Καθαρο trench watch.
Μεγαλη εντυπωση μου κανει το μπρασελε του, οπως παρατηρησες πρεπει να ειναι μεταγενεστερο και προσαρμοσμενο στα fixed lugs
Δεν έχει ξεκινήσει ακόμα. Δεν έχει φανεί η ανάγκη, δεν υπάρχει ο κατάλογος "εξοπλισμου" αξιωματικού.
Τα trench έρχονται αργότερα, και καθιερώνονται με την λήξη του πολέμου.
Και από το '15, φαίνεται και η ανάγκη για "φωτεινότητα", μια και άναβαν σπίρτα για να δούν την ώρα, και τους κτύπαγαν οι ελεύθεροι σκοπευτές.
The presence of luminous paint and an unbreakable crystal quickly became the signature features of a trench or "Service" watch.
Και βάζοντας κάποιο έιδος ραδιου (?), έγιναν ορατές οι ενδείξεις το βράδυ.
It is interesting that the officers had to strike matches to see their wristwatches — they evidently were not luminous watches.
Luminous wristwatches were not only easier to see in the dark, the striking of a match in itself was dangerous because it might be seen by an enemy sniper. This gave rise to the habit among cigarette smokers of never lighting three cigarettes from one match because that gave time for a sniper to home in on the light and pick off the third man.
Quite remarkably, the first item on the list, ahead of otherwise indispensable items such as "Revolver" and "Field glasses" is "Luminous wristwatch with unbreakable glass".
The luminous paint used on the dials and numerals of the "luminous watches" was powered by radium salts so that it glowed strongly all the time and
didn't rely on being exposed to sunlight to charge up the luminous effect. If you find a watch with the original radium based paint like this you will find that it no longer glows in the dark, because the fluorescent material has long since worn out, it had a lifespan of three or four years from new.
However, the radium in the paint is still radioactive and needs to be treated with caution.
