<VV> Watches (not much Corvair)

[James Davis]

Some of us carry, don't wear.  As for me I carry an Elgin, "B W 
Raymond"  model 15 (1925).  It served my maternal grandfather well 
for 38 years and me for another 18 years, so far ;-) .  In the 
intervening time, I carried a Hamilton model 4992B.  All my Corvairs 
have working clocks with quartz movements.
Jim Davis


At 07:40 AM 6/20/2008, jwcorvair at aol.com wrote:
>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 ...
>  _