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Ships in NI the HIP Night
WATCH / SHIPS IN THE NIG HT
the HT
Disco er the lor behind B lova’s
By Justin Mastine-Frost
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b L E C S o n l leg re ord n th t’s on L E C S L H f d RN a
M L E C S L H f d SHIP is just hat: , e
watch tha he AST s o .
But how with id we get ere? As AST s o L E C S r o h e
st AST ry mis y — e
U. tarts wi h a all or s AST ry mis y — e
U. . N y. I AST e
U. 1955, RN e
U. . N y. I 1955, the Bureau tc. r s i buildin l , c e t mai tenance, HIPS-W-2181.
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specificat n for tender: th his newly pen ed wri dev twatch sp o h n S E eet ho t a o then-m dern requ sive
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to over w on ter apour fo period of
any d
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ile ses.
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ha e to r mem er th t his contract w bein er
moder div watc bein cre ted w xib ark fl xib ark e acry ic, the on lu inou on do u d hi r
ave age v a on the tre t oul the coc he les as th B ed
the term dive w tch in on ersat he s h s h ow
i s h t in he rin , a d he b and ha t
do e. Omar radley, Amer ca’s la t ne and in
1953 and joined Bulo a nd pm s ch s, and B .
Between Bradley’s in ght
into mi o n p Hac ior xper ence wi ou h mili 2, — A- her
o in d
s ldier in 19 2, — and h A-15 Pilot e di is s c e di is seemed
t be cle r pat to ge ti g he M w ro re .
The first f w ro re otypes to e se well
receive , boasting a host of b m
Bul va. T e protot pes wer fitte da , which
a ted as Far da cages to rovid e e t m r
hand wound ovemen s ere fi tte uni id the
risk the watc bei g dama ed b d l h
a n w two- iece th ead r t d casebac Pe uisite
wate resist nce Pe hap t e c e e u most i s
pap r– tyl he hou hum ity in icator e th — anag to reach th — ca e r f u he pap a z c ui yet critical et le d ro t for a div to real r r u ac er hough al si s poi ted towa d e
prot type test ro nds in 195 8, and avi c o o on th MIL-SHIPS co tract
ct l ty avi e
proje t. au The ur t. au of hips mea Decemb vin ulov w l i b l e s st ll m vin ahead. descr ch Bur it to Bulov ’s subm ted watch n he atc he avy
E atc he as
the n sp cialized ive atc he for en avy
E per me tal Div Uni reads tha t t ion e as
ap roved. pecula ion on the chan or t
of ulov ’ t c g n Accutr n for la nch n able
d n s fi b o
shi t focu fr m wh t would ha military contract.
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T e U. . Navy ma have een in but
p es nt- s t ay watch nt usia ts g to s to i nd
th n i e c o n p a s to i s modern reissue t n i e c o n p a at co of a
wa ch t at co d h ve bee an icon through on the contract.
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PHOTO COURTES O AMSTERDA VINTAG WATCHE