Jardur: The History And Its Escadrille

By Wingfield and Shermer

The Jardur watch company was started by brothers Samuel and Herman Klepper in New York City, N.Y. in 1937. Samuel was a pilot and the watches he designed were for a special class of users for whom the management of time was an important element of their profession. Jardur primarliy distributed its watches and navigational flight aides exclusively to the military through post exchanges and ships stores, clear evidence that the Jardur watch company regarded their watches as professional tools.Research into the history of the era reveals numerous occasions when the Jardur Bezelmeter also was the watch tool of choice. In 1942 the president of North America Aviation James Howard "Dutch" Kendelberger chose a Jardur Bezelmeter 960 to present to James "Jimmy" Doolittle of the famed Doolittle Raiders. North American built the sixteen B25B Bombers which Lt. Colonel Doolittle led off the deck of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet 600 miles off the coast of Japan. Shangri La was the Hornets code name.The effort to trace this brand back to its origins and answer many questions regarding the source of the expertise which went into the design gradually took on a life of its own: The Jardur Expedition. The revealed history of the original watch was too compelling to stand without a concerted effort to revive the marque and write a book about the brothers who designed one of the most iconic watches of WWII.We hope you enjoy this book and to be a part of the Jardur Expedition and Escadrille. Trapper and Wing

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1541071913
• ISBN13: 9781541071919
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.2" x 5.5"