Han hintet også om at han sitter på farfars gull-Perfecta fra -68, men der gikk visst ikke ting helt flytende - æ kjem innom @Arcticboy (den meshen trenger en aldri så liten ultralyd med - visst har du det Erik?)![]()
Mener å ha lest et sted at det var Lemania som produserte verkene til Tissot, Heuer etc....
Digger min, men den er nå til slags,,,,,
Tommy
Fra Boken Glycine Airman av André StikkersThe Airman SST
The year is 1967 and it was only six years previously that John F. Kennedy announced his support for “landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth”. It also marks an era of new technology and design that we see reflected in the way the watches were shaped and equipped.
SST stands for Supersonic Transport and we are led to believe that the mesmerizing engraving on the back of this new Airman model is a Boeing 2707. This ambitious project was canceled in 1971 before a prototype had been completed. The airplane on the Airman SST manual (page 26-27) however depicts a Concorde. Looking at all the pictures of Supersonic transports one is unable to determine which plane really was the inspiration source for this extraordinary back. It might well have been the Tupolev Tu-144. The Concorde and the Tupolev both had their first flight in 1968 and were hot news items during 1967.
One thing is certain. USAF pilots have put their marks on this watch. History
tells us that pilots were consulted during the development of the Airman 1.
The overwhelming success of the Airman under USAF personnel surely provided enough feedback material to use for developing a new model.
Characteristics that suggest this:
-Dial is divided into a grey right side 24-12 AM and a black left side 12-24 PM, a division mainly used in Anglo-Saxon countries
-The nickname pumpkin
-The alleged Boeing 2707 on the backside
Takker for likes karler! Lover fler bilder men konemor valgte selvsagt kvelden ikveld å starte på årets billedbok før jul så ser vel pc'en igjen efter jul
Ser at dere patinister @MINUTE_REPEATER / @SpaceCowboy liket så jeg legger (klokke-)hodet for hogst.
Er det riktig at tritium her er "flatt" - ser jeg skiven fra skrå så bygger ikke "indeksen" særlig i høyde, er det forskjeller mellom tritium, radium, (super-)luminova?