Nice little story to go with this issue's watch which is based on the Gallet Commander, an expensive and unusual watch for the period. Lieutenant James Richard Hoel and his fellow Aircrew from 322nd Bombardment group arrived in Britain and undertook low-level flight training to avoid German Radar, In ...
Launched in 1939 the German battleship 'Bismark' was one of the largest built at that time in Germany, it's mission to disrupt allied supply convoys heading to Britain from the United States made it a priority target for the Allied Navies. At the start of World War 2, the British Navy was the largest in the world and more were under construction, One of the British Aircraft Carriers 'Ark Royal' ...
Military Nursing was in its infancy at the start of World War One, those who treated the tens of thousands of casualties came from several different organisations, including Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service. On October 12th, 1915 in Belgium, a British Nurse was executed by a German firing squad on suspicion of espionage, she had been helping injured soldiers from both sides of ...
The details of the actual watch are a little thin, I have a few clues but they seem to contradict the design of the watch actually supplied The watch is described as being Used By German Airman in the 1940s; 38mm in diameter; using a 17 jewel Swiss 281 movement; 60 seconds subdial at the 6 position;, 45 (sic) minutes subdial at 3 position; long indices at 3,6 and 9; RLM (Reichsluftfahrtministirium) ...
Updated Jan 20, 2017 at 08:29 PM by Churchy
One night while cruising various watch sites I came across the Jörg Schauer Kleine Schauer limited edition. Something about it entranced me. Part of it was the cleanness of the design, part was a certain gracefulness, and part was some other, inscrutable quality that piqued my interest. Over the course of a week or so I kept coming back to look at it. I debated endlessly with myself over whether or not to bite, and eventually the watch's appeal overcame my resolve. I ordered one, and was told it ...
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