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  • known as a wristlet when the vast majority of personal timepieces were pocket watches Trench watch, a transitional design between the pocket watch and the...
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    The watch wristlet waterproof was a type of watch manufactured in Switzerland and issued to British military forces after 1945. The (WWW) standard for...
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    can truthfully contend that the watch is a luxury. It is said that one soldier in every four wears a wristlet watch, and the other three mean to get...
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    (or wristlet), and after they were demobilized the fashion soon caught on: the British Horological Journal wrote in 1917 that "the wristlet watch was...
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    The trench watch (wristlet) is a type of watch that came into use by the military during World War I, as pocket watches were not practical in combat....
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  • Nick Jr Television series WWW Trilogy, a trilogy of books Waterproof wristlet watch, a British military specification for a wristwatch World Three or WWW...
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    of pocket watches and modern wristwatches, was called a "trench watch" or "wristlet". The more accurate pocket watches continued to be widely used in...
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  • group that targets a "Dirty Dozen" politicians each year Waterproof wristlet watch, military watches made by 12 manufacturers Dark Triad Dirty Dozen, psychological...
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    referred to at the time as a "wristlet" were frowned upon. Hans Wilsdorf was an early believer in the potential of the wrist watch, and made it his mission...
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  • not introduced until 1940. Other items found with the man included a wristlet watch, handkerchief, shaving tube, studs, toothbrush, fountain pen, propelling...
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  • device for manual handling of loads Wristband Wrist brace Wrist guard Wristlet This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Wrist...
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    Australia. (Loud applause.) The Chairman then presented Gardner with a ‘wristlet watch’. Gardiner (service number 534, 14th Infantry Battalion 1st AIF), left...
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  • inception for business reasons. Each man was presented with an inscribed wristlet watch. Walsh and Williams had “been in office since 1936”. They held their...
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  • and Jock Sorby. The boys presented their delegate Mr. C. Moyle with a wristlet watch, and Mr. Baddiley an enlarged group photograph of the combined teams...
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    so-called trench watch, or 'wristlets' were practical, as they freed up one hand that would normally be used to operate a pocket watch, and became standard equipment...
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  • from Trentham before departing for the war he was “presented with a wristlet watch by members of the league as a memento of his connection with the game...
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  • Gallet & Company (category Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland)
    States and Canadian military) Mars (reg. pre-1900, pocket watches and wristlets for British market, later changed to Mars MultiChron) National Park (reg...
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  • to this change in cultural attitude, wristwatches were referred to as 'wristlets' and were normally only worn by women. At the beginning of the 20th Century...
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  • The report stated that the club recorded a £30 profit. An engraved wristlet watch was presented to Mr. W.J. Dean for his service to the club as secretary...
    113 KB (8,657 words) - 10:13, 5 April 2024
  • Review #7, The Brown Issue "The Curator" (2014), Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet #31, Dec. 2014 "Confederate Wall" (2015), Subtropics Issue 19, Spring/Summer...
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