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 ...
In 1926 two well established watch manufacturers in the German town of Glashutte joined forces with the aim of producing their own mechanical movements to compete with the neighbouring Swiss. Two years after the start of World War II, work on the Tutima Flieger Chronograph was complete. Developed for the rigours of the new faster, higher flying, combat aircraft it was used by German pilots through ...
The Peoples Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) was established in 1949, they used Soviet supplied MiG-15 as a defence force, and soon after became involved with the Korean War. In the 60s the alliance between the USSR and China weakened and China was forced to use home built equipment for its armed forces. The Tianjin Watch Company built the first Chinese produced with in 1961, and in 1963, ...
Updated Mar 31, 2015 at 02:18 PM by Churchy
In the earliest days of flight the French led the way. Names like Farman and Blériot made headlines around the world. The French Air Force first came into being over 100 years ago, The Aéronautique Militiare existed before the onset of World War 1 and its pilots played huge part in the battles across europe. ...
This watch is based one that was issued to all graduates of the Orenburg pilots school. The First Moscow Watch Factory "Sturmanskie" (navigator). Manufacture of this early Centre Seconds watch was made possible after the purchase of automated equipment from the French watchmaker, LIP. Famously this watch was worn by the first man in space, Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. ...
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