Three Brits!
The one in the center is the '53 Fat Arrow. The other two just landed from Wilts yesterday. On the left is a '45 WWW and on the right is my new '42 British Fleet Air Arm. The Fat arrow is a cal 283 while the WWW and HS8 (Fleet Air Arm) are both 30T2s. Chr...
Unusual for a military piece?
Surprising. Nevertheless, it looks good! Blued hands too. Very nice. Congrats Chris on a wonderful piece.
Not terribly unusual for the time, same for light-colored dial
The 6b's date to the late '30s when lume still hadn't become entirely universal. As well, the 6b's were intended as navigators' instruments, and like the deck chronometers blued hands (and light dials) were more traditional in that application. Later in 1...
Nice watches Chris... classic Omega military.
Hi Steve Simply classic examples of "tool" watches... Here is a uncommon RCAF one button chronograph. Catch you later ! Best BIll Sohne...
Very nice trio Chris!
My own '53FA: And 6B: and SM300: No photos of my WWW available just now :/...
Wow,
You put your SM300 just beside a Panerai Compass? Very nice pics! Best, and thanks for sharing! Nicolas
More on the RN and compass
Hi Nicolas, the compass is an issued RN compass. Currently I don't have any more pics of just the compass, but here's more of the combination:...