Watches: How military precision massively influenced design

The wristwatch, which began to replace the pocket watch in the First World War, really came into its own with the production of bespoke ‘tool’ watches for submariners and airmen later in the century

On January 5, 1940, the London subsidiary of the Omega Watch Co received an urgent order from the …

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