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WWII
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MILITARY WATCH BOXâ„¢
CELEBRATING
Field Marshal Bernard Law
Montgomery
"Monty" | "Spartan General",
1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
KG, GCB, DSO, PC
1887 – 1976
WITH
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RESTORED & SERVICED
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USED IN
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INCLUDING
HELVETIA SCREW CASE GSTP
RADIUM DIAL POCKET WATCH
NAVY PATTERN 4 LEMANIA
GILDED SPLIT CHRONOGRAPH
GALLET EXCELSIOR PARK
AIR MINISTRY MILITARY TIMER
BRITISH BROAD ARROW MK VII
RADIUM PARATROOPER COMPASS
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ONE
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MONTY
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount
Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976,
nicknamed "Monty" and the "Spartan General", was a British Army
officer who saw action in WWI where he was seriously wounded.
After the out break of WWII, while Britain was struggling by
herself against the Germans, Italians, and near 24hr a day bombing, he was given the
command of the Eighth Army. Through his leadfeship, even in the face of dwindling
supplies, reinforcements. equipment, rations and ammunition, he would lead Britain ]and
the allies] to victory from the Western Deserts of North Africa to final the final Allied
victory in Tunisia. He would be responsible for the successful final Battle of El Alamein,
the turning point in the Western Desert Campaign. Soon Sicily and Italy would come to know
his name.
When the time came for the United States to turn her face to
Europe and the Germans, "MONTY" was chosen to be the top British commander
during the planning the D-Day invasion in Normandy and then Supreme Commander General
Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower chose "MONTY" to command the
Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord from the initial landings through the
Battle of Normandy.
Monty would then assume command of the 21st Army Group in
North West Europe through to his acceptance of the German surrender on 4 May 1945,
Luneburg Heath in northern Germany. After the war he became the Commander-in-Chief of the
British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in Germany and then Chief of the Imperial General Staff.
SICILY OVERVIEW
The Allied invasion of Sicily, code named Operation Husky,
was the first major ALLIED World War II campaign against Germany and Italy on Europe's
Door Step. The Allies will take Sicily from the Axis (Italy and Nazi Germany) and then hit
Italy.
In fact, it was the most important operation ever
contemplated and enacted by the US and Britain in WWII. It was the first joint operation
at hit-ler-s back yard and allowed the commanders to evaluate all aspects of the
performance of the Allies working as one.
It was also a "learning success". While successful in taking Sicily with a
large scale amphibious and airborne operation, followed by six weeks of land combat and
launched the Italian Campaign, airborne manuvers were an overall failures and, while the
Allies gained the footing they required from which to jump off to Italy, the operation
failed to block the Germans and Italians from retreating -with tanks, equipment and
personal - to the Italian mainland where they regrouped and fought a determined holding
pattern and before retreating towards Germany-- and, it almost cost all Airborne units
--British included-- their very designation.
Allied Supreme Commander, General Dwight David
"Ike" Eisenhower, was so upset, he stated:
NOT A BATTLEFIELD OPTION
"I do not
believe in the airborne division. I believe that
airborne troops should be reorganized in self-contained units, comprising infantry,
artillery, and special services, all about the strength of a regimental combat team ... To
employ at any time and place a whole division would require a dropping over such an
extended area that I seriously doubt that a division
commander could regain control and operate the scattered forces as one unit." General Eisenhower
General George Marshall and Field Marshal Montgomery
argued that Airborne Troops were an option. This argument [and some "cash bets"]
brought about the Knollwood Maneuver...
Knollwood Maneuver
In December of 1943, after additional training following the
Sicily jumps, a planned maneuver by the 11th Airborne [famous for their efforts in the
Pacific, mainly the Philippines] Division as the attacking force, was assigned the
objective of capturing Knollwood Army Auxiliary Airfield near Fort Bragg in North
Carolina.
