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Blancpain Fifty Fathoms: Mil Spec Watches

Blancpain Fifty Fathoms: Mil Spec Watches

The year 1953 saw innovations in the dive watch industry that would resound and set the standards for future generations. This was the year when Blancpain released the Fifty Fathoms dive watch intended for the use of combat divers. To this day, the name Fifty Fathoms is synonymous with prestige

Breguet Type 20 Generation 1 Military Issue

Breguet Type 20 Generation 1 Military Issue

INTRODUCTION Montres Breguet was founded in 1775 by the great inventor and clockmaker Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747-1823), and had its headquarters in Paris until it moved to Switzerland in the 1970s. After WWII the French military Ministry of Defence issued a specification, Breguet Type 20, for aviator watches, and asked manufacturers

Railrouter Universal Geneve

Railrouter Universal Geneve

INTRODUCTION In the late 1950s, US and Canadian railways started to make the transition from pocket watches to wrist watches. Until then, wrist watches were deemed too irregular for railroad use, primarily because of the oscillation variance which could be introduced to a mechanical balance wheel through normal rotational wrist