Subexplorer[Moderator - WristScan]
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Hello again dear KM!! Here I’m joining this WS edition with my choices:
Apr 06, 2024,03:10 AM
As I said before chronograph is my favorite complication and as a matter of fact chronos make for a big percentage of watches in my collection.
It’s true that I don’t use them for any serious time lapse control: e.g. timing car or horse racing, timing workers at certain production stages in a factory or while navigating an airplane.
No, I just measure the exact 3-1/2 minutes I like boiled eggs, or play with them for the pleasure of feeling the work of their pushers and view the several chronograph hands working together registering seconds an elapsed minutes and hours.
Just mesmerizing!
I got several favorites which I would like to share here:
Starting with my minty Friendhip Flightmaster (you know the story… It was found in Germany, it went to California to make it running after about fifty years sitting in some drawer and landed in my collection all thanks to the time and efforts of our dear Art/Dr.No to make it possible.)
Now the following favorite: our Zenith WPS Special…
Nice to wear it by the sea…
Or as the perfect “tool watch”. Lol!
And another favorite Zenith a reissue of a classic :
My Type XX Breguet always reminding me of a nice trip to Paris and buying it at the Place Vendome Boutique.
Here pictured on top of Mount Tibidabo in the outskirts of Barcelona.
A Panerai follows: Pre A Mare Nostrum ref 008 c. 1997/99
As I often say: no need to spend big money to enjoy a charming watch… even a chronograph: a cheap Chinese Air Force chrono can make me smile each time I wear it.
Here my pre Daytona ref 6238 from 1962 is a classic…
Last but not least the crown jewel of my chronograph collection:
Speedmaster Ref 145.022-69 from year 1969 issued to honor the American Astronauts as story tells:
Thank you so much for your hosting and great Theme for this weekend!!
Have a great and relaxing weekend dear KM and all friends here!
Abel
PS:
Had forgotten to share another two favorites:
VC Cornes de Vache.
And this little vintage colorful and whimsical JLC from the 1960’s…