I only bought it beginning of the year and it’s been away for 5 weeks. I love the blue and the two tone stainless steel and gold. I was after one of these for around 2 or 3 years.
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Love that patina, something that will always be missing from modern day watches as I don’t see current materials aging the same way.
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Stunner!
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Giving the Breitling some wrist time this week. Hard to belive I bought this 25 years ago when I moved to Nottingham.
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A couple of my garden/farm watches which I find interesting (and you might do too); The one on the left is a recent acquisition; a Marathon/Gallet Navigator from 1990. This watch was famous for its appearance during the Gulf War, having been commissioned by the USAF. This was supposedly an “issued” example and still bears some scars from use, but is otherwise running just fine. Made for Marathon by miltary watch makers Gallet & Co. in Switzerland, it is the successor to the earlier ADANAC used by Canadian armed forces. Like the ADANAC it uses a Ronda Quartz movement and the hands use Tritium vials hence the radiation symbol on the dial. The case is blasted finish stainless steel with no polishing and it has a distinctive asymmetric shape - very much the spiritual successor to the Benrus Type II.
Next to it is my Ollech & Wajs/Westcoastime M-16 II. This watch appeared during the early noughties and was the creation of military watch dealer Westcoastime, marrying an Ollech & Wajs M-4 (running an ETA 2824-2 Automatic movement) with the dial and Tritium tube hands from the Marathon/Gallet Navigator. The only dial difference here being that it’s sterile without the Marathon branding and a tiny “Swiss Made” at 6 o’clock. There were two versions of this watch made available, one with the regular M-4 dive bezel, and another with a 12 hour bezel like the Marathon/Gallet. There’s still a review on the net of this watch on the Watcharama site that gives a lot more detail than I’ve posted here.
On both watches the tritium is long past its best, but still it’s very legible in pitch dark once your eyes have adjusted properly. It glows even in the early hours of the morning long after even modern Luminova has faded almost to nothing. Both watches are essentially my daily “beaters”, getting used around the garden and the farm on most days, and are extremely comfortable to wear on their Timefactors Nato straps.
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A welcome respite from the usual stream of watches.
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Which exact model it is?
Montbrillant Navitimer I think, but not sure of the model number without digging out the box and paperwork.
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Yes a Montbrillant for sure, I think model A41330.
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I quite agree. It’s fantastic to see something very different and in use for farm and graden work.
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My 4th Datejust rolesor in 40 years, ordered it nearly 2 yrs ago for my 60th birthday, was a bloody year late! 
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41 mm?
Are you suggesting they don’t last very long?? 
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Lovely DJ with Rolesor. Classy!
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Looks that way!
More like he likes them so much he had to buy another 
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Yes 41mm rose gold
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Ha - sold one to my dad, had one stolen in a robbery, had the last one 25 yrs! 
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I’ve got the same one!
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I love it.
Easy to read no fuss. 
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