lanikai Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 After 2 years .. the 3717 was appealing to me again.. so off it went to Canada.. for a Valjoux swap and a date wheel that I have had for 2 years also,.. so Ubi's cousin with a white dial..although I wanted a German date wheel and thought I ordered one from cousins a long time ago.. obviously I did not do well in High School German.. but another parallel with the Ubi Man .. inside info.. Thanks for viewing AC/Lani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakortheblue Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Classy! Just wondering why the preferences for German DW? I've seen various other members do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trombone Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 hi lanikai, very nice watch, i have the same and it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tribal Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Classy! Just wondering why the preferences for German DW? I've seen various other members do this. Its not a German DW!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelizer Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 ..although I wanted a German date wheel and thought I ordered one from cousins a long time ago.. obviously I did not do well in High School German.. Great looking spitfire anyway! Wear it in good health! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakortheblue Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 Its not a German DW!! looks like I failed my high school German as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted January 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 No it's not a German date wheel.. it say's Dom, I believe Sunday would of been Son. Northd .. German DW are seen because of the origin of the Pilot watches,.. . . @trombone.. I have a chiefs AR that I need to get onto the watch... the one on now is a stock rep AR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 I love the spitfire...a classic. Is that a Spanish DW?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnDorian Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 These are great reps. The 0 on the 10 always kills me on these though. It's like the B in EBEL. Almost all the reps have these two markers applied on crookedly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 it is in fact Spanish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerian Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 it is in fact Spanish That's quite cool, I think. Could be italian as well, couldn't it? Val. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubiquitous Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I think the white dial is visually very striking! Nice variation on the Flieger. I also like the Spanish datewheel; to be honest, I didn't even think twice about it when you first posted, and thought it may have been German (since we were talking about it a few weeks back). It wasn't until I looked at mine and realized the days were different Great looking piece with a nice engine under the hood, Lani! I may have to eventually pick one of these up (maybe after my other IWC projects are finished ). Cheers, //ubi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanikai Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Yupper, my Spitfire was still in transition.. I got the day wheel a couple of years ago.. but I did tell you it was a German one.. could of sworn I got it.. I like the ss on this white dial.. and the bracelet is very comfortable.... a honey tan gator looks good also.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I wish i hadn't sold mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Superb work. What a great looking dial. One of my favourte IWC models! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky driver Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 it is in fact Spanish i think all the non English DW look class...it gives the watch a more gen look me feels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spooky driver Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 These are great reps. The 0 on the 10 always kills me on these though. It's like the B in EBEL. Almost all the reps have these two markers applied on crookedly. i really wish you hadn't told me that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashman Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 It is a great looking watch. I just wish they would rep the dial closer to the gen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asf Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 man thats beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trombone Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 I have the same watch and i too like it a lot. I removed the factory A/R and now the coloure of the dial is more like the gen. The Rep A/R give Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSRep Posted January 19, 2010 Report Share Posted January 19, 2010 Another stunning piece from your collection Lani! Felicitaciones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simzger Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 (edited) This is in my opinion an italian datewheel. Dom = domenico = sunday in switzerland, where ETA (and myself) is from, there are 4 official national languages: - german (northern switzerland) - italian (south) - french (west) - r Edited January 20, 2010 by simzger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deniz21 Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 wow spanish date wheels, thats kinda unique man and the white dial on the spitfire looks awsome and the name is so cool too wear it well man, and a IWC is a hell of a watch, and i need one thats for sure Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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