tried emailing gunter at steinhart twice now. no response. someone on watchuseek said they were having trouble with their mail servers but the thread isnt even there anymore. anyone have contact with them recently?

http://www.thinkgeek.com/clearance/on-sale/e640/

The Stowa just arrived. I have a brown leather band that came with it in addition to the zulu on it in the pic:

Now the question is do I keep the Stowa and the Damasko or sell one.

Day date makes me lean towards the latter. Overall dial looks cleaner too. Nice watches.

^Agree.

The Stowa is more historically accurate (sterile dial, one of the original 5 during WWII) if you're into that aspect. But the Damasko is a nice update to the classic flieger design. Either watch is a winner.

Both beautiful, but latter wins.

Edited June 27, 201115 yr by blessingx

I like the "real bond" Zulu in first pic. Just picked up a grey/black bond zulu myself.

Both are beauties, Mike, but I favor #1 - cleaner, more historically accurate, and will look great with the brown leather.

Day date makes me lean towards the latter. Overall dial looks cleaner too. Nice watches.

Both beautiful, but latter wins.

What they said.

I agree with Gene, go with the Stowa. If you can't remember the day and date then you would probably forget to look at your watch anyway.

Thanks guys. The Stowa is the classic flieger and has crazy good lume. Close to an Omega P.O. which has some of the best lume out there. I may hold onto both for a while and see which grows on me. I've been looking for the Stowa for a while. Due to a lack of movements Stowa will not ship any until late August. They rarely come up used, in particular with no logo/no date. The Damasko has one of the best cases out there but is not nearly as difficult to find used or new. I also love the blued hands and display back on the Stowa.

I may hold onto both for a while and see which grows on me.

Probably a good idea.

Both beautiful, as everyone said, but boy do I love the Stowa.

I agree with Gene, go with the Stowa. If you can't remember the day and date then you would probably forget to look at your watch anyway.

I remember biology definitions verbatim from 8th grade and can tell you which ion was where on the page in my Chemistry book and what the valency was and an innumerable number of useless things BUT I can't remember what day or date it is. Hell I can't even remember my poker hand for just a single round of betting. No joke. I've been wearing a watch for as long as I can remember and use it a lot any given day.

I thought that getting the time, day and date is what a cell phone is for.

I thought that getting the time, day and date is what a cell phone is for.

To get the day and date on my phone i have to make some sliding gesture and touch the calendar icon ... easier to flick the wrist and look at it

My vote would be for the stowa, but both are great watches

I forget a lot of things but typically it's not the day/date. I'm holding both for the moment. Now I'm waiting for the new Ocean7 LM-4 V2 ceramic case to be released.

Wrist shot brown strap:

Damn, I'm not a watch guy, but if you decide to let the Stowa go, please let me know. I still say keep it though.

the $20 smith & wesson on my martec zulu

Dan, looks good on the zulu.

My only real complaint with this watch is it's only 30M rated, so I can't wear it in the pool

I probably wouldn't take it in the pool either.

I like the one with the brown leather, Mike, fwiw. Like Jim, if you keep the Stowa but want to sell this one let me know.