What time is it? Watches and horology

I’d be happy if Garmin X G-Shock was a thing.

Absolutely huge and ghastly... fits the Oxford high street well.

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So its 50mm+ across but its a piece of horoglogical history! How on earth is that ghastly?

I'm fairly sure that Oxford High Street isn't known for historically significant mint condition collectors pieces...

I might buy it. I have never seen one in that condition before.

presumably the size is less noticable when worn in context over your cumbersom flight suit

This captures it quite well

I think that is actually the same model watch from looking at the Crown and lug shape. Lacher, latterly known as LACO

All I can imagine is you need it to eclipse some extraordinary dial gauge that is otherwise distracting your view.

Buy it if you like, do you know where the shop is, in the covered market?

It really doesn’t look very nice in the flesh, regardless of historical significance. Anything of historical significance deserves to be in a publicly accessible exhibition space.

They're that big because the vibrations and shaking in planes of that era made it difficult to read normal size wristwatches during a mission. That and chronometer movements were huge in those days. Chronometers were necessary because they were actually used for navigation.

Was going to ask which shop. Will call them. I have always wanted a real B-Uhr and that looks like a corker. There is a much less good condition Laco on eBay for £8k at the moment that caught my eye.

Here's another view of a Laco Type B

Was interested to read that they weren't part of issued kit for the navigators, they were issued one at the start of each mission and had to return it afterwards.

To be honest it is beautiful in itself, but to contemporary eyes is a bit ...historical magazine collector.

If you need help with shop location I can provide.

Edit: also, I had a feeling you’d get a wet patch when I photo’d it.

I do know what you mean. That's why I have a smaller (45mm) contemporary version to wear day to day.

I saw the exact replica (in smaller diameter) from Eaglemoss in the charity shop. They wanted something insanely high like £6 or I’d have bought it for the shits and giggles.

I also have some old motorcycle gloves that are painfully similar to the aviator’s gloves in those photos, if you want to go a bit Jonathan Creek fanclub about it.

Fucking love it!

Could do with some more flags on the dial.

If the huge size is an issue, Laco have re released their B-uhr watches.

Lush

Bridging old and new wonderfully

And super affordable too!

Needs more semaphore and dodgy Italian engineering

That B-Uhr (the original up there ^) looks great, but I'd want some pretty cast iron provenance before dropping that kind of coin...

It’s being sold in Oxford. Probably need to produce your OxBridge certificates before they even show it to you.

Best typo so far

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Chode hands

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