The Cold War was threatening to become hot at the end of the 1970s. The Soviets invaded Afghanistan, and started installing SS20 missiles that targeted NATO bases in Europe. Meanwhile, the US planned to install cruise missiles in bases across Europe. And the US failed to rescue hostages in Tehran. The Cold War was a time when both sides knew that war would be fought primarily in Germany. NATO allies France, the UK, and the US were stationed there, and the Bundeswehr (federal German army) had the largest number of men in Western Europe.
The Soviets would use submarines and mines to block the harbors of Western Europe and Germany to NATO reinforcements if they attacked. The German Navy knew that it would have to improve its mine countermeasure capability. This was done by building minesweeping vessels and recruiting and educating specialist mine-clearance diver.
The German Navy has trained different types of divers according to the military tasks they are performing. There are Waffentaucher(weapons diver), Kampfschwimmer (combat swimmer)and Minentaucher (swiss replica watches).
Combat swimmers
The Sinn ReplicaOcean 200 Bund watch is available in five different models: for the Waffentaucher, the 3509 or 3529 automatic, for the Kampfschwimers, the 3314 or 3315 quartz, but for the purposes of this article, the most rare and complex model, the ref. The 3519 AMAG was developed especially for the Minentaucher.
Non-Magnetic Requirements
The Soviets wanted to protect their technology, so they fitted the mines with anti-handling devices that would explode if anyone tried to defuse them. The mines were often triggered by magnetic devices, so any mine-clearance diver had to use non-magnetic equipment.
In 1980, the Bundeswehr issued a 30-page requirement for a new diver’s watch. It asked for features never before seen on a wristwatch. The document was sent to every company with whichthe Bundeswehr was currently doing business. Diehl Avionics was one of the recipients.Cartier Ballon Bleu Replica Watches It is a subsidiary company of VDO, the famous German instrument maker that made and maintained aircraft equipment for the Luftwaffe. VDO owned Sinn Replica at the time. Gunter Blumlein had recently joined Sinn Replica as its new president from Diehl.
