£1,250
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Auction: 22 October 2021 at 12:00 BST
chrome-plated case, unsigned calibre 27A manual wind movement, signed round black dial with broad arrow, Arabic numerals in white, small seconds at 6, railroad outer seconds track in white with lume plots, lume-filled sword hands, the caseback with Q7252, broad arrow and W.W.W, 4022, 3922, the interior with W.W.W, broad arrow and 3922, on a modern strap, no box and papers. Note: both this lot, and the following lot - 155 - are examples of watches manufactured for the British armed forces during WWII, by a group of twelve watch companies now referred to by collectors and historians as the 'Dirty Dozen.'