1943
- Günter Blümlein, later longtime head of IWC, is born in Nuremberg (Germany) on 21 March 1943.
- Gerd-Rüdiger Lang, the later founder of Chronoswiss, is born in Brunswick (Germany).
- The US Army specifies the Type A-11 "Hack Watch" for soldiers, which would be produced by Bulova, Elgin, and Hamilton.