Crazy horse leather with bund pad (80mm/120mm) or single pass (270mm) width for Trench 18mm / width for Medic 20mm straps.Ĭ3 Lume in action (Faux lume takes a longer time to charge and is weaker than White Lume)Ĭrazy horse leather gathers scratch marks and patina easily and contrast the classy 1918 Trench well. This is why modern “mil-specs” issue watches keep fixed bars, thus imposing single-piece a.k.a. They look charmingly retro, but still make sense today as more secure than springbars. You won't see them often on other modern trench watch revivals. We did keep an iconic signature of the classic design, though: the true curved wire lugs. Real wire lugs to capture the spirit of WW1 Trench watches Signed screw-down crown (10ATM Water Resistance). Only text will be allowed with a limit of 40 characters and 4 lines. They make good gifts and help you bond with your watch. This is the best time to engrave the casebacks as we're doing it in 1 lot which means more cost savings than doing it individually. We will provide laser engraving service on empty casebacks for customers as a chargeable service as well. The VARIO 1918 Trench Watch pays homage to this period and the innovations that followed.ġst row left to right - White Dial with White Lume, Grey Dial with White Lume, Black Dial with White LumeĢnd row left to right - White Dial with Orange Lume, Cream Dial with Orange Lume, Black Dial with Orange Lumeĭefault soldier caseback design (Photo by casebacks with be available at extra cost for customers who wants an empty or custom engraving caseback. Towards the end of the war in 1918, trench watches had become a symbol of courage and bravery, which signaled their push towards the mainstream and opened up a mass market in the post-war era. By 1917, most officers owned one, and they would eventually become accessible to infantrymen.īritish Troops in WW1, One Soldier is seen wearing a pocket watch convert and two soldiers wearing wristlets. Radium-lumed hands and dials were also used to make them easier to read them at night. The shift from Roman to Arabic numerals made it easier to read the time at a glance, and the shatterproof crystal was introduced to protect the watch. Militaries took the design and upsized it, adding more durable materials and useful features to create the modern design. Until that point, wristwatches were feminine accessories called “wristlets”.
Thus, in the muddy trenches of the First World War, the wrist-watch was born. In a setting where a second could be the difference between life and death, it was clear that an alternative was needed.
The dials were impossible to read at night and the glass crystals broke easily. They were cumbersome to pull out and to open the protective lid with gloved hands, requiring officers to pause their duties. Many officers had pocket watches, but these had many shortcomings on the battlefield. In the chaos on and off the battlefield where precise timing was integral to routines, communications, and synchronizing attacks, reliable and accurate timepieces were vital. When World War I began in 1914, soldiers faced a novel problem. Check out our 1918 Trench and Medic automatic collection
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