Worthy of a watch for the SEIKO Museum.
Artifacts of World War History.
Do you know about it?
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Interesting. What do you know of it?

have fun
kfw

 

Not restricted to kamikaze pilots...
This Is the Seiko Watch Made for Japanese Pilots During WWII (gearpatrol.com)

 

That’s great!
A true beast at 48mm.
Story?

 

I heard. there's a similar one at the British military museum

 

exactly it is 48.5mm

 

thank you for sharing. A full article

 

By the time. it appears very rarely. Only major collectors and military museums have them.

 

Not many have survived.....

 

It's a sad story

 

More would have survived if Timex had been around in WWII! “Takes a Licking, Keeps on Ticking!”

 

This watch type was used by the Navy Type 0 carrier fighter pilots. The anchor stamp on the case back shows this was supplied to the navy. Apparently, it was mounted to the thigh rather than the wrist.

 

Thanks for sharing good information. Best regards

 

Commonly known as the "天測時計(Tenshoku Clock)" issued to Zero fighter pilots of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Pacific War (World War II).

The engraving on the back cover is "空兵 第八二五三號". I think it means "Airman No. 8253.
On the back of the back cover, you can also see an anchor mark indicating the Navy.

Here is a link to a video about this watch in Japanese, and a link to this watch sold in the past.

https://curious-curio.jp/watch/11834

 

Great. It is interesting information. Thanks

 

great !

 

The description of the photo "Rare Photo of Japan's longest serving Kamikaze
Pilot, the 6 mission veteran "Chicken" Teriyaki" is incorrect.
Kamikaze pilots do not return alive from sorties, so they cannot be active for long.
The person in this photo is Nobuo Fujita.

 

I think it's known in English as a 'joke'.