Jaeger LeCoultre Reference 159 Strap or about 2 seconds per

or about 2 seconds per day

with the same artful symmetry as the dial

and in a way started an entire trend for budget-priced oversized steel tool watches when they returned stateside

the Sinn 140 deserves considerable accolade

and memorable tie to Steve McQueen - the original King Of Cool - the Monaco epitomizes 1960s Heuer chronographs

Jaeger LeCoultre Reference 159 Strap or about 2 seconds perLike the course of human events, the history of everyday things is often marked by war. Tools and technologies we use every day were forged in wartime and, later, once the cannons had silenced and the swords were beaten into plowshares, repurposed for civilian use. Radar and sonar, programmable computers, nylon, jet engines, even the Slinky, were all developed during the Second World War and then employed in the civilian realm once the war had ended.