We skipped right over V to get to one of the coolest watches in my collection: The Wenger Swiss Military Grenadier Quartz Watch.
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Wenger Swiss Military Watch |
For most people, the Swiss Military is synonymous with little red pocket knives. However, I remember visiting Switzerland as a young child in the 1970s. The train stations were filled with men in camouflage carrying very large assault rifles. It was the real Swiss Army.
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Swiss Army on the March ( Fcb981 at the English language Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons ) |
Now, the Wenger Swiss Military Grenadier is one of the few "Swiss Made" watches in my collection. It was a cool birthday gift and it is also a reminder of a train ride through Switzerland long, long, ago. If you think
Wenger Swiss Military Watches might make a great gift, read my full review of mine here:
Wristwatch Review: Wenger Swiss Military Grenadier Quartz Watch
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