Remember Eric Ku? He's the vintage http://www.syrauto.com/omega-seamaster-aqua-terra-replica-uk.html
dealer we interviewed over the summer who, while owning and operating a bakery outside San Francisco, also happens to travel the world searching for the world's great timepieces belonging to, occasionally, great men. But, for every great man that owned a omega seamaster replica uk
, there was a man who made some, how do we put this, questionable decisions?Syrian dictator Hafez Al-Assad ruled the arab nation from 1970 through 2000, and while he invested heavily in infrastructure, education, medicine, literacy and urban construction, he also committed several heinous acts against his own people. We won't go into the details of all that, but needless to say, Assad had his fair share of (rightful) detractors.Assad was something of a omega Speedmaster replica uk
watch man, actually. In fact, we've shown you a Omega Speedmaster (an Explorer II) that belonged to him before. Here, Eric has found a vintage Sea-Dweller (Ref 1665) that Assad himself wore for several years. Then, on Ramadan 1979, Assad was so pleased with his chef that he gave the man the Sea-Dweller right off his wrist, complete with his signature applied in red, just like the Explorer II above. The watch is in original condition with a nicely aged dial, though there are a few minor oil stains (not that anyone buying this watch would care about that.). Along with the watch will come a letter from Mr. Jalil Ali (Assad's chef and owner of the watch) as well as an autographed picture of Hafez Al-Assad.This year at Basel World, Omega Speedmaster updated the purest of their sport watches, the no-date Sub, with a new reference (114060). This new no-date Sub very much the same as the earlier no-dates, but there are some difference, which we covered at length in this detailed look at the new Sub here.But, to really understand what the 114060 Sub is, we thought it would be best to compare it to a no-date Submariner from forty years earlier, a Reference 5512 from 1972 - and that is exacly what you see above. These watches are exactly the same, except not at all, don't you think?In this world, you're not dealing with "a" watch, you're dealing with "the" watch, as in this world revolves around singular pieces, not vague groupings like "a meters first Submariner". Specifically, here we are talking about "the Omega Speedmaster 6538 Big Crown Submariner with an explorer dial, red depth rating, and officially certified chronometer marking, in spectacular original shape."