At the beginning of the 1970s, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) revised the Defence Standard (DEF-STAN) that defined the specification of military pilots’ wristwatches. The changes outlined in DEF-STAN 66-4 (Part 2) in April 1970 allowed the use of a more economically viable and mass-produced double-pusher chronograph movement, this being the Valjoux 7733. For the […]
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The Second World War was not merely a conflict of armies and ideologies; it was also a war of logistics and diplomacy. Among the less obvious but important instruments of the war were military timepieces, especially wristwatches designed for pilots, soldiers, and naval personnel. At the heart of this quiet but vital front was Switzerland,
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We recently received an email from a lovely lady located on the Essex coast in the South East of England, who was contemplating the sale of her late husband’s old military service wristwatch…
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The IWC Mk 11 is considered by many collectors and enthusiasts to be one of the finest military watches ever produced. The IWC Mk 11 was specifically manufactured to aid RAF navigators in accurately pinpointing their intended targets. RAF bombing raids throughout the Second World War had been notoriously inaccurate. An investigation conducted in 1941
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