enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. US military watches - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_military_watches

   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. Flying Officer Chronograph - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Officer_Chronograph

   The Gallet Flying Officer Chronograph holds distinctions as the world's first time zone calculating wristwatch. It is also the second wrist-worn chronograph, preceded only by Gallet's Clamshell, to have a water-resistant case. [3] The Flying Officer was initially available only to flight officers [1] and pilots of the allied forces during World ...

4. Sinn (watchmaker) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinn_(watchmaker)

   These include special forces such as the marine unit of the German federal police GSG 9, the fire service, divers and pilots. German physicist and astronaut Reinhard Furrer wore the 140 S on his wrist during the Spacelab D1 mission in 1985, thus proving that a mechanical SINN watch with automatic movement also works with zero gravity.

5. Marathon Watch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_Watch

   Marathon is the sole supplier of watches to the United States Armed Forces. [1] [2] Marathon watches are issued to US military personnel, [3] but are also available to the general public. [4] [5] Marathon watches are designed in Canada and manufactured in Switzerland by in La Chaux-de-Fonds and therefore watches bear the designation "Swiss Made ...

6. One of the rarest watches of all time fetches whopping sum at ...

   www.aol.com/article/2016/06/02/one-of-the-rarest...

   "One of the most sought-after vintage wristwatches of all time" sold for a massive amount at an auction in Hong Kong on May 31.

7. These are the watches worn by some of the most powerful ... - AOL

   www.aol.com/article/finance/2017/02/22/these-are...

   Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman prefers a low-key Swatch, unlike some of his peers -- Check out the watches worn by some of finance's most powerful men.