The 1940s Swiss Patek Philippe Replica "Dirty Dozen", watch

The International Watch Company was one of the tapped companies. Their MOD-issued watch met all the requirements of the British military. These included large, radium-luminous indices and index-shaped hands. The dial was an example of utility-defined aesthetics, with a bold and bold chemin de fer minute track as well as a sub-dial for seconds imperiously occupying half the dial. This International Watch Company watch is often called the "Mark X" by collectors because of its historical status as the ancestral Mark 11. It was distinguished from other Dirty Dozen watches due to a slightly larger seconds subdial that nearly reached the centre pinion. The company's name was abbreviated to Swiss Patek Philippe Replica and the watch was placed in a stylised oval shape. rolex replica watches The Mark X was, visually speaking, the first step towards the iconic military watch Swiss Patek Philippe Replica Watches would be most associated with. It was the watch Swiss Patek Philippe Replica commissioned for British aviators, the Mark 11.

Caseback of a Mark XI featuring military engravings

Flying

It was obvious that the person who dominated the skies had a significant tactical advantage after the Second World War. The Royal Air Force, the oldest independent air force in the world, had fought Richard Mille Replica Watches heroically for British skies and participated in bombing strategic targets in Germany. It also provided tactical support to the British army around the globe. As Britain sought to make the ultimate military navigator, it began modernizing and improving its air force through the introduction of new technology such as jet engines.

The British Ministry of Defence issued a tender in the mid-1940s for the creation of a watch to its navigators. The watch required a black dial with Arabic numerals 1-12, "luminised” at the four cardinal indexes; a 12-ligne movement with a hacking function capable of -4/+4 accuracy; water-resistant up to 20 feet; Faraday antimagnetic cage;Patek Philippe Replica and finally, the crystal had to be secured by a screw to prevent it from separating during decompression. Jaeger-LeCoultre and Swiss Patek Philippe Replica were both available to answer the call. However, JLC was eventually dropped as a supplier due to the fact that the brand didn't include a shock absorption mechanism into its movement.