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Serving In The Kampfschwimmer With Cheap Swiss Issued Replica IWC Watches UK

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In the 1980s, IWC introduced a series of highly specialized dive watches for the Kampfschwimmer, an elite German military dive unit. Made in conjunction with Porsche Design, these titanium perfect replica watches had IWC technology and ingenuity behind them. As military-issued versions of the IWC Ocean 2000, they are now referred to as the “Ocean Bund” among collectors and enthusiasts.

The IWC Ocean Bund (short for Bundeswehr or “German Federal Armed Forces”) came as six issued references, including one that consisted of 50 entirely nonmagnetic UK AAA fake watches for mine-clearance units within the Kampfschwimmer.

An extreme IWC watch for an elite unit

Recently, I spoke to David Seyffer, IWC’s historian, about these unique high quality replica watches and the importance of their design in IWC’s modern history. In that interview, David noted, “These watches feature two important innovations — titanium and design. I would consider the Ocean 2000 the most ‘radical’ design made in cooperation with Porsche Design simply because of the use of titanium. The watch became one of the most innovative diver’s watches ever.” You can read that full interview here.

The Kampfschwimmer (“Combat Swimmers”) are German frogmen and among some of the country’s most elite and well-trained military units. In training videos, we can watch members of those units being air-dropped with full combat equipment, including flippers, into the ocean.

Speaking to a former member of the Kampfschwimmer

After our article went live, several people wrote to me with personal stories of serving in that unit or owning one of these special military-issued timepieces. I extend my thanks to those who helped provide additional photos used in this story, particularly Thorsten (@real_vintagesilver on Instagram), who once owned an IWC Ocean 2000.

One of those who wrote to me was issued an IWC Ocean Bund while serving in the German military in the very late 1980s and early 1990s. He asked to remain anonymous for this chat but wanted to share a few of his thoughts on the unit and the copy watches for sale. Let’s just call him “Mr. P” for the sake of this interview.

A unit issued the IWC Ocean Bund

Henry Black: Thank you for sharing a little bit of your experience. Tell me about your service and the Swiss made IWC replica watches you were issued. Also, how did you come across our story on Fratello?

Mr. P: I was as surprised as you were when I contacted you, Henry, after seeing the story on Fratello. You see, I recognize some of the faces in the YouTube videos in your article that show the training we used to do. What can I tell you about that time? Well, I have very fond memories. We were all quite young and felt that we were doing something challenging and noble. We were serving our country. And the world was a very different place then. I’m a lot older now!

Challenging training

HB: The training looked arduous. What motivated you to join?

MP: Well, I was motivated by a sense of duty, but there was also a sense of adventure about it. This may sound silly now, but at the time, getting that sort of training was difficult but could also be fun. Maybe it seems more fun now when I look back on that time, which was quite long ago.

Also, I made some strong friends during my time there. As you will see in the training videos, part of what we had to do was get inside a torpedo-like structure in a pool. This was so we could handle being in the tight and difficult surroundings of a torpedo tube if we ever needed to be deployed in such a manner on a mission. Being inside was very mentally difficult as it was, how do you say… a claustrophobic experience. I was never deployed in such a manner beyond our training.

Experiencing the IWC Ocean Bund

HB: What can you tell me about the IWC you were issued, Mr. P?

MP: It was a very fine watch, but it also looked quite strange. I remember when I first saw it, and I thought it didn’t look like a normal dive watch. I was not particularly interested in 1:1 fake watches at that time, but I grew to respect the watch as it handled my training very well and kept very good time. My watch had a fabric strap, not a metal one.

One thing I also liked about the watch was that it was quite thin. This was useful in tight surroundings or if one had a jacket and uniform on. It did not get in the way when on training missions. I miss the watch.

HB: So, from what you tell me, I assume the watch is no longer in your possession?

MP: No, I had to return it. I miss the watch now because I am more interested in luxury super clone watches, and it also brings back some good memories of when I was younger.

