The French Navy started to use Tudor brand divers watches for Naval Divers and Marine Commandos in the 1960s. Tudor is a more affordable sub brand of Rolex, they use Swiss ETA or Valjoux movements but have similar styling. The specification of the watches used changed over time to a Blue Dial/Blue Bezel configuration from the 80s. ...
Our first Dress watch, and it's Gold too! Hardly a Military watch but according to the magazine a similar watches were presented as gifts to Officers in the Brazilian Army. This wasn't a watch for the troops, original swiss made versions would have been embossed with the head of Helvetia on the case back, and been made of 18-carat gold. ...
Updated Jan 3, 2015 at 10:29 AM by Churchy
Issue 19 is based on the Benrus type1, standard issue for US Navy SEAL teams during the Vietnam war. Simple and reliable with Swiss ETA Movements they are virtually impossible to find on the collectors market, good quality replicas command four figure price tags. They were found to be expensive to produce and went out of use in favour of off the shelf alternatives. ...
Updated Dec 30, 2014 at 02:44 PM by Churchy
During the mid 1950s Egypt ordered a special version of the Panerai Radiomir for their commando troops, designed for extreme underwater conditions the "Egiziano" had a monster 60mm riveted case, and the signature Panerai Crown guard. Sadly the Eaglemoss version is a poor representation of this iconic watch. ...
Updated Dec 29, 2014 at 08:38 PM by Churchy
During the years after WW2 the French Navy began a period of rebuilding, there was large scale investment in high quality ancillary equipment, including wristwatches. Senior ranks and personnel who's role required accurate timekeeping were supplied with the official 'Marine Nationale' watch, procured from Longines. ...
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