Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.

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  1. Special Edition 5 - Gallipoli Campaign, Australian Army Officer 1910s

    by , Jul 14, 2015 at 09:55 AM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)
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    “When the empire is at war, so also is Australia”
    Prime minister Joseph Cook spoke for many fellow Australians and thousands joined the volunteer Australian Imperial Force and fought in Europe and the Middle East. They were joined by troops from New Zealand and were formed into the Australia and New Zealand Army Corp, the ANZAC.
    On 25th April 1915 16,000 ANZAC troops were landed on the shore of the Gallipoli peninsular in Turkey in support of an allied ...

    Updated Jul 18, 2015 at 10:09 AM by Churchy

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  2. Issue 23 - 1970s Australian Soldier

    by , Jan 5, 2015 at 07:22 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    Almost 60,000 Australians served during the conflict in Vietnam. Australia were part of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation. (SEATO)
    During this time the Australian Army shared a lot of equipment with US forces including the Benrus watches already used by US infantry.
    Simple and robust the watch had a plastic case and fabric strap.
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    Updated Jan 5, 2015 at 10:59 PM by Churchy

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  3. MWC 7 - 1960s Australian Naval Diver.

    by , Dec 16, 2014 at 06:32 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    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.

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    Updated Dec 28, 2014 at 10:47 PM by Churchy

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