Pilot watch
The A-17 pilot navigation watch developement began in 1943 when the USAF was still called the United States Air Corps.
Cold war
The A-17 had the initial vocation to equip long range bomber crews based in Europe. Then it became the F-86 Sabre pilots watch during the Korean war.
Military lineage
Waltam was the main supplier to the United States Army since WWI. The A-17 was the 3rd Waltham military watch to be purchased by the U.S.A. after the Field & Marine and the A-11.
MIL-W-6433
The A-17 was a developement of the A-11 with radium on the numerals, indices, H/M hands and on the seconds hand tip. A 13-24 hour track was added to read military time.

The inspiration
The original 1951 Waltham A-17
specified by MIL-W-6433.

F-86 Sabre Pilots
The A-17 had the initial vocation to equip long range bomber crews based in Europe. Then it became the F-86 Sabre pilots watch during the Korean war.
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