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2. US military watches - Wikipedia

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   Military watches are believed to have received their name from a German military request for a soldier in a watch house, otherwise known as a guard tower. One story tells that the military wristwatches came into use when a German naval officer needed to know the time but could not pull out a pocket watch since both his hands were busy operating the machine.

3. Marathon Watch - Wikipedia

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   Its predecessor company, Weinstrum Watch, later to be named Wein Brothers, was founded in 1904. Marathon started supplying watches to the Allies of World War II in 1941. Today Marathon manufactures watches that conform to United States Military Standard MIL-PRF-46374G , as well as those of other nations.

4. Vostok watches - Wikipedia

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   Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian: Восток; literally meaning "East") is a Russian men's watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and amfibia mechanical watches. It also makes clocks and watch movements for other watch brands. [2]

5. 5.11 Tactical - Wikipedia

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   Costa bought the entire company in 2002 and ended up selling Royal Robbins Clothing back to Robbins in 2003, but kept the 5.11 brand and spun off a whole new company called 511 Inc. or 5.11 Tactical. Partnering with the FBI , Dan Costa and his co-partner Francisco Morales began creating additional tactical apparel and improving on the existing ...

6. Hanowa - Wikipedia

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   The company was established in 1963 by Hans Noll and his wife Elisabeth Wirz, two years after taking over a watch factory sales management in Biel, Switzerland. [2] [5] In 1990, a second brand, Swiss Military—Hanowa, was established. [2] [6] While Hanowa was founded in Biel, Swiss Military—Hanowa is based in Möhlin. [7]

7. Benrus - Wikipedia

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   Benrus is an American watchmaking and lifestyle company founded as a watch repair shop in New York City in 1921 by Romanian-American Benjamin Lazrus and his two brothers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Benrus watches were worn for decades by the U.S. military from World War II through Vietnam .