Horological Meandering

When I was younger I was a World War II history buff. My bookshelves still contain too many history books and I still remember lots of useless trivia. For example, the Germans built a tank that weighed over 100 tonnes and named it the ‘Maus’ (mouse). Natu...  

thanks for sharing the background of this interesting piece. Interesting to say the least. Love the detail about it being sandblasted which I feel completes the look more than if it were polished. Thanks again for sharing...

but the civilian versions with white dials had polished cases. - SJX

This was a very good read about the history of pilot watches. It is my understanding that IWC made watches for both the German Luftwaffe and also for the British Royal Air Force RAF. Excellent post!

Thanks for writing this post! Massi

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Thanks Jia Xian for a most comprehensive coverage of these exquisite German beauties. Can you find them in Singapore? It will be most interesting to view them ,now that German made watches are coming up fast.