: There's controversy almost anywhere you look with these watches.
: I'm sure even the Autavias issued to the Kenyan Air Force have
: seen some things that we'd rather not think about!

: For me, I'm not interested in these particular watches because of
: their history - but if I though this Carrera looked great and I
: wanted it, I don't think I'd let the nasty history stop me
: either.

although I do not profess to be a historian in any way, If I recall correctly although Belgium withdrew from Congo as a colonial power, the unrest that subsequent unstable
regimes forced a UN and Belgian intervention up to and as late as 1966.

By my understanding of the Carrera series, this would place the Belgian military issue in exactly the right time frame for the Belgium Congo crisis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_Crisis

JFW