<VV> Watches (not much Corvair)

[Rick Norris]

The famous basketball player, Elgin Baylor was named by his father for the 
Elgin pocket watch he carried. It's a good thing his dad wasn't carrying a 
Longines Whittnauer!!
Hey, this stuff belongs on the TIME channel!

Rick



>I have a number of watches, some of which drive me to distraction, but on 
>my
> arm right now is a Raymond Weil W1 - dark blue dial, stainless steel case
> and strap. I also have a new (as in never worn) Seiko military chronograph
> with three additional dials on the main matt black dial. The counter hands
> and the second hand are red.  I have a Lacoste with a matt black dial with 
> a
> honeycomb look and rather intricate link bracelet, a titanium and gold
> Longines Conquest, a Seiko Digital from the mid seventies that was often
> advertized in National Geographic and then a box full of logo watches that
> usually stop working the first time you drop them. I had two Omega 
> Dynamics,
> but both were taken by domestic workers.
>
> Nick
>
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> Sent: 20 June 2008 02:40 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: <VV> Watches (not much Corvair)
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm stuck in the 60s, which I think was one of the most historically
> significant decades in history. Aside from our favorite car being sold, 
> the
> 60s saw social and technological changes that continue to ripple through
> current times and across the globe. I'm a big enthusiast of the space
> program (major 60s technical achievement), which lead to my career as an
> engineer (though I have spent most of my time in the computer industry as
> opposed to my time in aerospace) and to my minor obsession of collecting
> "space" watches and military watches. My favorite watch is the Omega
> Speedmaster moon watch and the Bulova Accutron (an amazing piece of
> engineering) followed by Heurer Autavias. The Heurer Autavias were
> advertised in the back of Road&Track, a magazine that always had kind 
> things
> to say about Corvairs during the 60s. So, I was thinking this morning, 
> about
> the French GP (this weekend - televised practice on Speed TV today),
> watches, and cars - and started wondering what my fello
> w Vair enthusiasts wore on their wrists. As an informal survey, post what
> you are wearing for a watch.
>
> Regards,
> Joe White
> CORSA, RMC
>
> P.S. The most widely worn pilot watch is the Timex Ironman ...
>
>
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