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Horological Meandering: Just received my Airain Type 20 „Furtivite“ …

…. and based on an earlier post and the related question as to „how black will it be“ I just took a side-by-side: Left: Type 20 (LE for the French EHRA Squadron3) Middle: Type 20 Furtivite Right: Type 21 It is very hard to properly capture the „blackness“ of the Furtivite. It is definitely not just
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Horological Meandering: The Type 20 is one of those 25 pieces custom made to the EHRA 3, the ....

..... Escadrille d'Helicopteres de Reconnaisannce et d'Attaque No. 3 (3rd. helicopter squadron of the French Army). Herebelow a still from a clip of the watch „in action“ 🚁 Cheers, HSTE
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Horological Meandering: Having been in the „kitchen“ of Airain a few months ago …

… playing with the Sous-Marine 3D-Print, some pre-proto-dials, straps etc. I now look forward to receive my two Sous-Marines soon (DHL tracking is on). Cheers, HSTE
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Horological Meandering: Cool, nice watch. I had one of the prototypes on my wrist a few months ago and it looked and felt very well. My orders ....

...... the black with DNA strand and the Ocean Green are currently held back by customs, but should arrive in a few days, hopefully. Cheers, HSTE
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Horological Meandering: Great pictures of a great watch! Mine is less oxidized but it probably gets less air time.

I particularly like the distressed textile strap (Pic 4), what brand / make is it? Cheers, HSTE
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IWC: Oh, cool! You remind me, I have that old biest in my bank vault. Mark X from February 12, 1945.

Not worn for a long time, need to give it some airtime, indeed. Cheers, HSTE
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TAG Heuer: Enough patina here? Probably not ....

.... but the one thing I agree: totally under-rated. How cool is that!! Cheers, HSTE
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TAG Heuer: One of my favorite Carrera ref. 2447: the SY aka. "Yachting". So clean yet ...

.... special with the sub-dial at 3 o?clock. And: rare. Cheers, HSTE
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Horological Meandering: I agree with you! It has everything that makes it a timeless classic.

I can tease you a bit with this .... ;-) Cheers, HSTE
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