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Old 09-08-2013, 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by LewisM View Post
Hugh,

I have the same watch. My mother in law presented it to me back when I was still flying for a living. I wore it till I - you guessed it - broke it. Mechanically it is still perfect, but unfortunately I managed to make a whopping great chip in the glass. Haven't worn a watch since.
Bugger Lewis, I can see how that could happen as the glass bulge sticks out a lot.
I only wear mine occasionally, partly because it isn't waterproof at all (forget what it says) and partly because it's too light - I like a watch with a bit of weight. My daily beater is a Steinhart GMT which is nice and solid and I find the gmt hand very useful when travelling. Nice to have a Swiss movement too though but, without investing time/money in having it adjusted, I find this one less accurate than most of my watches with movements from Russia/USSR, China and Japan. If I need accuracy I have GPS time on my phone anyway.
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