Watches Of The French Armed Forces - French Military (Tudor MN, Type XX, Blancpain Fifty Fathoms)

A Discussion around the History and Development of the Watches of the French Military. The video looks at the history of how their watches evolved, how the two World Wars impacted how they adapted, how Post-War Reparation watches would influence their future designs and how special contracts with manufacturers would last for decades. Everything from Napoleon Bonaparte's Breguets to the development of the Hanhart 417 & Type XX chronograph, the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, Evolution of the Tudor Snowflake, COMEX partnerships with Omega and the Ploprof, the development of the Omega SHOM and the outliers like ZRC and Triton. This video attempts to cover a lot.

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Below are a list of the common sources that are used in no particular order:

Bob’s Watches | Revolution Watch | HQ Milton | Hodinkee | Monochrome Watches | Jomashop | Analog Shift | Bulang and Sons | Robb Report | Watchfinder | WatchBox | Phillips Watches | Christies | Timekeepers Club | Fratello Watches | Bexsonn | Worn and Wound | A Collected Man | Oracle Time | Time + Tide Watches

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