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The time to get another watch. This one is almost here, a Baltany D12 'Dirty Dozen' (automatic so not according to one of the originals but that doesn't show). It is an homage to the Longines iteration of the field watches that were commissioned by the British War Office and made by 12 manufacturers during the final two years of WWII: Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lemania, Longines, IWC, Omega, Record, Timor, and Vertex.

Specifications:

• Model: S182025
• Movement: Seagull ST1701 Automatic Movement
• Case Material: 316L stainless steel
• Case Diameter: 36mm (not including crown)
• Lug to Lug: 43.3mm
• Thickness: 12.8mm (including crystal)
• Crystal: double domed sapphire crystal, AR Coating
• Hands: polished cathedral hands
• Luminosity: two colour Super-LumiNova
• Crown: screw-down, 316L stainless steel
• Case back: brushed 316L stainless steel
• Strap Width: 18mm
• Buckle: 316L stainless Steel
• Water Resistance: 100 Meters (10Bar)
• Weight: 70g

And I purchased an Archer canvas strap for it:

 

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Thank you for your kind words Tom. It came to $187 including import tax. Whist this not an insignificant amount I wonder again how they are able to pull this off (shipping is included). This may become my 'daily beater' so to speak. And perhaps a conversation starter although I live in a watch desert as of lately, Less and less people wear watches these days. It's either a smart watch, no watch or a Rolex

 

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It arrived this afternoon (with free black leather NATO strap):

 

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It’s hard to imagine that not too long ago, watches grew ever larger in size. And most makers jumped on board with that. It became a fashion statement. Now the reverse is happening because those same makers have started to reproduce the watches from their back catalogue. Back to this Baltany. The watch is very plain, just like the originals were intended. Bead blasted case and crown and the crystal is not overly domed, it does look like a plexiglass crystal. I have ordered another strap, in olive drab. The only drawback is that the movement is non-hackable. Perhaps the originals were like that but I don’t know this yet.

 

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