A big thanks to everyone who posted and PM'ed .. lots of great suggestions, and now all I have to do is work which mall my wife will do the least damage in while i'm browsing watches. Best wishes, Nick.
The actress' name is It's Angela Scoular, the character she played was Ruby Bartlett she was one of Blofeld's allergy patients .. her parents owned a chicken farm and she was allergic to chickens. click here for pics.
As well as my Orloff bi-compax it seems I've got a few others, although i think both my photography & my watches need a little work to be included in this crowd! First the Seikos: A 6138-030 \ A brown Bullhead 6138 - 0400 A black Bullhead 6138 - 0400 Tissot Navigator Baume & Mercier Graham Chronofig
Andrew, Thanks - your research confirms the other info that I've found in the last 24 hours. It would seem that Orloff Co Inc was a US importer who had their brand put on the dial & movements. From what I can tell, they were around for 3 or 4 years in the early 1950's. As for a relaunch of the brand
As you could probably guess from my username, i'm interested in finding out a little about the Orloff Watch Company / Orloff Co Inc. I've managed to buy one on eBay and it gets a reasonable share of wrist time (despite the fact that a 1950's watch seems TINY compared to today's sizes. There is one t