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RESTORED TO NEAR MINT. USAA ELGIN A-8 LEND LEASE NAVIGATION TIMER WITH FIELD MADE LED STRAP MADE OF COTTON AND LEATHER DETAILS ON CASE BACK SLIGHTLY WORN. BRITISH PATTERN CODE LIKE NEW. ELGIN SIGNED DIAL MOVEMENT. SPECIAL 15 JEWEL -MOST TIMERS HAD MAX 7 JEWELS- MOVEMENT RESTORED & OVERHAULED. DIAL 95%.  IWC CASE SOME WEAR, LEG STRAP WWII OLIVE DRAB HEAVY THICK WEAVE COTTON CANVAS.  .

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ABOVE IS A TIMER
ROCK RESTORED THAT CAN
ALSO BE WORN ON THE LEG
NOTE THE LARGE LEG STRAP
IN LEFT COMPARTMENT
ABOVE

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BRITISH
AIRCORPS
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CELEBRATING BRITISH MILITARY AVIATION

INCLUDES
BRITISH WWII PATTERN

HALLMARKED

ELGIN
A-8
"JITTERBUG"
MILITARY AVIATION TIMER
WITH
15 JEWEL
[THE MOST JEWELED TIMER EVER MADE]
BLACK MILITARY WHEELED
10 SEC TIMER MOVEMENT
AND
WWII COTTON HEAVY CANVAS AND LEATHER
LEG OR THIGH STRAP

WITH
FACTORY REMOVABLE STABILIZER
BRITISH AVIATION MILITARY
Spectemur Agendo
BUTTON

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AN APPRAISAL VALUE OF 699.00 WITH CLOTH COTTON WWII CANVAS LEG STRAP WITH LEATHER STAYS AND IRON BUCKLE  MAKE THIS ENSEMBLE VALUE HIGHER THAN SAY AN A-8 AMERICAN MADE BRITISH TIMER W/O THIS PARTICULAR STRAP.  THE FACT THIS JITTERBUG  IS HALLMARKED W/BRITISH CODE ABOVE THE US MIL CODE ALSO CONTRIBUTES POINTS TO TO IT'S VALUE.

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WHERE MOST MILITARY TIMERS HAD 7 JEWELS MAX AND WERE UNADJUSTED, THE ELGIN "JITTERBUG" A-8 PILOT/NAVIGATOR TIMER HAD A 15 JEWEL, ADJUSTED,  10 SECOND MOVEMENT.  THE ENERGY AND SPEED OF THE BALANCE WAS SO INTENSE, AND THE SOUND IT MADE SO LOUD, THAT IT GARNERED IT'S HISTORIC NAME - THE "JITTERBUG"

BUT WHAT TRULY MADE IT MAKE THAT SOUND WAS THAT IT DID NOT EVER STOP THE BALANCE. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE BALANCE ONCE IT STARTED WAS TO LET IT RUN ITS COURSE UNTIL THE MAIN WOUND DOWN.

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THE REASON WAS THE BALANCE IS SO SMALL AND IT OPERATES SO FAST THAT IT WOULD BREAK THE STAFF.

NOTE THE TINY BALANCE! YOU HARDLY SEE IT UNDER THE BRIDGE COCK. SEE THE ADJUSTER? THEN THE GOLD JEWEL RETAINER WITH DUAL HOLD DOWN SCREWS? BELOW IS THE JITTERBUG BALANCE. IT SINGLY FLIES BACK AND FORTH SO FAST THE TIMING IS JUSTLY PRECISE. ONE OF THE MOST PRECISE TIMERS THE WORLD HAS EVER WITNESSED BEFORE THE ADVENT OF QUARTZ.

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BRITISH USE

TYPE A-8
SPEC. NO 94-27749
SER NO. AF-44 12681
MFRS PART, NO. 1778
CONT. WII-107-AC-580

ELGIN 

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YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS JITTERBUG WAS UTILIZED EXTENSIVELY BY THE FACT THE SIGNING ON THE CASE BACK IS NO WORN AWAY IT TOOK 18 PICS TO GET ONE YOU COULD READ.

