7th Sep, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Jewellery, Watches & Silver

 
  Lot 2182
 

2182

A Monte-Carlo Dashboard Royal Air Force Issue Stopwatch, signed Heuer, Monte-Carlo, circa 1960,...

A Monte-Carlo Dashboard Royal Air Force Issue Stopwatch, signed Heuer, Monte-Carlo, circa 1960, lever movement, black dial with a 60 second track, outer fifths of seconds track, 1/5 second recorder, large 60-minute register hand and hour disc aperture, case with PVD black coated over steel, case sides with RAF military marks 6B/520 9604 board arrow 2085 HTLI /2/3, 54mm wide see illustration

These stopwatches were issued to pilots in the Royal Air Force on the fast jets in the 1960's and 70's.

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £400


 

17.07.19 PVD coating is chipped in parts and lacking, crown and pusher are rubbed, plexi glass with crazing cracks visible under an eyeglass, black coating around the sloping dial surround edge is lacking in parts and lifting, dial numerals are slightly faded but nicely aged, movement in going order.

 


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Auction: Jewellery, Watches & Silver, 7th Sep, 2019

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