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2. US military watches - Wikipedia

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   18W8 (INT) wristwatch (watertight) "buship" "canteen" dive watch. An iconic post military watch and a result of the Navy's FSX-797, colloquially known as the US Navy's Bureau of Ships "canteen watch", started out with Jacques Depollier & Sons' waterproof and dustproof strap watch. The first known example of the now common "screw down crown ...

3. Vostok watches - Wikipedia

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   Vostok Watch Makers, Inc. (Russian: Восток; literally meaning "East") is a Russian watchmaker based in Chistopol, Tatarstan, Russia. The company produces mainly rugged military and amfibia mechanical watches .

4. Benrus - Wikipedia

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   Website. benrus.com. Benrus is an American watchmaking and lifestyle company founded as a watch repair shop in New York City in 1921 by Romanian-American Benjamin Lazrus and his two brothers. [1] [2] Benrus watches were worn for decades by the U.S. military from World War II through Vietnam. [3]

5. Watchkeeping - Wikipedia

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   A sailor keeps watch aboard USS George H.W. Bush.. Watchkeeping or watchstanding is the assignment of sailors to specific roles on a ship to operate it continuously. These assignments, also known at sea as watches, are constantly active as they are considered essential to the safe operation of the vessel and also allow the ship to respond to emergencies and other situations quickly.

6. General Orders for Sentries - Wikipedia

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   General Orders for Sentries. Orders to Sentry is the official title of a set of rules governing sentry (guard or watch) duty in the United States Armed Forces. While any guard posting has rules that may go without saying ("Stay awake," for instance), these orders are carefully detailed and particularly stressed in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine ...

7. MIL-W-46374 - Wikipedia

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   MIL-W-46374 is a specification first published on October 30, 1964, [1] for US military watches. [2] The 46374 was specified as an accurate, disposable watch. In its span, it encompassed metal and plastic cased watches with both mechanical and quartz movements. [2] The 46374 replaced the MIL-W-3818, reducing cost and inheriting the dial from ...

8. Trench watch - Wikipedia

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   Trench watch. Gold trench watch, 1916. The trench watch (wristlet) is a type of watch that came into use by the military during World War I, as pocket watches were not practical in combat. It was a transitional design between pocket watches and wristwatches, incorporating features of both. [1] [2] [3] [4]

9. Radium dial - Wikipedia

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   Radium dial. A 1950s radium clock, exposed to ultraviolet light to increase luminescence. Radium dials are watch, clock and other instrument dials painted with luminous paint containing radium-226 to produce radioluminescence. Radium dials were produced throughout most of the 20th century before being replaced by safer tritium -based luminous ...