![]() ![]() No surprise, then, that military-issued watches are a major focus for many vintage watch collectors, connecting to the past by wearing a watch that resonates with history. ![]() A tool that was needed not just to tell the time, but to coordinate movements and missions ultimately, a tool for survival. While those monumental events may stand out by virtue of their grandiosity, it was perhaps the soldier on the ground who most depended on the accuracy, not to mention durability, of their watch. Throughout the 20th century, watches were an indispensable tool that played a part, large or small, in nearly every major achievement - from scaling the heights of Everest to descending the stygian depths of the Marianas Trench to landing on the moon.
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