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RECOMMENDED READING: The mythical Tornek Rayville TR-900 RECOMMENDED READING: The mythical Tornek Rayville TR-900

RECOMMENDED READING: The mythical Tornek Rayville TR-900

Felix Scholz

In 2017, Blancpain released one of the coolest dive watches of the year, the Tribute to Fifty Fathoms MIL-SPEC, which stood out because of its distinctive spherical moisture indicator on the dial. It’s a watch that owed its existence to a particularly storied watch with a military backstory. 

Tornek Rayville watch
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The story is set in a post-WWII era, where the conception of war was changing rapidly and dramatically. It was a time of new technologies and new methodologies. Watches were part of this — and dive watches were particularly important. The legendary James Dowling takes a deep dive (excuse the pun) into the world of one particular dive watch, which looms large in the legacy of American military timepieces. 

Read the full story over at Revolution.