what do you think of the iwc top gun ?

[mrh1275]

iwc top gun..saw one at my local dealer in prague last week..
but not sure about the top gun sticker

[Zod]

Exactly my attitude to it: love the watch; hate the Top Gun sticker.

[xPOW]

there was a version with no top gun logos or red planes on the hands like this one:



but they were ltd to 1000 pieces. Also believe there was another variant called the Carlson Doppel Chrono with a slightly different face, but essentially the same watch

[Fittster]

try this thread http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

[dom9]

The original, non-Top Gun IWC Pilot in Ceramic is one my favourite watches ever.

The top Gun takes away from it, a bit, for me but it is still a fantastic watch.

The Ltd Edition watches are still available second hand, but they aren't cheap!

[bry1975]

Nar get yourself a Sinn Ezm1 chrono.



And then become this:-




http://home.earthlink.net/~bobhwd/ezm1.htm

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Edited by bry1975 on Friday 15th October 05:05

Edited by bry1975 on Friday 15th October 05:06

[jshell]

The 'top-gun' sticker is a no-no for me. Cheap and tacky. Great watch though!

[bry1975]

AND Top Gun equals CAMP.

[andy_s]

bry1975 said:

Nar get yourself a Sinn Ezm1 chrono.



And then become this:-

Or you could have been this:



And then got one...










ETA - Apart from anecdotal references to GSG9 it was also bought by two other groups, the Zentrale Unterstützungseinheit Zoll (ZUZ) - a central tactical support unit and the Zentrale Technikgruppe Zoll (ZTZ), or Central Technical unit - both of which were Customs/Police tactical intervention units, these asked for their logo on the dial, shown here:

and helped Sinn with the design of the watch, the first few of which (well, 3 actually iirc) had the crown in the conventional right side of the case.
There is also anecdotal tales of it being issued to a US SWAT team (in LA or New York, can't remember which). I can only wonder at the face of the accountants when the bill came in....

http://members.chello.nl/~h.mennink/watches/_priva... is a fairly good summary, without so much hyperbole.

The EZM2 and indeed UX featured the GSG9 unit logo on some examples; the EZM2 GSG9 shipping with a full case of goodies.

Edited by andy_s on Friday 15th October 18:47

[bry1975]

Hi there,

Sorry meant Top Gun as in the film.

[andy_s]

Talking of affiliations, bogus, misconstrued or otherwise - Luminox used the SEAL reference in relation to comments made in a letter by a Chief in SEAL Team 6 at the time. This is contrary to the Govt. position (and actually used as an example in slide 20 here - http://www.dod.mil/dodgc/defense_ethics/resource_l... )
I'm sure they made a lot of money with the US Navy / SEAL 'links', but it's bullst. I think that's what put me of them and quite a few others that brand themselves around something they are not.

I'd try to find out if 'Nite' etc have a true, valid connection to the SAS for example, but frankly can't be arsed and just assume they don't.

Watches actually issued by the DoD in the recent past (including Suunto now - this is an old pic) include these:



(Billy&Colin/WuS)

For what it's worth, most people wear G-Shocks or Suunto, who, interestingly, don't make much of a big deal about it...but I've digressed again.