Gavox Squadron Review
The last Gavox watches we took a look at were a couple of really cool, kind of different, Marine style pieces. Powered by Miyota automatics with price tags under $500, they were very compelling. Following up these pieces, Gavox has gone a pretty different direction, from a fun and playful take on something classic, to a serious attempt at a military pilot's watch.What immediately sets the new Squadron watches apart from others in the stylistic vein, is that they were made at the request of the Belgian Air Force and designed to their specifications. A total of 65 watches were made an issued to Air Force pilots, 15? for 15th Wing in Melsbroek and? 50 for the 350th squadron at Florenne. These watches are distinguished by the special emblems on their dials. Checkout this great gallery of images of Belgian Air Force Pilots with their Gavox Squadrons.The civilian version of the watch lack an emblem and is an edition of 500. Design-wise, they clearly speak to a lineage of European military pi

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I'm having some troubling thoughts and cannot think of anyone better then the good folks on this forum to set me straight.I current have a lovely ROO Panda which I love, but don't wear that often. I also own the much loved, photographed and discussed SS AP diver....YES I have an AP bracelet as well :)I thought the diver would be a great daily wearer but find it picks up a lot of scratches and even though I mostly work at a desk there are some very non desk components to my profession which the diver does not react well to. So I dont wear it, or any other watch to work at this time...although I really want to.SO.......I was thinking ceramic bezel.....and am now focused on the 44mm AP 24600SO Novelty with white dial (still kinda Panda like to me). However, getting my hands on one would require me to part with BOTH......yes BOTH pieces. I would be left with a lonely almost new bracelet that I would have to then sell off on the forums.I would also then have to find a lower end daily we

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I have a deep love for Daytonas and one of my all time favorite Daytona is the white dial Panda Daytona with Rolex's 4030 movement. Unfortunately finding this model in a mint condition is close to impossible. So I decided to go a different route.I bought an excellent condition Rolex 16523 with box and paper, spent decent chunk of change and bought brand new Rolex 16520 conversion parts. Here is the end result. All parts were bought brand spanking new***Decided to throw in something extra Now the beautiful 4030 movement can be seen in its full glory.Thought Id share the results with you all.

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