Longines Majetek Vojenske Spravy military watch from WW2

This is from my old posts from 2006

By the end of the 1930’s, the Czechoslovakian armed forces were considered amongst the best equipped in Europe. The Czech Air Force consisted of 67 regiments. The standard bombers flew the Aero A.100 and AB.101 planes, the light bombers flew the fast twin-engine Avia B71, and the heavy bombers flew the Avia Fokker F-lX and the Bloch MB200. 155 planes were used as bombers, alone. Most of the 320 reconnaissance aircrafts were Letov S.328 biplanes. In 1938, Hitler promised the release of the Germans in the Sudetenland on the border of Czechoslovakia. The first attempt of the Germans to occupy the Sudetenland triggered the mobilization of the Czech air force in May of 1938. From then on, the Czech's involvement in the war only heightened. Longines has supplied the Czech Airforce with the watches. 

Most mid-1930's models in existence today bear the engraving "Majetek Vojenske Spravy," or "Asset Of Military Administration."  These engravings, hand-stamped by military personnel after receiving the fully-assembled watches from Longines, signified the military's ownership of a timepiece

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Longines 1930s Military watch

This is a rare 1939 Longines military Pilot's watch made for the Czechoslovakia pilot during the second world war. This watch is considered very lucky and auspicious as both the pilot and the watch has survived the wars!