At the conclusion of World War II and the official end to hostilities with Japan Korea was divided at the 38th Parallel with the Soviet Union administering North Korea and the United States Administering the South. Border incidents were constant for 5 years before The North Korean Army Invaded the South in 1950. The UN declared an emergency and a combined army from 21 countries came to the defence of South ...
The American Expeditionary Force, whilst serving during the early part of the First World War, were going through a period of fast expansion and obtained much of its equipment from Europe. Watches with high quality jewelled movements were specified by the Signal Corps of the US army and obtained from various Swiss manufacturers. Wire lugs, large 'Onion' winding crowns and a white enamel ...
In his 1930s classic “Walkin’ Blues”, Robert Johnson wrote of his lady friend: “She’s got Elgin movements from her head down to her toes.” Quite a nice testimonial to the fame of the Elgin watch company I should say. Elgin was without a doubt the greatest American watch company. If watch companies were like automakers, Elgin would be General Motors fore sure. The biggest, the most makes, the highest variety of models - Elgin was the king. Elgin began in 1864 when a number of citizens ...
The Hampden Watch Company was by no means the largest and best known American watchmaker but its story is indeed one of the most interesting ones. Hampden has its roots in the Mozart Watch Company founded by Don Mozart in Providence RI in 1864. Mozart's initial commercial attempt was a failure and other investors reorganized the company in 1867 as the New York Watch Company and moved it to Springfield MA. Things went better in Springfield but eventually the New York Watch Company had ...
Built to US military specification and produced in huge numbers you would think there would be an ready supply of Vietnam vintage watches. However they where specified to be non repairable and disposable, originally they had a plastic casing, and after a short hard life most were simply thrown away. ...
Updated Dec 14, 2014 at 12:00 AM by Churchy
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