:10:34 GMT
Very nice, Marcel! I don't wear my Russian watches much since they don't have a quickset date either. Eco-Drive that my girl friend gave me a couple of years ago for me today.  Chocolate dial and gold hands with a flat crystal just make it really difficult to photograph. |
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Post by John Lind on Oct 9, 2020 13:21:04 GMT
The Classic Air King Marcel  Much, much better than the current one that wants to be an Explorer. Alpha "Yacht"
A shameless Yachtmaster homage, it's one of two in my accumulation with a Miyota 8200 movement. Won't buy another with an 8200 inside. The stuttering seconds hand is a deal-breaker. Too many other watches with (IMHO) better movements inside.  |
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Post by danb on Oct 9, 2020 14:24:34 GMT
![]() Russian today.  |
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Post by russmurray on Oct 9, 2020 15:06:17 GMT
Cool Rollie there Marcel. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours btw. While it will be a far more muted affair this year, we still have plenty to be grateful for! It's been a terrific fall so far here in Cowtown.  |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 16:59:09 GMT
Very nice, Marcel! I don't wear my Russian watches much since they don't have a quickset date either. Eco-Drive that my girl friend gave me a couple of years ago for me today. Chocolate dial and gold hands with a flat crystal just make it really difficult to photograph. You managed quite nicely! Very cool Citizen. |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 17:00:33 GMT
![]() Russian today. Oooh, a white Russian.... I could use one right now  That's a good looking watch! |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 17:03:04 GMT
The Classic Air King Marcel Much, much better than the current one that wants to be an Explorer. Alpha "Yacht"
A shameless Yachtmaster homage, it's one of two in my accumulation with a Miyota 8200 movement. Won't buy another with an 8200 inside. The stuttering seconds hand is a deal-breaker. Too many other watches with (IMHO) better movements inside. Thanks, John! You're right- I think they tried to hard to blur the lines there. Cool looking Alpha- does everything necessary to look like the pricier original. |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 17:05:44 GMT
Cool Rollie there Marcel. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours btw. While it will be a far more muted affair this year, we still have plenty to be grateful for! It's been a terrific fall so far here in Cowtown. Thanks, Russ- on both counts. Hope you all have a great holiday weekend. We've definitely had to tone it down to the new reality. Fall is filling in quite nicely here as well. Oh, and great Stowa |
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Post by bfhammer on Oct 9, 2020 22:38:05 GMT
Nice Rollie Marcel. My Seamaster has me pulling the crown out all the way repeatedly to quick-set the date. It throws the time set off so I have to do the date first on that. A nice warm blast for a couple of days, almost 80F today. I had to drive 100mi away from Madison and I made sure to make it the scenic autumn colors route as much as I could. I did not have my camera unfortunately since I had no idea of what my route would be until this morning. Back home and switched to my Laco Valencia with it's Miyota 82xx based movement. It has this really cool stuttering feature...  Actually it doesn't do that at all to my eyes.   |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 9, 2020 22:57:40 GMT
Nice Rollie Marcel. My Seamaster has me pulling the crown out all the way repeatedly to quick-set the date. It throws the time set off so I have to do the date first on that. A nice warm blast for a couple of days, almost 80F today. I had to drive 100mi away from Madison and I made sure to make it the scenic autumn colors route as much as I could. I did not have my camera unfortunately since I had no idea of what my route would be until this morning. Back home and switched to my Laco Valencia with it's Miyota 82xx based movement. It has this really cool stuttering feature... Actually it doesn't do that at all to my eyes. Thanks, Chris- we have the same warm spell here but we’re bracing for the tail of “Delta”. I did own one of those Omega movements- it’s a bugger. Wonderful Laco- love the hands |
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Post by zeb on Oct 10, 2020 4:50:38 GMT
Decide that the 1966 Rolex Air-King-Date (ref 5700)gets the nod. The only thing difficult with its 1520 movement is its lack of quick set date... haven't worn it in a couple weeks, so a lot of turning on the crown. Hope everyone drifts into the weekend safely! That's a really nice watch, Marcel! I put on my Swiss Army Convoy Chrono today.   |
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Post by marsss25 on Oct 10, 2020 5:00:41 GMT
Decide that the 1966 Rolex Air-King-Date (ref 5700)gets the nod. The only thing difficult with its 1520 movement is its lack of quick set date... haven't worn it in a couple weeks, so a lot of turning on the crown. Hope everyone drifts into the weekend safely! That's a really nice watch, Marcel! I put on my Swiss Army Convoy Chrono today. Cool! Haven't seen one of those in a while. |
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