Britské letecké hodinky?

[dogee]

Kdyz se na foru mluvi o leteckych hodinkach, tak se asi ma na mysli hodinky odvozene od Nemeckych z WWII. Jenom me tak napadlo, jak vypadali Britske, nebo Americke letecke hodinky?

 

muze mi to nekdo prosim vysvetlit?

[mmako]

pokud by to mohlo být cizozemsky, tak tohle je dost obsáhlý textík:

 

From the onset of the war when sources were perhaps scarcer,

throughout the years toward the end of the war when more sources, such

as those in Switzerland were ?acquired?, the manufacturers of the

?navigation wrist instruments? (you have to love the government?s

nomenclature) issued to military personnel varied slightly, and later

varied greatly.

 

In February 1941 the 36-hour chronograph, a watch issued by the

military to aviation personnel in particular, was a product of

Longines:

 

?W.W.II. Period RAF Pilot's "Longines" Wrist Watch. 1943?

http://www.cjbalm.com/auto-aero/aitem202.htm

 

?and in 1942 the Wrist Watch Mk VIII was a product of Waltham.

 

?In May 1942 another RAF aircraft navigation wrist instrument was in

issue as the Wrist Watch Mk VIII, Navigators, namely an American 1942

model Waltham watch (US 6/0 size) with centre seconds but lacking

other Mark VII refinements.?

 

The primary, and most popularly remembered it seems was the American

Bulova Type A11. This also became enumerated as the Mark VIII with a

10 1/2" A. Schild SA Caliber 1238 movement. Elgin also made an

military A11 watch in both the ?hack and ?non-hack? varieties (a

?hack? was the pin that allowed for quick and easy synchronization).

Both of these brands of watches were issued to, and used by, both RAF

and USAAF personnel for a significant period of time during World War

II.

 

By 1944 UK flight personnel were being issued watches produced by

International Watch Co., but very little is known about these

particular watches because historically they were collectively

cataloged as merely ?Watches, Wrist and Watches Wrist, chronograph?

 

By 1954 of course timepieces and wristwatches had exploded onto the

market and the military culture was no exception. The post World War

II manufacturers producing military issue watches were numerous:

Buren, Cyma, Eterna, International, Kurth, Le Coultre, Lemania,

Longines, Omega, Record, Thommen and Timor.

 

 

So, in answer to your question, there is no one specific wristwatch

that was issued by/to RAF or USAAF personnel. However, if one must

narrow it down to the most popularly remembered GI watch of the time,

it would have to be the A11, hands down (no pun intended). As

mentioned above, these of course would be American Bulovas and Elgins.

 

Here is a fantastic example of a 1942 Type A11 made by Bulova:

 

?Original W.W.II. RAF Bulova "A11" Pilot's Wrist Watch. c.1942?

http://www.cjbalm.com/auto-aero/aitem96.htm

 

Here is a beautiful example of a Type A11 made by Elgin, circa 1943:

 

?Original W.W.II. USAAF. Elgin "A-11" Pilot's Wrist Watch. 1943?

http://www.cjbalm.com/auto-aero/aitem290.htm

[dogee]

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[Kocour]

Kdyz se na foru mluvi o leteckych hodinkach, tak se asi ma na mysli hodinky odvozene od Nemeckych z WWII. Jenom me tak napadlo, jak vypadali Britske, nebo Americke letecke hodinky?

 

muze mi to nekdo prosim vysvetlit?

Britské letecké hodinky vypadaly typicky takto:

 

Více zde: http://www.ukwatches.com/milwatches.htm

 

Kromě Omegy je vyráběli také IWC, Jaeger LeCoultre, Smith, CYMA, Timor, a možná ještě někdo. Všechny vypadaly víceméně podobně.

 

Hodinky odvozené od britských leteckých nebo vojenských dělá třeba IWC, z menších (a mnohem levnějších výrobců) třeba Bill Yao nebo Eddie Platts. Od německých se liší mnohem menším průměrem, ale Bill Yao dělá i "oversized" velikost s průměrem 40 mm.

 

Američtí letci fasovali Elgin A-11. Nejsou vůbec ošklivé, ale podle dnešních měřítek s průměrem 32 mm maličké:

http://www.watchcat.com/NewListings/elg3811mil.htm

 

Poučení: válka se dá vyhrát i s malým cifreníkem :-)

[danycz]

Nebudu zakladat nove vlakno, snad se to ujme tady.

 

Hodne clenu toho fora vlastni nemecke pilotni hodinky odvozene z II.WW i ja uvazuji o jejich koupi, ale neda mi to abych neozivil tohle vlakno a nezeptal se zdejsich odborniku na dnesni vzhled britskych ci americkych pilotnich hodinek z II.WW

 

Tak jak to tedy prosim je, mate nejake links, kde by sli videt, nebo vlastni nekdo takove hodinky?

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