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A true legend, the Big Pilot of 1940
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- last reply by ProbusScafusia1868 10 Jan 2014
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ConnoisseurWhat a beautiful pilot! Would love to take a closer look!!!
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Connoisseur
now the quality is better!
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MasterIndeed Legendary!
Thanks for sharing.
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ConnoisseurLove seeing it next to the modern Big Pilot.. Thanks for sharing!
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MasterNice. That is a real beauty!!
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MasterBeautiful!! Thanks for photos!!
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MasterReally beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
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Master
Great pics. Thanks for sharing.
Chris
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ApprenticeHello Philippe
A part from telling you that it is a beauty and thank you for sharing, I would like to know a little bit more about the watch, as much as you know. For example, do you have a certificate? How did you get it - and do you know where it comes from (who owned it before)? Does it keep time?
It is definitively an icon, and I wonder how many of those 1000 watches still lay on the ground of the English Channel...
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Master
These watches stir the imagination and are the giant base for all of the pilots which later evolved. Any details about your watch are greatly appreciated.
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Connoisseur
Thanks, up close its even more beautiful!!!
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Connoisseur
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MasterPhilippe,
What a rare treat to see - many thanks for sharing the great, original BP!
Regards,
Thang -
Master
Great post. Thanks for sharing it here!
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Connoisseur
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There's several in the archives. Just go to the magnifying glass on the upper right, and search.
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Not to sharpshoot, but the B-uhren were kind of an historical deviation. Before then, there were many pilot's watches, including civilian ones in the 1920s and IWC's "special watch for pilot's" in the 1930s among many others. In addition, the UK pilot's watch tradition, culminating in the Mark 11 after WW II, really would claim no base in what the Germans did.
What I say isn't intended to detract from these watches --B-Uhr are rare and special-- but their historical role is limited.