The Knollwood Maneuver took place on the night of 7 December
1943, with the 11th Airborne Division being airlifted to thirteen separate objectives by
200 C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft and 234 Waco CG-4A gliders. It was a total success.
The US 101st , the 82nd, as well as the British 1st,
2nd and 3rd Battalions (1st Parachute Brigade), never knew how close they were to losing
their elite status. It was the 11th who would be responsible for maintaining the status of
PARATROOPERS.
THE SICILIAN INVASION
Began At Bight 9–10 July 1943
Operation Husky called for amphibious, airborne and land force assault by two armies, one
landing on the south eastern and one on the central southern coast. Supported by naval
gunfire, tactical bombing, interdiction and close air support by the combined air forces,
the operation required a complex command structure, incorporating land, naval and
air forces. General Dwight D. Eisenhower was Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces, British
General Sir Harold Alexander was his second in command and as the Land Forces-Army Group
commander.
Land Forces
The Allied land forces were from the American, British and Canadian armies, and were
structured as two task forces. The Eastern Task 545 and led
by General Bernard Montgomery, consisted
of the British Eighth Army (with 1st Canadian Infantry Division). The Western Task Force
Force 343 commanded by Lieutenant General George S. Patton consisted of the Seventh United
States Army.
Airborne Landings
Two British and two American attacks by
airborne forces were carried out just after midnight on the night of the 9 July-10 July,
as part of the invasion. The American 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd
Airborne Division, led by Colonel Gavin and the British 1st, 2nd and 3rd Battalions, preceded by the 21st Independent Parachute Company (Pathfinders) who
marked landing zones for paratroopers intending to seize the the bridge over the River
Anape [Ponte Grande] just south of Syracuse and hold it until the British 5th Infantry
Division arrived from the beaches at Cassibile while the British Glider infantry from the
1st Air Landing Brigade were to seize landing zones inland. But Strong winds blew the
troop-carrying aircraft off course and the U.S. force was scattered widely over south-east
Sicily between Gela and Syracuse. Half the US paratroopers failed to reach their rallying
points; of the 147 British gliders, only 12 landed on target and 69 crashed at sea.
Though a platoon of the South Staffordshire Regiment landed on target and captured Ponte
Grande and fought off counterattacks with some reinforcement by wayward troopers, they
were forced to surrender to Italian Colonel Francesco Ronco's 75th Infantry Regiment only
45 minutes before the leading elements of 5th Infantry Division arrived from the south.
Though some German/Italian aircraft sank a few minesweepers, several warships including
the destroyer USS Maddox (DD-622), a hospital ship, and some landing craft, the
preparatory bombing of the previous weeks had greatly weakened the Axis air capability.
Allied aircraft, operating from Malta, Gozo and Pantelleria, kept most of the Axis
attempts at air attack to a minimum. By the evening of 10 July seven Allied assault
divisions were established ashore and the port of Syracuse was captured .
COST IN LIVES
The Sicily campaign had cost the Allies nearly 25,000 casualties. The U.S. 7th Army lost
8,781 men (2,237 killed or missing, 5,946 wounded, and 598 captured) while the British 8th
Army suffered 11,843 casualties (2,062 killed or missing, 7,137 wounded and 2,644
captured). In addition, the U.S. Navy lost 546 killed or missing and 484 wounded and the
Royal Navy lost 314 killed or missing, 411 wounded and 4 captured. The USAAF also reported
28 killed, 88 missing and 41 wounded. Canadian forces had suffered 2,310 casualties,
including 562 killed, 1,664 wounded, and 84 captured.
According to historians Samuel W. Mitcham and Friedrich Von Stauffenberg, German units
lost about 20,000 killed, wounded or captured, although military historian Manfred
Messerschmidt [et al.] report that the German forces lost 4,678 men killed, 5,532 captured
and 13,500 wounded, making up a total of 23,710 German casualties. Italian military
losses are reported to be 4,325 killed, 32,500 wounded and 116,681 captured and authors
widely concur with the number of Italians believed to be taken prisoner to be around
100,000. In 2007, Mitcham and Von Stauffenberg raised this estimate to 147,000. An earlier
Canadian study of the Allied invasion, estimated the total number of Italian and Germans
prisoners taken prisoner in Sicily to be around 100,000.
