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an aviator watch with a lot of history
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behind it let's check it out detailing
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here and I'm looking at this this is the
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a v8 Hawker hunter a V four zero six
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four zero one watch now that designation
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actually sounds like a military aircraft
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and it's appropriate because the watch
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is actually named after the very famous
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Hawker hunter aircraft here's a picture
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of it it's a transonic british
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jet-powered fighter aircraft that was
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developed by Hawker aircraft for the
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Royal Air Force during the late 40s and
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early 1950s now I have a history with
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the Royal Air Force because my dad was
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actually in the RAF a long time ago dad
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so when I actually had the opportunity
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to check out this watch I was really
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excited and this is a really nice watch
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so let me just give you a couple of
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close-ups first off here's the front
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dial and you can see there's a lot of
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design elements that are inspired by the
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Hawker hunter itself including this
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great serrated bezel on the edge
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features a 45 millimeter case hardened
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mineral lens 316 L stainless steel
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manufacturing and inside of it is a
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Japanese quartz chronograph and date so
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you can do stopwatch timing and
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everything but more importantly it gives
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you the date and the time really The
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Times what I want out of a watch and
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it's kind of hard to tell but it has a
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blue dial it's very nice here's one of
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the coolest things about it though is
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the back of the case engraving check
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tell me that is not super cool now and
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it features three different leather
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strap options this is actually the
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lightest of the three and it's a very
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vintage design so you know you put it on
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your wrist and it's light actually it's
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a surprisingly light watch not very
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thick the only observation I'll make is
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the way they designed it is that these
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little points can actually be kind of
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they're not sharp but they're
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surprisingly obvious but then again once
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you put it on your wrist it's curved
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exactly as you would expect and so it's
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totally not a big deal
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has two of the little guide straps on
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here generally speaking I tend to cut
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one of them off because I have a bigger
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wrist so I don't need that much now let
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me show you one other thing magically
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here's the box so the box is actually
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really cool too you open it up you have
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the watch here and I wish they would
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have put a little card with some history
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of the watch and/or the plane the watch
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is named after but that might be down
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the road point being this is a very nice
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gift box it's a very fun design and it's
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very consistent with the design of the
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watch itself so there's really a lot I
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like about this not much else to talk
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about other than the price but before we
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get to the price if you can do me a
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favor and click on that subscribe link
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really appreciate that and let me know
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what kind of watches are you into
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because I get a chance to see a lot of
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watches so might as well start looking
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at some watches that you like now the a
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v8 Hawker hunter AV 406 4-0 one yeah I
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know it's upside down right now will
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cost you a hundred and ninety British
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crown pounds that or that converts into
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US dollars at two hundred and forty
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three US dollars you can check it out
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and see all the other really cool
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military inspired watches that they have
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at a v8 dot co dot uk' this is Dave
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Taylor I got a plane to catch so I'll
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catch you in my next video
