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Joey Shabadoo
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Forgot about this.
Ended up buying a new bracelet from Oris. Had to send it to a specialist to be fitted though - they noted that it had certainly been used as intended as the previous strap bars showed salt water corrosion.
Drago
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I've been after one of these for a while, and was going to pull the trigger as production has now ceased.
A Seiko Prospex "Arnie" for my collection, courtesy of Mrs D. As worn by Schwarzenegger in Predator and Commando, and Roger Moore in A View to a Kill in the scene where he chases Grace Jones up the Eiffel Tower.
I love a watch with a backstory so this is perfect. Well chuffed.
A Seiko Prospex "Arnie" for my collection, courtesy of Mrs D. As worn by Schwarzenegger in Predator and Commando, and Roger Moore in A View to a Kill in the scene where he chases Grace Jones up the Eiffel Tower.
I love a watch with a backstory so this is perfect. Well chuffed.
Drago
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Lovely timepieces.
A twist of irony in the tale though.
Omega competed with Bulova to win the contract to supply watches for the Apollo astronauts. Omega won and became the official supplier to NASA.
The Apollo 15 commander, Dave Scott, was good friends with the rep from Bulova, who also supplied loads of clocks and timjng computers to NASA, and who gave Scott one of the Bulova prototypes as a gift.
While on the surface of the moon the glass fell off Dave Scott's Omega, bestowing Omega the dubious honour of being the manufacturer of the first watch to fail in space.
Fortunately Scott had brought his Bulova moon watch with him in his personal kit and received permission from control to wear the Bulova on his next surface excursion, and thusnthe Bulofa became the first watch worn while driving a lunar rover.
The watch redently sold for an obscene sum or 1.65 million dollars at auction, and a modern reissue is available today for a reasonable price.
Note the fat control buttons designed to be easy to operate while wearing spacesuit gloves.
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Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Xmas pressie from my wife