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BROAD ARROW
A broad arrow or pheon is a type
of arrow with a typically flat barbed head. It is a symbol used traditionally in heraldry,
most notably in England, and later the United Kingdom to mark government property.
The Office of Ordnance was created by Henry VIII in 1544. It dates
back to the position of Master of Ordnance, one of whom, Nicholas Merbury, was present at
the Battle of Agincourt. The Office became the Board of Ordnance in 1597, its principal
duties being to supply guns, ammunition, stores and equipment to the King's Navy. The
headquarters and main arsenal of the Office were in the White Tower of the Tower of
London. The broad arrow mark has been used over the years by the
Office and Board to signify at first objects purchased from the monarch's money and later
to indicate government property. With the demise of the Board in 1855, the War
Department and today's Ministry of Defense continued to use the mark. The arrow also
appears in the Ordnance Survey logo.
The broad arrow frequently appeared on military boxes and equipment
such as canteens, bayonets and rifles, as well as the British prison uniform from the
1870s, and even earlier, that of transportees in British penal colonies such as Australia The broad arrow
marks were also used by Commonwealth countries on their ordnance.
The broad arrow was used by the British to mark trees intended for
ship building use in North America during colonial times. Three axe strikes resembling an
arrowhead and shaft, were marked on large mast-grade trees.
It is currently a criminal offence in the United Kingdom to reproduce
the broad arrow without authority
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HELVETIA
POCKET WATCH
LEATHER WATCH FOB
Helvetia, General Watch Co, Bienne, Reconvilier,
Tramelan, Vienna 1880: Foundation of La Generale Watch Co / General Watch Co by the
company Louis Brandt & Fils (Omega) for
manufacturing cylinder watches and genuine Helvertia calibres with enhanced quality lever
movements. 1885: Transfer of the trade mark Helvertia from Louis Brandt &
Fils to the new La Generale Watch Co.
1968: Acquisition of the movement factory
Helvetia SA in Reconvilier by the SGT (Societe des Garde-Temps SA). The watch factory
Montres Helvetia SA in Bienne remained independent.
BRITISH MILITARY WATCHES
In 1939, with war on the
horizon, the British War Department realized they required
time pieces. With no plans and knowing that a shortage of watches would surely occur, they
quickly purchased watches from numerous Swiss watch makers and retailers.Each watch had to
have 15 jewels, luminous black or white dial, and subsidiary seconds dial. Most were snap
backs though there were higher grades with screw backs.
Most of these pocket watches were titled "General Service"
AND classified as "Temporary Pattern". Thus they were stamped "GSTP".
These GSTP watches would become the work horse of the military. From Radio operators to
drivers, they fulfilled the requirements of keeping time through out the war.
Note: at the conclusion of the hostilities, most of the watches
purchased by the various Government Buyers were destroyed due to a deal with suppliers.
The suppliers had sold these watches at a discount and they did not want the market
flooded at the wars conclusion with "surplus military watches".
