I'm always surprised whenever I hear of high-end swiss watch brands that have supplied entire armies at one point in time or another. I don't get why armies would spend such huge sums of money on high-end watches for soldiers.
Was this before these watches were expensive? Do they just hand out swiss watches in boot camp? Is it a special honor reserved for generals, admirals, other high ranking officers? :-s
So far I've heard of:
Panerai - supplied the Egyptian Navy
Breitling - the Iraqi Air Force
Tutima - German Air Force
Ebel - British Air Force
Omega - US Army and British Airforce
Feel free to add on, I know I'm missing tons
Was this before these watches were expensive? Do they just hand out swiss watches in boot camp? Is it a special honor reserved for generals, admirals, other high ranking officers? :-s
So far I've heard of:
Panerai - supplied the Egyptian Navy
Breitling - the Iraqi Air Force
Tutima - German Air Force
Ebel - British Air Force
Omega - US Army and British Airforce
Feel free to add on, I know I'm missing tons