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Old 11 April 2014, 07:32 PM   #1
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My vintage helbros 66

My vintage helbros 1966 pilots watch .
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Old 11 April 2014, 10:44 PM   #2
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A beauty, congrats, what's the history behind it?
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Old 11 April 2014, 11:54 PM   #3
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I bought it from a site in America it has had some resto but the main thing it is working well thanks for comment
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Old 11 April 2014, 11:59 PM   #4
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great looking watch

I had one of these in blue, with out the nice detail on your dial. It kept great time... Congrats...
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Old 12 April 2014, 12:44 AM   #5
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Very nice piece wear it in good health
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Old 12 April 2014, 05:00 PM   #6
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Nice vintage.
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Old 12 April 2014, 06:29 PM   #7
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I bought it from a site in America it has had some resto but the main thing it is working well thanks for comment
Looks great!
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Old 13 April 2014, 06:12 AM   #8
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Old 14 April 2014, 01:44 AM   #9
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Very lovely watch! May I ask how big it is?
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Old 14 April 2014, 05:06 AM   #10
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It's about the size of the inside of a submariner with out the insert . If that s any help .
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Old 14 April 2014, 10:50 AM   #11
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It's about the size of the inside of a submariner with out the insert . If that s any help .
So I'm guessing it's about 35mm - 36mm, very nice size indeed.
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Old 17 April 2014, 11:35 AM   #12
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Very cool!
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Old 22 April 2014, 06:40 AM   #13
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Very nice vintage piece
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Old 9 June 2014, 06:44 AM   #14
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I love old watches, such history to them.
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