The watch, made as a gift in 1910, has been returned to the maker’s family in the Netherlands. It still works. By Claire Moses After nearly 80 years, a watch that was taken by a Nazi soldier ...

History: The first watches made were German pocket watches dating back to the 1600s. Craftsmen filed each part by hand and timepieces took months to create. Wristwatches didn’t become popular ...

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This silver pocket watch saved the life of a World War One soldier fighting for Britain on the Somme - by stopping a German bullet from piercing his chest. The two-inch timepiece was unearthed by ...

A gold German pocket watch worth $2,000 has been reported stolen from a house in the 300 block of East Woodland Road, a police report said. The watch was reported missing Sept. 11, the report said.

The pocket watch - covered in Nazi insignia and with a special medal commemorating the date - is believed to have been produced for the party faithful. Border guards in Grzechotki, ...

In 2020, the eagle was set to be bought for up to $26 million by a private collector or naval museum. However, it remained in storage following complaints about the exhibition of “Nazi ...

In 1933, the new Nazi government was preparing to rearm on land and at sea. The Kriegsmarine realized that building additional pocket battleships would serve no compelling purpose.

The rangefinder (lower L) of the Nazi pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee sits on the floor of the Plate River, seven kilometers from the Uruguayan capital, Montevideo, after being separated from ...

A RARE watch produced by the Nazis to mark Hitler’s 47th birthday has been stumbled upon by customs. Border guards at Grzechotki in Poland discovered the 1936 pocket watch in a car from Russia ...

The pocket watch was crafted in 1910 by Alfred Overstrijd, a Jewish man from the Dutch city of Rotterdam who was then learning to be a watchmaker. He made it as a gift for his brother, Louis, for ...