At the close of World War 1, the victorious Allied nations imposed the Treaty of Versailles, a rigid set of rules on the defeated German nation, all branches of the armed forces were restricted in both numbers and equipment, the Army was allowed to have no more than 100,000 personnel and armoured vehicles of any kind were not permitted, the navy had a mere 15,000 personnel, strict limits on displacement ...
From the 1960s The Royal Australian Navy issued it’s specialist Clearance Diving Team with watches that were available from the company DROZ. They were purchased in small batches and there are at least three different models, they are very sought after and command high prices on the collector market. The model depicted by the MWC watch is most likely a DROZ SuperCompressor. ...
Updated Dec 28, 2014 at 11:47 PM by Churchy
This watch is probably based on a 1960s Omega Seamaster 300. Some sections of the french Navy used a watch bought "off the shelf”, the Tudor ‘Oyster Prince’, however one section, SHOM; Service Hydrographique et Océanonographique de la Marine, was supplied by Omega, the role of the department is to document and map the worlds oceans both for military and public service. ...
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 01:00 AM by Churchy
Back in February I saw a TV advert for one of those part-work magazines, usually my brain switches off when I see these but this caught my attention. Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection. A collection of 80, Military style watches from the 20th century, Land, Sea and Air, from all over the world, just £10 each fortnight, delivered to your door. If you like you can skip to the next ...
Updated Dec 28, 2014 at 11:51 PM by Churchy
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