Well said, Christoph. As an architect practicing in New York and an owner of a fantastic 1133B I must agree with you in finding links between this model and our careers (no disrespect for others :) of course...).

For the record, I noticed a typo in my previous message that changes drastically what I was aiming to say. It should be "I own both "patina' nicely aged watches as well as NOS condition watches and I can tell you both look fantastic." in lieu of the incorrect "I own both "patina' nicely aged watches as well as NOS condition watches and I can't tell you both look fantastic." When will a spellcheck that reads your mind ever come out?

Francesco

Hi Francesco,

: Well, of course you are right and obviously your are in a very good
: position as you own both - the well-worn-patina model and the
: NOS-model. That is the best of both worlds. Would be nice to see
: a picture of both types (NOS vs. well-worn) side-by-side. The
: good thing about NOS is that they also have some patina - at
: least the tritium should have changed a little - and I think
: that is the magic - a process that needs about 10, 20 or 30
: years that change the color of tritium and with that the whole
: character of a watch.

: cheers, christoph