Popularly known as a paratrooper’s compass, this wrist compass was produced by the Taylor Instrument Company in Rochester, New York during World War II. The Taylor version is somewhat more rare as they were only produced during the war, whereas Superior Magneto continued production into the 1950s. More history on these compasses can be found at Paratrooper.be.

This Taylor compass is in great shape for its age. The bakelite is fresh and the liquid filled compass is clear and points north. There are no marks on the back of the compass. Many of the liquid-filled compasses have come unglued and you can pull them out and find an identifying date or production number. This compass is still firmly glued inside and couldn’t be removed for identification.

For the military afficiando or reenactor, this is great example for any collection.

Released in 1969, the Trackmaster was Heuer’s first consumer stopwatch. The Trackmaster offered the public a less expensive option to Heuer’s more precise, professional series of stopwatches. The Trackmaster sold well throughout the 1970s and was phased out as digital technology took over in the 1980s.

This Trackmaster 8042, in black, keeps time to 1/10th of a second and is in great condition. It comes with its original lanyard and box, but no papers. Looks to have been purchased and used by Fisher Scientific Company, which manufactures their own stopwatches today.

Purchased from an Omega boutique in 2017, this Omega single watch winder is in like new condition with box and papers.

The 4”x4” watch winder runs on two C batteries and is factory programmed for 95 cycles of 20 rotations each, a total of 1900 rotations every 24 hours.

An Aristo APOLLO stopwatch manufactured in Switzerland in the 1970s.

Julius Epple founded Aristo in 1907 in Pforzheim, Germany. Aristo was known then, and still today, for producing German made precision timepieces.

In the 1970s, Aristo outsourced some of their stopwatch production to Swiss manufacturer E. Schlup-Abrecht. Erwin Schlup supplied Aristo with stopwatches housing mechanical, 7-jewel, pin lever, manual-wind movements like the Baumgartner Freres Group (BFG) caliber 414 used inside this Aristo stopwatch.

Schlup sold stopwatches under their own brand – HERWINS SUPER hattrick, which is embossed on the back of this stopwatch. Of note, Erwin Schlup’s brothers Fritz, Ernst, and Werner Schlup founded Schlup & Co. in 1917, which grew into the Swiss watch brand RADO.

This example is a near mint yellow cased Aristo APOLLO stopwatch with lanyard and box. No papers. Keeping precise mechanical time.