SoRa – The Pilot Watch: Overview
Pilot watches have played a very important role in wrist watches’ history.
The impact of the First World War dramatically shifted public perceptions on the propriety of the man’s wristwatch, and opened up a mass market in the post-war era.
Wristwatches were found to be needed in the air as precise synchronization between different forces was required.
The British War Department began issuing wristwatches to combatants since 1917.
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