We have an association for servicemen called the Kampfschwimmer Association, and I would invite any fellow former members to get in contact with the association as it is a good site for history.

A growing fascination with the watch hobby

HB: What drew you to Fratello? How did you find our article?

MP: Believe it or not, Henry, I am now more interested in best replica watches as a hobby. I like the idea of keeping old things going. Maybe it is because I would consider myself old now! But also, I like IWC and the contribution of German watch manufacturers to the craft. There is a strong history of watchmaking in Germany too.

I sometimes read articles on old historical stories. I liked your article about the Australian prime minister and Rolex. It was interesting for me because I also lived during the Cold War. Likewise, I was surprised and happy to see the one you did on the Kampfschwimmer. Getting to see a few familiar faces in the videos also evoked very strong memories for me, so I contacted you.

Closing thoughts

My thanks to Mr. P for sharing his thoughts on our original article, a few precious insights into the Kampfschwimmer, and his experience of being issued the wholesale fake IWC Ocean Bund watches! He is a very private man, so I am grateful that he decided to share his thoughts with our readers. I’m also grateful to the people on Instagram who helped send a few images my way for this article.

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Audemars Piguet Just Unveiled 3 New UK Top Audemars Piguet Openworked Royal Oak Fake Watches

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Following on the heels of the May release of multiple Swiss made replica Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watches, Audemars Piguet is back with a 41 mm selfwinding openworked offering, now in three striking case and bracelet materials. Stainless steel is going to resonate with the traditionalists, the yellow gold with those who like a louder wrist flex, and black ceramic will offer up a stealthy, futuristic vibe.

We’ve been reporting that Royal Oaks are coming down in price on the pre-owned and neo-vintage market, and we’ve even just published a brief history of the “RO.” The Royal Oak was originally penned by acclaimed designer Gerald Genta, who singlehandedly revolutionized the sports 1:1 UK fake watches market.

Perfect Audemars Piguet replica watches is sometimes said to have a hard time getting past its strong association with the Royal Oak, but this doesn’t seem to be hurting the brand whatsoever. As expert collector and vintage dealer at Analog:Shift, James Lamdin, told us last week, “The brand is still in demand, and so [the Royal Oak] is still hard to get at the boutiques.” This situation may not come as a surprise to experienced collectors of the Royal Oak, though this new best copy watches may be especially difficult to get one’s hands on, as it’s at what many consider a perfect size (41 mm) with just enough technology (dual-barrel caliber 3132) and flash (openworked dial) to sing on the wrist.

Especially attractive here is the rose gold movement in the steel and ceramic versions. Rose gold from AAA online Audemars Piguet replica watches is especially warm due to its copper content. Against the steel, you’ve got a unique bi-metal (or two-tone) sensibility, and against the black ceramic that rose gold movement seems to blossom like a midnight flower. Both are very chic. But it may be the yellow gold iteration that comes closest to classic Royal Oak vibes, with the long-used 18 carat case and bracelet featuring a much quieter rhodium-plated movement that’s all smoke and shadow.

Caliber 3132 employs a dual balance wheel, which is a unique approach to minimizing the tilt of the balance staff (the axil on which the balance wheel oscillates back and forth). When the balance wheel swings, there is a tendency for it to tilt within its ruby mount, which allows gravity to have its way with it, causing timing discrepancies in different positions (known as positional variance). By adding a second balance wheel (not just a second spring, as found in some movements), high quality Audemars Piguet super clone watches has added stabilizing mass to the mechanism, as well as counter-force that steadies the balance staff as it changes direction, according to Audemars Piguet.

Prices are $76,400 for stainless, and $101,100 for either the ceramic or yellow gold model.

