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ZERO HOUR

A Photographic Reference of Military Timepieces

 

 "From the early days of the bi-plane to the modern era of nuclear submarines, from dive watch to cockpit clock, the history of the military timepiece is recounted here with an abundance of images."

The book reviews the following watches:

Field Watches:

  1. WWI Waltham Wristlet
  2. Tissot Signal Corps. Wristlet
  3. Pershing dial Elgin Wristlet
  4. Glycine DH
  5. Kriegsmarine Siegerin
  6. British ATPs
  7. British WWWs
  8. Longines COSD
  9. Longines Buships
  10. US Army Omega
  11. USMC Hamilton
  12. Smiths W10
  13. Longines M.N.
  14. MIL-W-46374
  15. Hamilton G-10
  16. Rhodesian Roamer Anfibio
  17. Swedish Candino
  18. SandY 490

Dive Watches:

  1. Panerai 3646
  2. Panerai GPF 2/56
  3. Hamilton Canteen
  4. Elgin Canteen
  5. IDF Kontiki - 1960s
  6. IDF Kontiki - 1970s
  7. RN Omega 300
  8. Tornek Rayville
  9. BUND Blancpain FF
  10. 3H BUND FF
  11. Polish Blancpain FF
  12. RN Rolex 5517
  13. M.N. Tudor
  14. Benrus Type I / II
  15. RAN Certina
  16. RAN Droz
  17. MN Auricoste
  18. MN Beuchat
  19. RN CWC diver
  20. MN Rolex
  21. RN Precista
  22. RN Precista (asymmetrical case)
  23. East German Rhula
  24. CWC SBS
  25. EZM-1 ZUZ
  26. SAR
  27. MN G-Shock
  28. IWC Ocean BUND

Aviation Watches:

  1. A-7 Avigation
  2. 6B/159 RAF
  3. Czech Longines
  4. B-Uhr
  5. Luftwaffe Hanhart
  6. RCAF Waltham
  7. Seikosha pilots
  8. RAF Weems
  9. A-11 - White dials
  10. A-11 Black dials
  11. A-11 RAF examples
  12. Swedish Lemania Tg195
  13. Swedish Lemania
  14. RAF Mark XI
  15. Russian Sturmanskie
  16. Czech Lemania
  17. Czech Eterna
  18. RAF ‘53 Omega
  19. A-17
  20. Dodane Type 21
  21. Hamilton FAPD
  22. Heuer BUND
  23. Hanhart BUND (‘50s)
  24. RCAF Lemania
  25. RN Lemania
  26. RAF Lemania one-button
  27. Smiths Deluxe
  28. IAF Zenith
  29. Junghaus BUND
  30. RAAF Lemania
  31. DTU-2A/P
  32. GG-W-113
  33. RAF Hamilton Chronograph
  34. Tutima BUND
  35. RAF Seiko
  36. Soviet AF Shturmanskie
  37. 80's Marathon GG-W-113
  38. Adanac Navigator
  39. SandY 660
  40. SandY 650
  41. Iraqi Navitimers

Pocket Watches, Clocks, and Timers:

  1. Corps of Eng Vacheron
  2. IAF Octidi
  3. RFC Mark V
  4. RCN Elgin
  5. Omega GSTP
  6. Kriegsmarine Stowa
  7. Agassiz GCT
  8. Hamilton Model 22
  9. Hamilton GCT
  10. Hamilton Model 23
  11. Luftwaffe Junghans clock
  12. RAF Smiths Spitfire clock
  13. #AN-C-62 USAAF clock
  14. A-11 cockpit clock
  15. RN Lemania split-timer
  16. MN Auricoste deck watch

Reference Material:

A photographic list of other books covering this subject; 17 titles.

 

156 pages / 321 color images / 103 timepieces reviewed.

Many thanks to all who contributed (photographs, time, advice, editing, etc.) - without which this project would have never come to fruition.

 

 

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