Durable dress watch???

[leghog]

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[leghog]

There is another kind of aviator's watch called a "flieger" or "B-Uhr," short for Beobachtungsuhr: a Luftwaffe air crewman's watch from WWII. Some people like the dial pattern and there are many copies. It has never been a political symbol, and you can wear one without being mistaken for a skinhead with a rug.

The originals used 50mm railroad watch movements and they were huge. This one is modeled by an He 111 bombardier:

Many were made with much smaller movements (yet still large for most wrists) and still designed to be worn on the outside of the flyer's suit on wrist or on thigh. Even being smaller they still retaining the large bezel and onion crown for manipulation with gloved hands.

This Omega is from 1934 with a much smaller movement, the Omega c.35.5S T1. I obtained this all original one more than ten years ago. Most people couldn't pull off wearing in directly on the wrist. Rare is an oft misused/overused term in any collectable category, and I don't often use it, but these Omegas are rare.

There are "homage" watches imitating the style of these old flyers' timepieces. The OP, needing a larger diameter case, might want to consider one.

 

[wvriverats]

I also purchased a Luminox and had the same problem as you did. I no longer buy anything that doesn't have a screw down crown. I don't blame Luminox for the failure, I just didn't give my purchase enough thought before-hand. They offer watches that have this feature, they just cost more than I was wanting to spend.