The increased operational speeds of aircraft during World War II meant that even slight variations in timing could cause large navigational errors. in 1940 the British Air Ministry received an order of Omega wristwatches, specifically designed for use by pilots and navigators, the watches features a 'Weems' rotating/locking bezel. This type of bezel was designed by Phillip Weems, an American ...
From 1939 to 1945 the Royal Canadian Air Force grew to be the worlds fourth largest air force, numbering nearly a quarter million men and women across 86 squadrons Canadian squadrons and air crew were involved across all types of offensive and defensive roles from Burma in the far east, to Newfoundland and iceland where the performed anti submarine patrols With no home watch manufacturers to ...
Wife was complaining about having to share the laptop, so I went out and bought a Chromebook! I had been planning on purchasing some technology to use for forums and internet, as I only had the laptop or my phone. Just didn't plan on draining my meager watch savings. Oh well, I think I was planning on perhaps shifting from the Breitling and looking at the Omega SMPc. If any of you have had the misfortune of knowing me for any length of time you know how great I am at making up my mind. Sorry. ...
Updated Apr 28, 2015 at 12:21 AM by Spooky
Pretty sure it was the Lilith who broke my "Hat Rack". I shot that deer over a decade ago, and it's moved with me everywhere. I believe one night Lilith tried to jump to it, and when it fell, broke the antlers in half right at one of the cranial seams. Nothing epoxy, and a generous length of 550 cord couldn't cure. Try to break it now DEVIL CAT! ...
I'm a bit obsessed with accuracy in my watches, not necessarily in them being very accurate (I appreciate it when they are, but wouldn't necessarily pay for them to be regulated), but in knowing how accurate they are. I used to use a very basic method of checking and recording accuracy - timing them against my solar atomic G-Shock at the same time each day and then making a note of the deviation in Evernote or Google Keep. A couple of days ago I thought I'd re-explore the options on the Google ...
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