DivingT
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I have one that qualifies....
Sep 04, 2014,13:04 PM
A few years ago (or perhaps a bit earlier), I was rapidly approaching my 40th birthday.
I had been struggling for a long time what to try and get - something from 1972.
At that time, I was a pure diving watch guy - Subs, Seadwellers, and of course my beloved Fifty Fathoms etc.
Gradually, through regular coffees with Nicolas when passing by through Paris, yes, you know it, I started to look at GMTs!!!
(I'm sure I'm not the only one to be 'turned to the dark side'!!
As luck would have it - a 3rd quarter, 1972 GMT Master came up!! Good seller (vintage dealer) - winner! (my birthday is September, so hence the significance of a case back stamped III/1972)
So I purchased the watch, which arrived about a month before my birthday, and yes, I did give it up to my wife, to be 'held safely until the big day'.
On my birthday, my son gave it to me all wrapped (by him - who was 2 1/2 at the time) - very sweet,
it said To Daddy, Love from Sebbie (and Tessie the dog too) xxxx woof woof
Cheers Tony