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12 cze 2021 · Wehrmacht issued WWII wrist watches were manufactured by many Swiss and German watch makers contracted by the German government. They are manually wound and most often have screw-on stainless steel case backs, are/were shock/water resistant and had a nickel plated brass (sometimes steel) watch case.
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During WWII the watches issued to the German military were manufactured by both Swiss and German companies that were contracted by the German government (Reichsregierung) to produce watches for the Wehrmacht (Army), Luftwaffe (Air Force) and the Kriegsmarine (Navy).
7 gru 2018 · Five manufacturers produced the watches: A. Lange & Söhne, Wempe, Lacher & Company/Durowe (Laco), I.W.C., and Walter Storz (Stowa). Lange examples featured their in-house cal. 48 and cal. 48.1, and Laco used its Durowe cal. 5, which constituted the two German-made movements from amongst the manufacturers.
The end of the war also changed the watch industry at its core. Many of the companies and factories in Germany (including watch companies) were taken over and turned into government-owned and government-run organizations.
11 gru 2023 · Housed in a positively diminutive 30-32mm case, the A-11 was manufactured by famed American watch companies Elgin, Waltham and Bulova, according to a standard from the U.S. military. So many were made that the A-11 is sometimes referred to as “the watch that won the War.”
Like the American-made A-11, the B-Uhr was manufactured by several cooperating German and Swiss companies, namely: IWC, ALS, Wempe, Lacher & Co (Laco), and Walter Storz (Stowa). Available in two primary configurations (A and B), the B-dial features a shorter hour hand aligned with the inner circle of the dial and a unique triangular marker at 12.
In the years leading up to World War II, the United States was a leading manufacturer of wristwatches, especially for the US domestic market. But that industry became an ironic casualty in the postwar world.
