New Member - A Couple Of My (Military) Watches

[rodabod]

Here's a couple of watches from my collection. An IWC Mk11 and a '56 Longines 6B/159. I mainly collect military watches.

 

[stroppy]

The Longines is superb.  Both are nice pieces.  It's such a pity that not many modern watches have lume on the hands and dials.  I miss that.

[rodabod]

Interestingly, the original Longines 6B was did not have any lume on it. In 1956 they were updated with a stainless case as above, and more often than not, a new MoD dial with lume pips, along with lume added to the original blued-steel hands.

[ramrod]

welcome....and that 's a nice selection of vintage. they look great.

[BeyondWorld]

Welcome to the watch repair forum and nice mark 11 and 56 longines. :)

[crezo]

Wow very nice, I love the vintage military watches, and have a few vintage watches (but not military) myself.

But after wearing 40+mm watches for so long the old 30-35mm vintage size I just don't get on with as the look tiny on my wrists.

Still amazing watches though. Do they get much wear?

[WillFly]

Very nice indeed. I'm also fond of military watches, and watches in military style, though I'm not a collector of them per se. Do they have any government issue markings on the case back - and do they hack? One of the useful things about many of the old watches from WW2 days is the ability to really "Synchronise watches, men" - like my Unitas 173 movements:

 

http://www.willswatchpages.com/unitas-173.html

 

A small size, wherever it occurs, doesn't bother me, and I'm as happy with 33mm diameter as 44mm on my wrist.

[rodabod]

I wear them occasionally. My main watch I wear is an Omega '53 (often referred to as a Fat Arrow) 6B/542. These watches aren't generally very small, though I don't have case sizes to hand.

They all have government markings. Sometimes they have been skimmed off on some watches which is a shame, but up you can sometimes still identify them as military by other means.

The IWC hacks, but the Longines does not. The former is a Cal. 89 and the latter a 12.68n.

[MStorms2672]

Very nice! Welcome! I have a '43 Bulova A-11 in a Waltham case in addition I acquired a military-style black dialed Pierce. I'm on the hunt for more A-11's. Love the Longines.

Mike

[bobm12]

Welcome...and nice watches!