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GSTP
GENERAL SERVICE
TEMPORARY PATTERN |
AWESOME HELVETIA GSTP POCKET WATCH
ORIGINAL PORCELAIN DIAL
NUMERALS RESTORED AND RE-ILLUMINATED
LOOKS LIKE IT DID ORIGINALLY
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL
PORCELAIN DIAL
WITH NUMERALS
PAINTED AS THEY WERE
AND
ILLUMINATED
9 12 & 3
AS ORIGINAL
**RE-ILLUMINATED
WITH
AF-LUMINOVA
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
PHOSPHORESCENT PIGMENT
CASE FINISH IS ORIGINAL
ONLY ELECTRO-CLEANED
AND
LIGHT BUFF
**RE-ILLUMINATED
WITH
AF-LUMINOVA
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
PHOSPHORESCENT PIGMENT
HERE ROCK IS RESTORING HANDS
**RE-ILLUMINATED
WITH
AF-LUMINOVA
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
PHOSPHORESCENT PIGMENT
THIS IS A SCREW DOWN CASE
ONLY THE BEST POCKETS HAS SCREW DOWN CASES
CASE IS SCREW DOWN
TOP AND BOTTOM
SERRATED EDGES
FOR
EASIER REMOVAL
GT/SP
066455
CLOSER PIC OF GSTP
CASE IS SCREW DOWN
TOP AND BOTTOM
SERRATED EDGES
FOR
EASIER REMOVAL
GT/SP
066455
NOTICE THE BRITISH APPROVAL STAMP
WITH BROAD ARROW LEFT OF CASE
15 JEWEL
NEW BALANCE COMPLETE
NEW MAINSPRING
SERVICED & LUBED
YOU CAN REMOVE FROM
MILITARYWATCHBOXtm
AND WEAR
REPLACE TO DISPLAY
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BRITISH PATTERNS Vs
GSTP
FOR MUCH OF HER HISTORY, THE BRITISH WAR
DEPARTMENT SUPPLIED PRECISE DETAILS ON ALL FACETS OF THEIR TIMES PIECES. THEY TESTED THEM
AND THEY WERE THEN ASSIGNED A USE NUMBER AND PATTERN.
IN FACT, AS THE FOLLOWING DEMONSTRATES, THEY WERE STRAIGHT UP:
1890 TRIALS FOR CHRONOMETERS
Chronometer
makers who may care to send watches to the trial must first obtain permission from the
Hydrographer, Admiralty, Whitehall, S.W., To whom all requests for such permission must be
sent not later than October 6.
The watches are
to be deposited here between the hours of 10 and 1 on any day (excepting Sunday),. during
the week ending with October 20th, after which no watch can under any circumstances be
received.
The rating this
year commences on Saturday, October 25 and will be as follows:
Watch horizontal,
dial up, in room for 6 weeks
Watch horizontal,
dial up, in oven for 1 week
Watch vertical,
pendant up, in oven for 4 days
Watch vertical,
pendant right, in oven for 3 days
Watch vertical,
pendant left, in oven for 3 days
Watch vertical,
pendant up, in oven for 4 days
Watch horizontal,
dial up, in oven for 1 week
Watch horizontal,
dial up, in room for 6 weeks
The mean
temperature in the oven will be from 80-85 degrees Fahrenheit.
The watches are
to be in silver cases with crystal glass, and each must bear a distinguishing No. engraved
on the plate of the movement, Preference will be given to key less watches.
Each
watch is to be labeled with its price, which is to include a mahogany box with ivory
label, cleaning after trial and engraving the Government mark on the dial and plate of the
movement, and the name of the maker, the No. of the watch, the letters D.W., and the
Government mark on the ivory label of the box.
THUS, ALL WATCHES WERE GOVERNED BY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS. FROM MOVEMENTS TO
CASES TO DIALS, WATCHES SPECIFICATIONS WERE PROVIDED AND A "PATTERN" ASSIGNED.
SO, A PATTERN WAS IN FACT REQUIRED.
