Aristo A-8 'Jitterbug' Stopwatch

Sure, Analog:Shift is a business built around the love of watches — primarily mechanical watches. However, in essence, it's our love for timepieces and timekeeping in general that is the common theme throughout the items we procure. And that includes the love of clocks, such as pocket watches, travel clocks, and more. After all, in the couple of hundred years preceding the First World War, personal timekeeping was dominated by pocket watches, and before that, larger clocks were at the forefront, horologically. We still believe a good clock — such as a classic travel model from the 1920s or 1930s — has a place in the watch lover's collection. Some military timepieces are famous because they were flashy. Others because they were worn by heroes. And then there are the ones like the Aristo A8 "Jitterbug"—quiet, specialized instruments designed to solve a specific problem perfectly. Issued initially to U.S. bomber crews during World War II and later into the Korean War, the A8 wasn't for te