1930's Pilot Watches

Between the war years, especially during the late 20's and up until the late 30's many watches were produced that were undoubtedly either marketed directly towards military purchasing or were sold for private sale to men within the armed forces of the many European countries. The escalation in arms build up, and the general instability within Europe's ruling nations, consequently saw many watch manufacturers producing watches which followed the convention of having a rotating bezel, either with numeric's or an internal protruding pointer.

What is typical of these watches, are that they are mostly found within the eastern European states, where a propensity for large watches appears to have had far more sway than in the west.

Of these they can be roughly separated into 4 categories:

• Single dial Steel Pilot watches
• Single dial plated Pilot watches
• Chronograph Steel Pilot Watches
• Chronograph plated Pilot watches

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