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As usual, the magazine that comes with the special is focused on the subject rather than the watch itself This looks to be based on a Military Hanhart chronograph pocket watch from 1944/1950. These timepieces are mainly used by the French in the Indochina war and features a telemetric scale to aid in artillery ranging Because After WW2 the Hanhart factory was located ...
In the Years preceding the second world war, and in spite of the severe monetary restrictions that followed the 'Great Depression' many countries around the world began to invest heavily in military hardware despite several attempts to prevent such an escalation. Many summits were held regarding limitations on numbers and sizes of ships, and treaties signed and subsequently ignored. Britain too began to ...
Every three months a Special edition watch is offered by Eaglemoss as a supplement to the collection. The first of these is a 1910 style Pocket Watch to mark the ‘birth’ of the RAF during the First World War. It's evolution from the airborne unit of the Royal engineers, into the Royal Flying Corps, then encouraged by Winston Churchill, the then First Lord of the Admiralty, the separate Royal Naval ...