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archie42

Post subject: Which Navitimer is best?

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:57 am

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Hello,
A bit of positive spin....

Which Navi is best???

PERSONALLY - the A13322 - old nav II - why? Best dial, quickset date, no longer made so good investment potential, modern classic, very reliable movement.......

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Roffensian

Post subject: Re: Which Navitimer is best?

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:14 am

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archie42 wrote:

No brainer.

1952 806

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:44 am

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Only got one so I have to say Montbrillant.

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 6:46 am

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I'm going to abstain from this one as "best" is a very subjective thing....... as ably demonstrated by Roff's choice of the 1952 806! :wink:

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:02 am

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Driver8 wrote:

I'm going to abstain from this one as "best" is a very subjective thing....... as ably demonstrated by Roff's choice of the 1952 806! :wink:

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:27 am

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The best Navitimer is my Navitimer, no doubt! :lol:

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Roffensian

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:29 am

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Driver8 wrote:

I'm going to abstain from this one as "best" is a very subjective thing....... as ably demonstrated by Roff's choice of the 1952 806! :wink:

I thought that might be considered a niche choice :wink:

By the way, the link in your sig isn't working (at least for me).

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:36 am

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Well my vote would also be for the 52 AOPA 806.

So with 2 votes, that puts it in the lead at the mo!

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:52 am

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Sharkmouth wrote:

Well my vote would also be for the 52 AOPA 806.

So with 2 votes, that puts it in the lead at the mo!

my 1964 ish (my Dads old) 806 thats a subjective ans but correct hehe

i need to get you guys the serial so you can date her for me.

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 7:53 am

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Roffensian wrote:

By the way, the link in your sig isn't working (at least for me).

Is it not? It's only a link to an older post I made in the Gallery..... Seems to be working fine for me.

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My vote would be an 806, not fussy on which one..

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 8:05 am

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Hmmmm, well I can't let the 806 run away with this poll, so I'm going to vote the Navitimer World........ for 3 reasons -

Firstly, it's a great size (for me anyway).
Secondly, it's got the classic Navi look - the painted wings, the bezel, the hands, etc - but has 'modern' internals.
And lastly (and by far the most important reason) - I've got one! :wink:

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Driver8 wrote:

Roffensian wrote:

By the way, the link in your sig isn't working (at least for me).

Is it not? It's only a link to an older post I made in the Gallery..... Seems to be working fine for me.

I get this:

"Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.
Size of a request header field exceeds server limit."

Oh, and there's a reason why the 806 is winning :lol:

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Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 11:23 am

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Roffensian wrote:

Oh, and there's a reason why the 806 is winning :lol:

Yeah, I reckon you're editing people's posts so that it wins! :wink:

The 806 - undeniably classic and iconic, and very beautiful for a vintage piece......... but the best? :nono:

Not for me.

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