As Germany prepared for war the German Ministry of Aviation responsible for aircraft development understood that being able to coordinate mass attacks combined with the use of cutting edge weaponry would ensure overwhelming results in their war efforts. A
Description: The first chronograph of Heuer-Leonidas for the Bundeswehr was Leonidas (cal. Valjoux 22) in relatively rare items and accordingly interesting for the collector. Next came Heuer and Sinn (cal. Heuer 1550 equal to Vx 23) in the same steel case
In WW2, this could have been the Ultimate Weapon if the Manhattan Project had not succeeded in the A-Bomb. Even the United States had no delivery mechanism as advanced as the German Rockets. Fortunately German scientists did not have enough time to comple
After some comparative studies with other watch information available on the internet, we are able to determine that the S.Smith&Son chronograph with the Imperial Japanese Navy identifier #278 is a Ed. Heuer Ref 102 A. This watch was most likely procured
"Le Monde du Silence" Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Concept 2000 "In summary, the experience with Blancpain's twelve diving watches during Operation HARDTACK has resulted in almost complete satisfaction. [...] Not the slightest suggestion for improvement of thi
The real ocean – Porsche Design by IWC Ocean 2000, Reference 3504 Ferdinand Alexander Porsche: Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (* December 11th, 1935, † April 5th, 2012), grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, the man trusted by Adolf H¡tler and supposedly the "sole
14 years since now. In fact, it took me 5 years to fully understand the Fifty Fathoms Bronze Milspec case. From 2008 to 2013... In 2008, I discovered two Bronze Milspec, an US NAVY and a " Civilian ". Since then, I started to investigate on them, contacte
After owning the Friedrich III for exactly 16 months today, it remains one of my favourite watches. I think it has enjoyed no less than 50% of wrist time in the last 16 months. The watch has been reliable and has shown even greater accuracy than what Marc
So once again: What’s your personal experience with Lang & Heyne? I feel more and more attracted by this brand (especially by the models Konrad and Georg). Many thanks in advance Thomas
Dear sham1, although I am still flashed and fully satisfied by my new acquisition (IWC MR in Platinum) I am more and more fascinated by and driven to the brand Lang & Heyne, especially to the models Friedrich III., Konrad (my favorite one on WG with ename