Which Watch are you wearing today?

[Shadowrider]

It might help if you study service levels and prices...if nothing else, you will see automotive dealerships in a new and cheaper light.

I have. I now know that a new Rolex will still have 5 digit value after 30 years and longer. A new car will be worth about $150 to the scrapper at the same point if we throw in inflation. I saw an older Omega Speedmaster for sale today online that was priced at $100,000.

 

[coolhandluke]

The watch I recall from childhood as the watch men wore, along with the field watches. The jacket seen only rarely and unzipped, as 15-20yrs passed since the war and waistlines grew, and knit cuffs generally coming apart...and rarely rarely saw any military clothing item worn outside of a parade.

This Bronco A-2 is a repro from John Chapman at Good Wear. He's the most painstakingly accurate maker of repro A-2's, but his jackets are far from cheap and carry a 1-2 year wait. This one took me 14 months.

I have a couple original A-2 jackets (a Cable Raincoat 10008 and a Rough Wear 18091), but I don't wear either one. The four repro A-2 jackets that I have are Good Wear Doniger, Bronco, and Rough Wear contracts and a Bill Kelso Star Sportswear.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

Aragon Titanium GMT. Please note Proper Date. I'd do the Pocket Dump thread but that's classified.

 

[thor447]

I didn’t want @mtngunr to have to wait until March 23, 2027.

 

[TANSTAAFL]

I didn’t want @mtngunr to have to wait until March 23, 2027.

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I really like the Black and the Seaweed Green. Oh well, Tudor may be next up or the FOIS...

 

[coolhandluke]

 

[mtngunr]

I have. I now know that a new Rolex will still have 5 digit value after 30 years and longer. A new car will be worth about $150 to the scrapper at the same point if we throw in inflation. I saw an older Omega Speedmaster for sale today online that was priced at $100,000.

As I was told by fave teacher when I was 17yrs old dithering over buying a better car or a handmade silver item from the 1920s with my hard earned money, he remarked a car was nothing but an expense, and glad I listened, as at age 21 I sold that same item which helped pay for my first house.

 

[mtngunr]

This Bronco A-2 is a repro from John Chapman at Good Wear. He's the most painstakingly accurate maker of repro A-2's, but his jackets are far from cheap and carry a 1-2 year wait. This one took me 14 months.

I have a couple original A-2 jackets (a Cable Raincoat 10008 and a Rough Wear 18091), but I don't wear either one. The four repro A-2 jackets that I have are Good Wear Doniger, Bronco, and Rough Wear contracts and a Bill Kelso Star Sportswear.

Should really throw a watch in this photo, but quick and dirty the closest I ever came to that is this 5oz road rash and knife repellant I've been wearing for over 30yrs...wearing it keeps you in shape or kills you.

 

[Glock 'em down]

Should really throw a watch in this photo, but quick and dirty the closest I ever came to that is this 5oz road rash and knife repellant I've been wearing for over 30yrs...wearing it keeps you in shape or kills you.View attachment 530527

I've wanted a leather A-2 Bomber jacket since the 80s when I first saw Raiders of the Lost Ark.

 

[mtngunr]

I've wanted a leather A-2 Bomber jacket since the 80s when I first saw Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The jacket photo is terrible from fisheye cell phone lens, it wider up top than bottom and has waist taper...the old Evel Knievel movie line about tight leather helping hold broken bones in place....if you enjoy wearing two bags of sugar suspended either side from a rope across shoulders, you'll LOVE this jacket. There were some really good A2s available at the time for same money, and I thought hard about one, but they offered little protection and could not shake childhood memories of frayed cuffs on originals, and doubt they would have held up as long as this thing has.

PS- by weight, I mean this jacket made of leather normally reserved for chaps, boots, and blacksmith work aprons. Put this thing on the back of a chair and the chair will fall backwards.