BUT, IN 1938, WITH WAR BEATING ON THE DOOR, THE BRITISH, WHO
NORMALLY WOULD HAVE REQUIRED TESTING AND ASSIGNED PATTERNS TO THE DIFFERENT WATCHES,
SIMPLY MADE A CALL ON WATCH MANUFACTURERS AND PROVIDED BASIC REQUIREMENTS AND THEN STAMPED
THE THOUSANDS OF TIMERS AND POCKET WATCHES WITH AN ABBREVIATION OF THE WORDS,
GOVERNMENT SERVICE TEMPORARY PATTERN: GTSP G.T.S.P. GT/SP
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ROYAL NAVY ISSUE
No 4 PATTERN
LEMANIA
19N20
SPLIT CHRONOGRAPH
LEATHER FOB
DIAL HAS SOME PORCELAIN
CRACKS AROUND CENTER
BUT NOTHING TO
INTERFERE WITH OPERATION
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO TIMING HANDS
THEY BOTH RUN WHEN CROWN IS PRESSED
AND STOP WHEN PRESSED
HERE IS A PIC WITH BLUED STEEL HAND
STILL RUNNING
WHILE GOLD HAND IS STOPPED
TOP CROWN WINDS & STARTS AND
STOPS TIMER
THERE IS A SIDE PUSHER
WHEN IT IS PUSHED
THE SECOND TIMER HAND
STOPS STARTS AND RETURNS TO 60 POS
AWESOME
PATT 4
AND
THE NAVY BROAD ARROW
ORIGINAL PAPER INTERIOR SERVICE INO
NOTE CONTRACTORS TO AIR MINISTRY AND ADMIRALTY
INTERIOR FINISHED
AWESOME WORKS PERFECTLY
LEMANIA
19N20
Features
stem-wind chronograph rattrapante
60s
30min
pillar wheel
split second pusher at 11h
sub second
Data
19''', Dm= 41.8mm
7/17 jewels
f = 18000 A/h
power reserve 35h
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GALLET
Gallet is the world’s oldest watch and
clock making house with history dating back to Humbertus Gallet, a clock maker who became
a citizen of Geneva in 1466.
- The first wristwatch with a center-originating sweep second
hand for heart rate calculation (1912)
- The first wrist chronograph with a waterproof case (Gallet
MultiChron, 1936)
- The first chronograph wristwatch with multiple time zone
calculator (Gallet Flight Officer, 1938)
- The first miniature chronograph wristwatch for professional
women (Gallet MultiChron Petite, 1939)
- The first chronograph wristwatch with additional 24 hour GMT
hand (Gallet MultiChron Navigator GMT, 1945)
- The first 24 hour reading wrist chronograph (Gallet
MultiChron 24, 1947)
1896 Swiss National
Exposition, Geneva � Silver Medal
1905 Universal Exposition of Liege � Grand Diploma of
Honor
1912 Kew Observatory, London - "A" Class
Certificates, Special and Series Prizes for the Best Chronometers at Neuchâtel
1913 Kew Observatory, London - "A" Class
Certificates, Special and Series Prizes for the Best Chronometers at Neuchâtel
1914 Swiss National Exposition, Berne � Grand Prize in
the Chronometer category
1917 Canton Observatory, Neuchâtel � 1st Place Award
for Chronometer Accuracy
GALLET WAS FAMOUS FOR CHRONOGRAPHS AND TIMERS
FROM 1910 THROUGH WW1,WWII, TO KOREA & VIETNAM:
When the worldwide economic downturn of the 1930’s caused international trade to
plunge by as much as two-thirds, it suddenly became unprofitable for the Gallet Company to
continue production of many of its recently established brands. Gallet chose instead, to
consolidate its efforts back into its primary area of expertise, that of the manufacture
of high quality professional-use timepieces. Under the family name, the Gallet Company
continued to flourish by providing hand-held timers and chronograph wristwatches to allied
military and industrial clients during the years leading up to and through World War
II.
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Artillery & Task Timer (1915)
- 30 minute timer manufactured by Gallet for the British military during World War One.
