| Author | Message | ||
     Bombardier Junior Member Username: Bombardier Post Number: 28 Registered: 08-2009 Rating: N/A |
A number of Luftwaffe pilots that I met in Munich (at the Beauhaus) after the war said that all their watches were supplied by IWC. Schaffhausen. Was that true in every case? Bombardier | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 4196 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
No. Lange & Sohne, Laco, Wempe, Stowa, Tutima, Hanhart and there are more.... | ||
| Bombardier Junior Member Username: Bombardier Post Number: 29 Registered: 08-2009 Rating: N/A |
Makes sense. A company as small as IWC could never satisfy all the Luftwaffe needs. | ||
| Zaf Moderator Username: Zaf Post Number: 4203 Registered: 05-2003 Rating: N/A |
+ It's Swiss. The Germans were proud of their watch making abilities, until they were bombed into dust. These brands didn't revive until decades later. | ||
| Bombardier Junior Member Username: Bombardier Post Number: 30 Registered: 08-2009 Rating: N/A |
I was not the Bombardier that Bombed Schaffhaussen. It was a flight of B-24's that got "lost" and ended up "accidentially" hitting the IWC facilities. Don't blame me. Bombardier |