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Longines WWW For the British Army.

By: amanico : January 9th, 2021-06:11

There are still some military watches I am running after. Such as a beautiful Longines WWW. With its 37 mm case, it is big enough and provides a great presence on the wrist. Therefore, it has a lot of charm and soul. Credit pictures: Song. If only it coul...

Horological Meandering

Longines WWW For the British Army.

Such a fantastic piece. There is not much material about the adventures of those wwII watches, sadly.

I will try to work on an article one day. But I agree, there is not much literature on these WWW.

i own one small book, but without any personal stories in it.

As well as other brands...

Other swiss brands? I thought just iwc stowa lange hanhardt

Minerva, for example.

aaaah right. thanks!

But there are a few others...

Dirty watch ;-)

Belonging to the Dirty Dozen!

Twelve like the months of the year, the stroke of midnight and the bastards ;-))) symbol of th fighting spirit !

And...

how many remains to be found?

No more brands. The rarest among these 12 certainly is the Grana.

There's a fair example of a Buren DD . . .

I understand, my friend. Thanks!

Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lemania, Longines, IWC, Omega, Record, Timor, and Vertex...

That's it. The Dirty Dozen.

Story goes that also Enicar was asked, but no watch was ordered because they also sold to the enemy.

I didn't know that!

Though Enicar made ATP watches confirm MoD specifications, like many Swiss brands. The brands that sold watches to Axis countries had a black dial, the Allied countries had white dialed watches.

Indeed? Interesting...

So much to know and learn about horological history. So fascinating.

I can only agree. We really learn everyday.

Talk to me. Tell me your stories. Only God knows what this watch has been through

That's the charm of these vintage....

Perfect!

Well put!

Well done Nicolas

Alas, not mine, not yet. I am still hunting it.

Gorgeous!

Oh yes. One one the most sensuous dirty dozen.

that arrow is deadly cool

Indeed. A mark oh history.