British Ministry of Defense "Broad Arrow" markings on reverse. |
Decimal Artillery
Timer (1943) - decimal reading stopwatch manufactured by Gallet, used on Tank landing Ship
#13 during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy |
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Occurrence Timer (1936) - custom
manufactured by Gallet for the US Geological Survey, used for measuring durations of
seismic activity and other natural phenomena |
NYCRR Pocket Chronograph (1916) -
pocket watch with timer manufactured by Gallet for rail road conductors and engineers of
the New York Central Rail Road |
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US Navy Pocket Chronograph (1914)
- high quality timer manufactured by Gallet under the Jerome Park name for the United
States Navy during World War One. |
Pilot's or Cockpit Timer (1914) -
watch with timer manufactured by Gallet Electa for the British military during World War
One. British Ministry of Defense "Broad Arrow" markings on reverse. |
AT THE OUT BREAK OF WWII, AND UP
UNTIL THE GALLET DECIMAL ARTILLERY TIMER WAS INTRODUCED IN 1943, THE GALLET
OCCURRENCE TIMER, CUSTOM MANUFACTURED IN 1936 FOR THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, WAS THE FIRST
GALLET TIMER UTILIZED BY THE US MILITARY
WWII MILITARY TIMERS
BOTH TIMERS ARE PRIMARY 60 SECOND TIMERS
WITH
SECONDARY 100 SECOND TIMERS
FURTHER, GALLET WAS A MAJOR PARTNER &
BACKER WITH JULES RACINE
1864 - Léon Gallet's brother Lucien Gallet
establishes the company's first US location in Chicago, with a New York City office
following soon after Together with Jules Racine, a cousin of the Gallet brothers living in
the US, the company expands its distribution to the American market.
AND
GALLET WAS A MAJOR PARTNER & BACKER WITH
EXCELSIOR PARK;
Jeanneret and Fils created Usine du Parc, by
1890 the company is called Alb and produces anchor watches from 13 to 24 lines,
calendar watches and chronographs under the trademarks Colombe and Diana.In 1894 the
factory is renamed Jeanneret Frères and produces chronographs.
On March 21th 1891 a sport stopwatch
called “Excelsior� is patented by Alb. Jeanneret et Frères, it has a movement
side bridge in the shape of J; which l becomes a trademark for Excelsior Park
By 1902, the company is named of
Jeanneret-Brehm and Co and sells s stopwatches under the Excelsior trademark.
In 1911
Jeaneret -Brehm & Co, along with Gallet, introduce two button (Crown Push and Side
Pusher) and Henri Jeanneret-Brehm, a member of the esteemed Jeanneret family of St. Imier
watchmakers, purchases the Magnenat-Lecoultre factory with financial assistance from the
Gallet company.
By 1918, The Jeanneret-Brehm company becomes
Excelsior Park and offers stopwatches and chronographs .
1918 – Jeanneret-Brehm begins
manufacturing under the company name Excelsior Park. Deriving the name from
Jenneret-Brehm’s previously registered “Excelsior� trademark, the English
variation of the French word for “park� is utilized at the prompting of Gallet
to support the collaborative efforts of the two companies in their marketing focus on the
American consumer.
Beginning in the 1920's, Excelsior Park
concentrates exclusively on the stopwatches and chronographs.
In 1921 a patent concerning a bolt, independent of the
push-piece crown for starting timing, allowing the stopping of the hand, is filed.
On May 24th, 1922, Excelsior Park patents
a small housing inside a movement to place spare parts. That will become also a kind of
trademark, making possible instantaneously to
recognize an Excelsior Park movement.
The cooperative relationship of Excelsior Park
and Gallet leads to the development of a number of time recording mechanisms, including
the calibre 40. These new chronograph movements are utilized almost exclusively in Gallet
and Excelsior Park wristwatches, with a small number supplied to the Girard Perregaux and
Zenith companies when production capabilities allowed.
