Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.

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  1. MWC 90 - 1950s French Naval Diver

    by , Aug 4, 2017 at 09:59 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)


    The Blancpain Fifty Fathoms is an Iconic piece and the model for the modern divers watch
    In the early 1950s, the head of Blancpain, Jean-Jacques Fiechter, was a pioneer of sports diving. He understood that the life of a diver depended on a reliable timepiece and found that there was nothing suitable on the market. He tasked his watchmakers with the challenge of accurately measuring time in ...
  2. MWC 89 - 1960s Swedish Soldier

    by , Aug 1, 2017 at 09:22 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)


    Sweden was very aware that during the cold war their position directly on Soviet border meant they were on the very front line should any conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact countries start, and with typical Swedish attention to detail they prepared the whole country to be ready for war at very short notice.
    The numbers of troops went up from 250,000 to 400,000 in 1950. Young men were ...
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  3. MWC 88 - 1940s American Naval Diver

    by , Jul 27, 2017 at 12:13 AM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)


    During WWII the United States Navy set up an elite force, The Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) Their two main objectives were reconnaissance of enemy defences on coastal positions, and demolition of beach obstacles designed to hinder amphibious landing craft.
    Aware of the disastrous allied landings at Gallipoli in World War I, the US Navy provided possible solutions for future conflicts, ...
  4. MWC 87 - 1970s American Army Soldier

    by , Jul 25, 2017 at 04:28 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)


    By 1970 there was increasing political pressure in the U.S.A. to end the Vietnam war peacefully, as well as several other conflicts in the area that the US had a part in. there was however still heavy fighting ongoing throughout the region including Large scale operations and small Special forces operations, the difficult unfamiliar terrain and inhospitable climate made standard tactics unusable ...
  5. MWC 86 - 1940s Soviet Airman

    by , Jul 18, 2017 at 08:00 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)


    As the Russian Army advanced through Germany at the close of World War II they captured Glashutte, one of the most important watch manufacturing areas in Germany. The Soviets quickly recognised an opportunity and seized all the watchmaking machinery and equipment, technical diagrams and spare parts, that they could, loaded them onto trucks, and carried them off as war reparations to Moscow
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