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Old 2 November 2015, 07:45 AM   #19
Haywood_Milton
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Originally Posted by Angrypuppy View Post
A couple quick questions to satisfy my curiosity not because I'm searching for a Comex watch.

Did they ever issue non lug hole 16600s to divers?

Did most divers leave the watch on the metal bracelet or did they switch to a NATO while diving?

Thank you. These are amazing watches and that thread in post seven of this thread is an amazing story. Reading it was a satisfying way to spend my Sunday morning.
I've never known one switch voluntarily to a NATO-style nylon strap, no.

I think that some of the active divers did receive later 16600 T models (no lug holes) but most do indeed seem to turn up with only the lightest of wear such as they might pick up at a desk.....

The 16600 I showed above (with lug-holes) was issued and used professionally.

Here is the text of my original post :

"This N-series watch reached me with original 119-code papers, box, tags etc and with the usual provenance from an owner whose professional diving career followed the pattern typical of many in the UK. I won't detail further here as you might expect me to normally. It is what followed which amused me.

Perhaps using some of the skills he, ahem, learned in previous employment, he went into the Special Effects industry, where he worked at the highest level and to personal celebration on some of the greatest blockbusters of modern cinema. I now watch certain films listed in his imdb biography and at major, explosive moments wonder if this watch was on the hand pushing the detonator."



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