Vario?s newest watch (their third) takes inspiration from a period of time that doesn?t get a ton of attention from contemporary watch designers: the World War I era. The new timepiece, simply and descriptively called the 1918 Trench Watch, is modeled after – you guessed it – trench watches that were frequently worn by soldiers during the ?War to End All Wars.? With a full century of distance from the conflict, it becomes less and less understood by the average person walking around in 2020, as vanishingly few of us have firsthand experience with someone for whom the war was a formative event. Unlike, say, World War II, where the current crop of watch collectors is sure to be no more than two or three generations removed from someone who either fought in the war or has clear memories of the time period, World War I is nearly erased from our collective memories, simply due to the passing of time. That gives a product like this the curious quality of an artifact, or something completely out of time, and it might just strike a chord with watch fans who are interested in discovering history through objects (even if they are recreations). 
World War I is credited by some as the event that gave birth to the wristwatch. Now, it should be noted that depending on who you ask, there are a variety of factors that moved watches from the pocket to the wrist, and we probably can?t give full credit to a single event, but nevertheless, the fighting conditions in WWI ...