Sinn 104
A combat engineer in the Bundeswehr, wearing his Sinn 104 through everyday duties, in this case a field stripped pistol laid out on a cloth for cleaning. Weapons maintenance is the quiet backbone of soldiering, the same parts broken down and reassembled until it is muscle memory. A German instrument watch on the wrist while a German sidearm gets cleaned, both made a short drive apart. If you have a wrist shot from somewhere that matters, submit at the link in bio. Tempus Est Potentia.
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Sinn 104
The 104 is Sinn's classic pilot watch, built in Frankfurt: a 41 millimeter steel case, a bidirectional ratcheting pilot's bezel, a day and date display, and a Sellita SW 220-1 automatic behind a sapphire crystal, rated to 20 bar. It is antimagnetic to DIN 8309 and priced as an instrument rather than a luxury, which is why it turns up on the wrists of people who actually work.
Bundeswehr, Combat Engineer
The submitter is a combat engineer in the Bundeswehr, the German armed forces, photographed during routine duties with a pistol broken down for cleaning. Combat engineers build and breach, bridges, obstacles, demolitions, the trade that clears the way and denies it. The photo is the unglamorous half of any military job, the maintenance that happens between everything else.