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RESTORED
1940
GALLET
EXCELSIOR PARK
JULES RACINE
DOUBLE PATENT
J BRIDGE
AND
SPARE PARTS
COMPARTMENT
GALLET
PRINGLE
1/10
MARK II
AIR MINISTRY
TIMER
NEAR MINT CONDITION DIAL
[MARKS ARE REFLECTIONS]
CASE BACK SAYS IT ALL
PRINGLE
1/10 MARK II
2863
1940
BROADARROWi
CASE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
NOTE THE LARGE ONION CROWN
INTERIOR CASE BACK IS FINISHED
SPARE PARTS COMPARTMENT
WITH PARTS
NOTE THE "J"
BRIDGE
WHAT A COLLECTION
NOW WE NEED A WWII COMPASS THAT ALSO
MEETS THE MOST OUTSTANDING FEATURES OF THE LAST 4 ITEMS
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WWII
BRITISH
MARK VII
PARATROOPER COMPASS
MARK VII
PARATROOPER AIRMAN
COMPASS
BRITISH EXCELLENT
ANSWER TO THE WITTNAUER
JUMP COMPASS
THIS IS RARE. I COULD NOT BELIEVE
ROCK WAS ABLE TO BUY IT
CONDITION IS EXCELLENT
WORKS PERFECT
SEE THE BLUR IT IS
SPINNING
NICE
COMPLETE TEAR DOWN
EVERYTHING IS AS IT WAS
WITH EXCEPTION OF CRYSTAL CHANGE
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WWII
BRITISH
ORIGINAL AUGUST 8 1943 PHOTO
OF BRITISH TROOPS IN SICILY
THIS PHOTO IS A BRITISH OFFICIAL
PHOTO
INFORMATION PLACED AND PICTURE
DEVELOPED 1943
ORIGINAL WRITING/STAMPING
ORIGINAL STAMPING AUGUST 16 1943
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BRITISH
ITALIAN SOUVENIR
1945
HANDLE HAS ENGRAVING
ALSO MONTY & 8TH ARMY
THIS DID NOT BELONG TO
THE FIELD MARSHAL MONTGOMERY
NAPLES ITALY LETTER OPENER 1941 OR 1946
THOUGHT IT APPROPRIATE SINCE ALL ITEMS ARE BRITISH
AND ITALY IS THE THEME O THESE ITEMS
EXCELLENT CONDITION
THERE IS SMALL ORIGINAL GRAVINGS
ALL ABOUT THE HANDLE
DATED 1945 & NAPLES
NOTE MONTY 8TH
EVEN ON THE SIDES OF HANDLE
LETTERS ARE ENGRAVED
YOU CAN SEE THEM BUT I CANNOT SAY WHAT THEY REPRESENT
SOMETHING SURELY MILITARY
I SEE FIFTH AND EIGHT
U CAN SEE THE LETTERS
MORE SYMBOLS
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CONDITION WATCH:
EXCELLENT - RUNS EXCELLENT
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WITH YOUR INVESTMENT
YOU RECEIVE:
A ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY ON
WATCHES AND TIMERS
1909.00 PROFESSIONAL IN$URANCE **APPRAISAL
NOTE: THIS IS A RESTORED TIME PIECE
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COMPANY OR JEWELERS MUTUAL ONLINE 24/7
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UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE all watches offered by GSW have been
SERVICED. Some required REPAIR AND RESTORATION! Normal Servicing of Mechanical Watches by
an EXPERT PROFESSIONAL will run between $180.00 to 580.00, depending on the complication
of the movement and that is WITHOUT parts that may be required. SERVICING means
DISASSEMBLING THE ENTIRE WATCH AND MOVEMENT, CLEANING SAME, OILING, LUBING AND
REASSEMBLING, timing and Sealing. RESTORATION is a separate service from SERVICING and may
include CRYSTAL, DIAL, HANDS, CASE, LUGS and BAND. So, WHEN YOU VIEW VINTAGE AND CLASSIC
WATCHES OFFERED BY OTHER VENDORS/DEALERS, the question is: WAS THE WATCH SERVICED?
All watches, from mechanical to quartz devices, require periodic
cleaning and inspection. GSW provides both cleaning and repair services with our main
specialty that of restoring and repairing classic & vintage watches. GSW has
established parts accounts with the oldest watch parts houses in the world as well as a
network of watch dealers and repair centers around the world. GSW also provides dial
restoration services. In addition to servicing new, vintage & classic watches, we also
service high grade wristwatches. Think of your watch as you would a fine automobile, it is
worth maintaining as it will increase your pleasure of ownership and also enhance the
resale or trade-in value. If you plan on passing your watch on to the next generation,
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