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A beaut!
Here is my Lemania series II RN chrono with the same movement, made only for nuclear submarines (hence no lume).
An Omega RCAF Chronograph
This Omega Royal Canadian Air Force Monopusher Chronograph , ref 6W/16 has a 38 mm steel case and a two register cream dial with syringe hands. It is powered by calibre Lemania 2221 . Some of you know these chronographs much better than I do. So I will ju...
I think it would be a Patek.
A rectangular one with caliber 9-90, like ref. 425. Or maybe 492 (but I would probably prefer the 5105) or 2461... Or maybe a round one, like 1536 (I need to see it in real life to know if I really like it) or 2508 (this one I should not have let go, it's...
Birks was a Canadian retailer, and if not mistaken, a department store . . .
. . . chain. I was aware of the Omega and Breitling RCAF mono pusher chronos but have never seen a Birks branded model. Thanks for bringing these old models back to our consciousness, Emmanuel. Gratefully, Art
My pleasure, Art.
Both a Birks and a Rodania examples are shown in the following thread by Nicolas: www.watchprosite.com And here's a photo of a Birks (sometimes called the “Tiffany & Co.” of Canada, apparently) sold by Wind Vintage ( https://www.windvintage.com/bi...
I'd forgotten about the Birks in Nico's thread from long ago. I have seen an Omega RCAF . . .
. . . in the distant past, but can't remember where or when. Might've been Bill Sohne's when we first met in New York back in '08.
A beaut!
Here is my Lemania series II RN chrono with the same movement, made only for nuclear submarines (hence no lume). ...