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Andrew Explains UK AAA Perfect Hublot Replica Watches’ Price Positioning On A Recent Podcast, And It Makes Perfect Sense

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This is more of a “Recommended Listening” than a “Recommended Reading”, but nevertheless, it’s something worth tuning into. Our very own Andrew McUtchen will tell anyone who will listen how much of a fan of Hublot he is. Hell, the best replica watches I’ve seen him wear more than any other is his Big Bang White Ceramic (or as he calls it, the “Stormtrooper“) and he has, no doubt, put many people on to the brand who’d never previously considered it, myself included.

However, a common criticism of the Swiss brand is that its price positioning is sometimes hard to wrap one’s head around. On the one hand, when compared to other “hyper watches” – think Richard Mille, Roger Dubuis or Urwerk – Hublot represents reasonable value (as loaded as a term that is). On the other hand, Hublot is a brand that’s been criticised for charging tens of thousands of dollars for 1:1 UK fake watches with off-the-shelf movements. How do you reconcile both those facets of the brand?

Well, as Andrew himself put it to me, he recently had “a rare moment of Hublot clarity and inspiration” while appearing as a guest on The Deep Track, a podcast started by watch industry veteran and GPHG Academy member Blake Buettner. Andrew had his trusty Stormtrooper on his wrist while chatting with the always-affable Blake, and Blake described the cheap Hublot replica watches as being “very Andrew”.

“I own AP, I could wear something that gets me a seat at the cool kid’s table today… [But] I’m wearing Hublot because that is actually my perspective [about watch culture], which is have the courage to wear a watch that isn’t popular in the watch cohort, dare to wear luxury 2024 copy watches that suits your lifestyle… Put it outside of the matrix of where it sits on the cool wall.”

Andrew then went on to say: “I understand that selling ébauche movements for US$15,000 dollars is bold, and it’s kind of nuts. But they [get] away with it, because they built enough value through their marketing proposition, through their ambassador alignments, through this just power brand. The Jean-Claude Biver touch – he knows how to make you want stuff, and you put your right brain, your analytical brain gets kind of anaesthetised, ‘I want to be a part of that!’”

“I get the criticism from the geeks and from the people that want to break a watch down to its components and then value it and say well, that is the value of the replica watches for sale. And look, I think it’s interesting to look at a brand like Christopher Ward [or] Code41… They allow you to see how much they pay for the flywheel, for the balance wheel, for the escapement… They break it down into its components and say this is what we paid for everything in this top super clone watches. But that’s only one way to come at watch desire. That appeals to the value proposition and the accountant who says ‘how much am I really paying for this?’ But that’s not how desire works.”

“That’s what people are discounting when they break Hublot down to its parts and say ‘oh, it’s a Selita movement’ or ‘it’s an ETA movement’ [or] ‘I could get that movement in a watch for $1,000’. It’s like yeah, but there’s no story or meaning to that brand if the brand that’s selling it hasn’t invested in it. Hublot replica watches wholesale has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in telling a story that I really like, actually.

The point is that Swiss made fake watches are an irrational, emotional investment, and as Andrew puts it, “if there’s an accountant deciding whether a watch is worth the money or not, it’s immediately a doomed exercise.

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1:1 2024 Swiss Fake Panerai’s Submersible Elux Lab-ID Watches UK Takes ‘Luminous’ Seriously – In A Seriously Unusual Way

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Today, Panerai has released a wild watch that I can only describe as “peak Panerai.” Yes, it’s massive, overbuilt, and loud. It’s by far not the perfect replica watches I would be drawn to from the brand. And yet, the new Submersible Elux Lab-ID (ref. PAM01800) is extremely cool. The new 49mm by 21.9mm thick UK AAA fake Panerai Submersible watches has a Blue Ti-Ceramitech case, bezel, and caseback. But what’s inside (and peeks through the dial) is the shock. The P.9010/EL caliber movement has six barrels that not only give three days of power reserve but 30 minutes of mechanical microgenerator-powered light to the indices on the dial (and the lume pip on the bezel).

