HMT Pilot Caliber HMT 0231
This is a newly reproduced HMT Pilot hand wind beauty. Originally this was produced in the 70’s.
HMT Pilot’s watch issued exclusively to Fighter Pilots of Indian Air Force flying the English Electric Canberra bomber plane that played a pivotal role in 1971 Indo-Pak war. The plane did have a cockpit clock but no chronograph or countdown feature. This watch helped in timing of maneuvers and bombing. In this watch the standard 0231 was modified in such a way that movement was hacked during setting of time and the watch could be timed accurately to seconds during the time check of all the wingman pilots in a sortie. The main purpose of hacking seconds was mainly coordination among military, railways, signals units etc. The caseback on this watch was also marked with 306B which is similar to 6B marked British Royal Air Force Pilot’s watches.
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Nice, I am also on my way to aquire the same ( blue arabic numerals white dial) from Etsy.com
It looks pretty rough though, most probably a franken.
Wish me luck . 😅
What was your story?
Nice, I am also on my way to aquire the same ( blue arabic numerals white dial) from Etsy.com
It looks pretty rough though, most probably a franken.
Wish me luck . 😅
What was your story?
You should buy it from www.Hmt.in instead. I’m not sure how reliable etsy is as I’ve not bought from them.