New arrival for #FliegerFriday - W7 Battle of Britain Memorial Flight RAF Conningsby LE; made for BBMF staff only in 2011.
One small (pardon the pun) surprise though; I'd not fully taken on board the W7 description in the CWE Sales Corner listing i.e. its from the CW ladies range so only 36mm case.
Really quite a bit smaller than my usual preference of 41mm - 45mm. Oops!
No matter; it actually looks pretty good on my wrist, in a 'vintage' kind of way and I prefer the style of the MkI '7' case/dial/hands, as opposed to the '4' case which is the other BBMF piece.
Just need to pop it off to CW for a new battery and check over, plus sort out a longer 19mm strap.
Guy
A bit of a surprise . . . .
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A bit of a surprise . . . .
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Re: A bit of a surprise . . . .
36mm....!!!! That's certainly smaller than your usual. ..!!!
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Re: A bit of a surprise . . . .
Blimey, thats a wee beaut! Never, ever thought you would be in a 36mm case size!!!! It actually seems to wear rather well!
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Re: A bit of a surprise . . . .
That looks like a very nice edition to your #FliegerFamily
It actually looks, due the black case, bezel and dial, as if it wears bigger than its 36mm size suggests.
It actually looks, due the black case, bezel and dial, as if it wears bigger than its 36mm size suggests.
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Re: A bit of a surprise . . . .
Definitely smaller. My smallest watch otherwise is a 38mm C5A.
Neither did I.
Mind you, you've not seen a full wrist shot yet. It is honestly small (for me).
The size wasn't specified on the listing and I assumed it was a regular 42mm C7 MkI case but just 'W' due to being the BBMF LE (for some obscure reason). Live and learn.
You may be right, although I always reckon that a black case 'wears' smaller than actual. Maybe its all size related.StrapMeister wrote: ↑Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:01 pm That looks like a very nice edition to your #FliegerFamily
It actually looks, due the black case, bezel and dial, as if it wears bigger than its 36mm size suggests.
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Re: A bit of a surprise . . . .
Looks like it wears well Guy for the quoted size, the bezel is quite slim so that may help.
Lots of nice detail on the dial, a good pick up as long as you can get along with the smaller-than-usual (for you) size.
Lots of nice detail on the dial, a good pick up as long as you can get along with the smaller-than-usual (for you) size.
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Re: A bit of a surprise . . . .
It's a really nice piece Guy, delighted it's gone to someone that appreciates it.
I remembered back in 2011 or that Kip was talking to me about the W8 Matisse IPK LE that I had picked up for Louise and he mentioned that the W8 LE was made up from left over cases from the W7 BBMF.
So I'd say a very small run indeed like the W8 IPK LE.
I remembered back in 2011 or that Kip was talking to me about the W8 Matisse IPK LE that I had picked up for Louise and he mentioned that the W8 LE was made up from left over cases from the W7 BBMF.
So I'd say a very small run indeed like the W8 IPK LE.
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