This is a highly complicated high quality replica watches for one that looks so simple, and its functionality is supported by four patents. By flipping open the pusher protector at eight o’clock, the wearer has access to a button that clicks on the power from the four barrels to unwind in a microgenerator that converts mechanical energy into electricity and illuminates what would normally be light-charged lume plots, but in this case, are LEDs.

It also illuminates moving parts like the hands and bezel (lighting only 15 of the LEDs in the bezel at a time instead of all 60), which was an understandably complicated feat. The system runs with custom-made coils, magnets, and a stator and incorporates no active electronics. It also has a linear “Power Light” reserve indicator at 6 o’clock with small seconds at 9 o’clock. But if that 30 minutes of power gets used up, the cheap copy watches also has Super LumiNova X2 on the indices and hour hand, with Super LumiNova X1 on the minute hand and bezel dot.

The microgenerator system reminds me in some way of the DeBethune DB28GS “Grand Bleu,” which James Stacey covered back in 2019, but the Panerai is much bolder in practice. That’s probably partially thanks to the black dial covered in carbon nanotubes that absorb outside light and increase contrast when the light is activated. The best replica watches has a light ceramized titanium case – 44% lighter than steel yet has a fracture toughness ten times higher than traditional ceramic. The top super clone watches is limited to 150 pieces, 50 released annually for three years, and priced at $96,300. But this idea doesn’t come out of nowhere.

In 1966, Panerai replica watches wholesale identified a new material they called Elux, an abbreviation of “elettroluminescenza” to mean electroluminescence, that was completely free of radioactive material but could be used to light up technical equipment even in the darkest environments. They made electroluminescent panels composed of uniformly luminous surfaces available in various sizes, all shock resistant, and they were energy efficient enough to be powered by a battery.

The technology found a lot of use within the Italian Navy, from light panels in command and control centers to luminous pathways and signage for helicopter landing on the decks of military ships. The ability of “Laboratorio di Idee” to carry on these ideas from that family-owned Officine Panerai workshop and make them into a commercial top fake watches – while keeping it mechanical – is one of the coolest things I’ve seen Panerai do in a while.

Everyone will say it, so let me cut you off; yes, this pushes the boundaries of “giant watch” sizing, even for Panerai. The luxury replica watches nearly unseats the MB&F HM-11 as the thickest watch I’ve ever worn (~23mm), though not quite. Is 49mm by 21.9mm too wide and thick to wear daily? Almost certainly. Is this watch one of the few places I could give a brand a pass? Definitely. If you’re going to make a watch this big, you better damn well be doing something with all that case space. They do all that and then some. I mean, six barrels in the movement? That’s just wild. However, the wearability is still relatively decent because of the blue Ti-Ceramitech case.

The main feature – the toggleable light – isn’t blinding bright like a flashlight in the daytime, but it certainly gets the job done. In a selectively lit boutique like the Madison Avenue Panerai flagship (in which I shot this watch), it was occasionally hard to tell whether I had left the Elux running until I covered the dial to check. That meant that by the end of my half an hour with the fake watches for men, I noticed that the power-reserve indicator at 6 o’clock was fully closed by the mechanical striped slider that looked like a dying battery. Whoops. Yes, it turns out that I had left the light on.

But I like the idea of a mechanical light that stays on without your interaction. For my nostalgia toward the Timex Indiglo I had as a kid, holding a button while diving might be inconvenient. Here, you can see the cover for the button that triggers the light. In the next photo, you’ll see that button from the caseback side (honestly, I forgot to take a photo with the cover removed). You’ll also get a better view of the Ti-Ceramitech case. My only concern with the case is that, due to the texture, the sample I viewed seemed to have already picked up some scratches. I’m curious how the material will hold up to wear over time, and as it is a relatively new material, only time will tell.

The new Swiss movements replica Panerai Submersible Elux watches is quite expensive. But lately, I’ve been feeling a little bored with most releases; it seems like brands have been lacking in doing something entirely novel. Honestly, I didn’t expect to get my fix of novelty from Panerai, but kudos to the brand for pulling this out.

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