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Originally Posted by lksteve
i had to have the crystal replaced on mine shortly after i got it...we were climbing in the Alps and i was belaying the guy above me...i had the watch in the top pocket of the rucksack, for reasons i can no longer explain (i have since used the watch as a climbing aid)...anyway, the guy knocked loose a rock, i ducked into the side of the mountain and a chunk of limestone the size of a steel pot hit the top of my rucksack, damn near sending me off the belay stand...it cracked the crystal pretty bad...when i took it to Franz Bauer's shop in Munich (he coulda been a spy for the Russians, he'd sold a watch to almost every SF guy in BT) he said he'd never seed a crystal break that badly...it still kept great time...
i wonder if i can get mine upgraded to a GMT Master II...i told my wife that when i made LTC, i was going to get a gold GMT Master and a turbo Porsche...i think that's why she insisted i retire as a major...  |
I don't even recall how I broke mine, it was awhile ago. Yeah, I love those Gold ones with the blue dials.
Was it you that mentioned the old "SF List?" I don't remember the whole list now, but as I recall, I collected most if not all of it. Rolex Watch (1), Randall, Knife (2), (1) SF Gold Ring w/blue Star Sapphire Stone, (1) Red Sports Car (Miata, actually my wifes.) (I don't think Porsche was on the list; however, over the years I owned (3) First a 74 Silver 914, then a Blue 75 911 Coupe and in 78 a Silver 78 Targa.) Of the three my favorite was the 75 911 Coupe it really handled good!
I drive an Audi (99 A-6) right now, so when I get it serviced I get to drool over the new Porsches there at the dealers. The prices on those things now, are way out of my reach .
