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Koz said:
The weird part is they moved the date and cyclops too. Don’t recall that being done. This may become a ‘collectors’ watch if you can buy one at any dealer that is. Have a punt Wattie may do as well as gold mate. ‘This time next year we’ll be millionaires’
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The dial and the date wheel are the only different bits I think. The case and the crystal with the cyclops are just upside down, or rotated through 180 deg if that makes sense. Even the dial blank is the same.

I quite like watches with the crown not in the usual place. Seikos are often at 4 o’clock.

I have a WWII Helvetia that was converted after the war in the US to be a ‘drivers’ watch with the crown at 6, or more accurately with the dial rotated by 90 deg. You wear it on the inside of your wrist so it is easy to read with your hands on the steering wheel.
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Gooner said:
The dial and the date wheel are the only different bits I think. The case and the crystal with the cyclops are just upside down, or rotated through 180 deg if that makes sense. Even the dial blank is the same.

I quite like watches with the crown not in the usual place. Seikos are often at 4 o’clock.

I have a WWII Helvetia that was converted after the war in the US to be a ‘drivers’ watch with the crown at 6, or more accurately with the dial rotated by 90 deg. You wear it on the inside of your wrist so it is easy to read with your hands on the steering wheel.
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I'm not sure how that makes it easier to read? On my arms the 12 would then be pointing towards my elbow?

Nice looking thing, though

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CatmanV2 said:
I'm not sure how that makes it easier to read? On my arms the 12 would then be pointing towards my elbow?

Nice looking thing, though

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Thanks. You wear it the other way up, with the 12 aiming towards your palm, on the inside of your wrist. Hands at 20 past 8 on the wheel (not 10 to 2).

Like most watch things it’s not the most practical. Dunhill and others made better designed drivers watches in different styles, but with the same principle of trying to present the time at an easy to read angle on the wrist.
 
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Gooner said:
Thanks. You wear it the other way up, with the 12 aiming towards your palm, on the inside of your wrist. Hands at 20 past 8 on the wheel (not 10 to 2).

Like most watch things it’s not the most practical. Dunhill and others made better designed drivers watches in different styles, but with the same principle of trying to present the time at an easy to read angle on the wrist.
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Ahhhhhh! Bentley style ;)

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Gooner said:
The dial and the date wheel are the only different bits I think. The case and the crystal with the cyclops are just upside down, or rotated through 180 deg if that makes sense. Even the dial blank is the same.

I quite like watches with the crown not in the usual place. Seikos are often at 4 o’clock.

I have a WWII Helvetia that was converted after the war in the US to be a ‘drivers’ watch with the crown at 6, or more accurately with the dial rotated by 90 deg. You wear it on the inside of your wrist so it is easy to read with your hands on the steering wheel.
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Lovin' the 'patina'!
 
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Vampyrebat said:
Lovin' the 'patina'!
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The case certainly has plenty of patina. They are plated brass and it’s rare to find one without pitting and scratches. The originals, of which I have one, were issued to the German army during WWII so got some hard use, and are not that rare unless in very good condition.

The dial on this one seems completely home-made. It isn’t a bad effort; even the Helvetia logo is a passable hand painted attempt to match the logo of the time. The numerals and hands are lumed with radium paint , not particularly neatly.
 
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Wattie said:
Rolex new models are out and include this rather bizarre GMT II with the crown on the left!
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It’s nicknamed “the green lantern”

Just looks wrong to me.

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So it’s taken me all these years to realise I could actually get a left handed watch….I always have to take my watch off to use the crown, never thought anything of it..you learn something new every day!
 
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Wattie said:
It’s getting ridiculed on Rolex forums.
Lots of pics of people wearing their current models upside down.
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I have registered for one within an hour of it being released. So I should have one by 2030 :p
The bmw z3m got spammed for years suddenly it’s cool and odd.
If no one buys one of these and it gets dropped early I think it will end up the same.
 
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CatmanV2 said:
And why not! What does it feel like? An IWC(!) is high on my list of next purchases. I doubt I'll get it in Palma though ;)

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Light and comfy. And not too big - it’s 40mm I think.
Buying it in Palma (though presumably this applies to the whole of the EU) means you get the tax back when you leave. So that‘s a worthwhile sum saved. (Indeed, way more than the cost of flights. Which all helps with any man-maths justification required!)
 
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Ewan said:
Light and comfy. And not too big - it’s 40mm I think.
Buying it in Palma (though presumably this applies to the whole of the EU) means you get the tax back when you leave. So that‘s a worthwhile sum saved. (Indeed, way more than the cost of flights. Which all helps with any man-maths justification required!)
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Nice one. I sort of assumed it was a knock-off, for which I apologise. Very nice indeed!

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