Watch Oversized Leonidas Cronograph Up for your consideration today for sell Genuine Swiss made Leonidas Miligary Watch for Italin Air Force Cronograph Ritorno Bomb Aimers Stop. in perfect order. This is a rare timepiece, irt belongs to hronographs issued to the Italian Air Force after War for use by their pilots. | Very large and rare, stainless steel and nickel Leonidas Cronografo a Ritorno, reversing stop watch for equal distance bomb sight, height graduated in meters, military watch with round single button, bidirectional chronograph. Circa 1940`s. Hinged case back. The approximate diameter is 57mm without crown, 77mm with crown, 22mm thick case. This instrument is a rare version of a chronograph with a hand running both forwards and backwards. It was used by several Air Forces to calculate the elapsed time for throwing bombs. |
this watch is in excellent working conditions and as described – delivered with our 12 months guarantee and originality certificate. Bomb Timers "Countdown Chronographs" Planes were used to drop bombs for the first time in World War One. The certainty of hitting a target from different heights and at different speeds could no longer be left to the "feel" of the pilot. This led to the construction of various indicators, view finding arrangements and stopwatches. The most significant characteristic of these stopwatches is that they reverse direction after a second push of the activator button (`count-down` or `ritorno` function Company History:The Leonidas Watch Factory was founded by Julien Bourquin in . Leonidas is purchased by Constant Jeanneret-Droz, one of the three sons of the founder Jules Frédéric Jeanneret. This should therefore have been the reason that Leonidas produced quite outstanding movements, because Jeanneret-Droz brought the necessary know-how with him. But Leonidas also manufactured instruments used in the automotive and aerospace areas. the companies Leonidas Watch Factory and merge. For a long time the watches are sold under the name 'HEUER LEONIDAS'. After became , the name Leonidas disappeared. |
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