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 a protruding pointer.
What is typical of most of these watches, are that they are mostly found within the eastern Europe, where a propensity for large watches appears to have far more important than in the west.
Of these they can be roughly separated into 4 categories:
