Maker: |
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Model: |
Record |
Date: |
Issued circa 1945 |
Serial No.: |
L25839 / 543686 |
Case: |
The calatrava-style case back is stamped on the obverse with the broad arrow and WWW and serial number 543686 and the reverse is engraved w.w.w. with the broad arrow and L25839 543686, one lug is stamped 187 |
Dial: |
The black enamel dial is in lovely vintage condition with the original lume, it is correctly signed RECORD with the broad arrow, with Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds. |
Hands: |
The hands are the original pencil hour & minute hands with replacement tritium lume. |
Movement: |
Calibre 022K in excellent condition signed RECORD on the barrel cover. |
Strap: |
Brown leather strap |
Info: |
This watch is one of the so-called “Dirty Dozen” twelve models of wristwatches officially issued to the British Army at the end of the second world war. . In 1945 the British Ministry of Defence produced a standard specification for watches to be issued to the armed forces and the makes chosen for their quality were Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, Jaeger Le Coultre, Lemania, Longines, IWC, Omega, Record, Timor and Vertex. This particular example is one of the nicest examples of the Record military wristwatch you will find. Given it has seen military service it is in remarkably good condition. The dial is lovely – the lume dots around the outer edge are the original radium, the hands are original but they have been re-lumed with tritium – presumably when it came in for service – often the original radium flaked off the hands. The case is in unrestored condition and as is often the case the screw-back has been transposed with another Record back when it went in for a service – this often happened – the number on one of the lugs should in theory match the last three digits of the ‘L' number on the case back. |
