The Royal Air Force procured chronographs from various manufacturers during the 1980s including Hamilton, CWC and Precista. For one year only, 1980, they also used the Newmark Military Chronograph, due to the relatively short run these watches are particularly scarce. They followed the standard pattern required by the RAF with a large asymmetric case with twin pushers a recessed crown and swiss ...
Updated Dec 3, 2015 at 02:43 PM by Churchy
The Seikosha company opened for business in 1881 and by 1938 it was producing a million watches a year. The company supplied the army in both an official capacity and also as the watch of choice for the japanese man on the street and by association the japanese soldier. The Seiko Nation watch was small, but this reflected Japans lack of natural resources within its borders, this relative lack of material ...