Painting from the 15th Century Chronicles by Jean Froissart. Sluys was a decisive naval battle at the start of the Hundred Years' War. 190 French ships and 16-20,000 men were lost compared to 2 ships and 4-600 men for the English. Sluys ensured that the English Channel remained under English control.
Admit it - you can hear the ticking through your screen. It's on this NATO today, but who knows what it might be on tomorrow? Simple and versatile enough that a quick change can suit many different occasions.
June 23, 1780, Springfield, New Jersey. In the last major battle fought in the north during the American Revolution, several British and Hessian attempts to attack the Continental Army at Morristown resulted in the battles of Connecticut Farms (now Union, NJ) on June 7 and Springfield on June 23. In a well-known and probably apocryphal story, the Rev. James Caldwell gave a stack of hymnals by a clergyman names Watts to Continental artillerymen who were running out of wadding for their guns. Caldwell's wife Hannah had been killed by British soldiers during the fight at Connecticut Farms. Her death is immortalized on the seal of Union County. Caldwell himself would be killed by an American sentry on November 24, 1781. He and his wife are buried in Elizabeth, NJ.
Just a note - I grew up in Caldwell NJ, and attended James Caldwell High School. I've also lived in Elizabeth, which has quite the Revolutionary history. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr attended the same school there at roughly the same time.....
I was looking for a simple field watch as an upgrade from my beloved Expedition Scout. I saw this and checked the reviews and decided to pull the trigger. Oh man is this a sweet little watch. 38mm, 100m WR, screw down crown, domed sapphire crystal. The VH31 movement makes the seconds hand "sweep", not your usual 1 tick per second from a quartz. It's extremely accurate, i've had it for about 2 months and just before I posted I checked against my phone, 3 seconds slow. The only thing is the lume could be better, fades fairly quickly. That's a compromise I'm willing to live with because I absolutely love this watch.
Haven't carried this in ages. It's out and about with me today