Aeschbach WW2 Pattern German Airforce (Luftwaffe) 17 Jewel Hand Wound Military Pocket Watch
SKU: ABACH/RLMPW Military pocket watches along with their civilian equivalents are seeing a huge increase in popularity. Historically they were often employed for both land-based, Airborne and naval applications. During WW2 they were frequently used by both the German Forces (Wehrmacht, Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe) as well as British and American forces, the primary reason that pocket watches were so popular was that wrist watches at the time were usually very small and hard to read with an average diameter of just 32mm hence the pocket watches large size of close to 50mm meant that the time could be seen much more easily. This classic WW2 pattern Aeschbach* military watch with a small subsidiary dial second hand is based on the typical designs used by the German Luftwaffe and issued by the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (RLM / German Air Ministry) these watches did not remain in the possession of the Luftwaffe pilots and were issued to them on a mission by mission basis, to be returned