Other manufacturers made eight day watches as well, and some of these movements, originally intended for use in pocketwatches, came to be used as wristwatches; there are numerous examples which were designed to be used as military wristwatches.
Eight day watches were generally rather big as the mainspring was considerably larger as a rule, and such watches, when adapted for military use were like most modified pocket watches, worn on the wrist in a cuplike receptacle of leather, and held in place with a hefty leather strap that would have done well as a toddler's belt.
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