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Blue face mk watch9/26/2023 ![]() But there’s no getting around the fact that IWC was one of five companies feeding fliegers to Nazi airmen (more than a thousand watches). ![]() ![]() I know: IWC traces the IWC Pilot Watch Mark XVIII’s history to post-war Britain. But the photo made me think that wearing a German-style pilot’s watch connected me to the wrong team. And an object – be it flieger or firearm – is neither good nor evil. This image of a German bomber wearing a pilot’s watch, calmly studying his manual, preparing to drop death and destruction on the enemies of the Reich. So there was no reason for me – a minimalist watch guy – not to buy an IWC Pilot Watch based on the Luftwaffe’s Beobachtungsuhren (observation watch). He drove a Mercedes Benz, manufactured by the same company that built the Nazi’s favorite automobile (the MB 770).
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