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NOTE:  THE ELGIN A-8 HAS ELGIN ON THE DIAL

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THE FACT IS, THE JITTERBUG WAS USED ON SUBS AND FOR MANY OTHER TIMING EVENTS, YET IT'S PRIMARY PURPOSE WAS PROVIDING GROUND SPEED FOR AIRPLANE NAVIGATION AS WELL AS FOR THE  BOMBARDIER . WITH OUT PERFECT GROUND SPEED FIGURES, ONCE A PLANE WAS ON ITS WAY,  PRECISE NAVIGATE TO TARGETS OR DESTINATIONS REQUIRED IT. ALSO UNTIL THE BOMB SCOPE IT WAS A GREAT TOOL DUE TO ITS 10 SECONDS ROTATION.

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THIS  JITTERBUG IS A TRUE U.S.A. ELGIN A-8 PROVIDED TO THE BRITISH MILITARY AIR CORPS ON JANUARY 1944. IT WAS THEN STAMPED A ON THE CASE BACK WITH A BRITISH WWII  PATTERN & DEPLOYMENT NUMBER. THIS A-8  SURVIVED THE BALANCE OF WWII AND OPERATES LIKE IT DID WHEN FIRST RECEIVED.

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NOTE THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY SUPER HI-BEAT TIMERS
AND ONLY ONE OF  THAT HAS 15 JEWELS

BLACK RATCHET CLICK AND CROWN WHEELS
WERE FEATURES OF ELGIN MILITARY WATCHES

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THIS AMERICAN MADE BRITISH AVIATION JITTERBUG A-8
ELGIN 10SEC TIMER HAS A DOUBLE HINGED
CASE MADE BY THE INTERNATIONAL WATCH CASE CO.

NOTE
ROCK TRIED CLEANING THE HEAVY THICK CLOTH STRAP BUT USE
AND HANDLING STAINS AROUND THE JITTERBUG TIMER
LEATHER TIES ARE PERMANENT

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NOT PART OF OFFER AND NOT 4 SALE PLACED TO DEMONSTRATE LEG STYLE

THOUGH THIS IS ONLY THE SECOND A-8 TIMER   LEG TIE DOWN STRAP
WE EVER HAD, ABOVE IS ANOTHER TIMER WE RESTORED
WITH A SI9MILAR STRAP, THOUGH THIS ONE IS A LEATHER TIE DOWN

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WR-3467
[ BRITISH PATTERN/MILITARY ID ]

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LEG STRAP

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Let us be judged by our acts.

AN ORIGINAL BRITISH LEATHER FOB WITH BRITISH Spectemur Agendo BUTTON AND A UNIQUE ROUND BUTTON RIVET WAS ADDED AS IT WAS  UTILIZED ON A BRITISH POCKET OR TIMER IN WWII.

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1ST DRAGOONS WATERLOO

The United Kingdom first adopted the Spectemur Agendo motto for the:

Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) Regiment of the British Army.
The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons) were formed in 1661 as a British Army Mounted Infantry Regiment and served until 1969 when it was amalgamated with the Royal Horse Guards to form The Blues and Royals.

RAF Benson [WWII]
148 (Barnsley) Squadron Air Training Corps Based in Barnsley [ tasked with dropping supplies to resistant forces in Europe WWII ]
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
344 (Fulham) Squadron of the Air Training Corps in Hammersmith.

Civicly the motto  Spectemur Agendo is utilized by:

The London Borough of Lambeth,
London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham,
Metropolitan Borough of Hammersmith
Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley
Barnsley F.C. football club
National Examining Board for Dental Nurses (NEBDN)
Kingsbury High School
The Albion FC in Clapham, London.
Maclear House at King's College School Wimbledon.

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CONDITION IS FINE. WORKS AS IT SHOULD. NOTE THE SIGNED Spectemur Agendo BUTTON. IT FITS THROUGH THE HEAVY CANVAS STRAP AND A CLIP HOLDS IT IN. VERY PROFESSIONAL AND SOLID.

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THIS LEG STRAP IS HIGHLY UNUSUAL, THE OUTER CASE STOP WITH REVERSE LUG CAN BE PLACED ON ANY A-9 JITTERBUG TIMER. IT ACTUALLY WAS MADE TO SLIDE OVER JUST ABOUT ANY SIZE LEG OR EVEN THE LAYERS OF CLOTHING UTILIZED BY PILOTS NAVIGATORS AND BOMBARDIERS WHO FLEW LONG MISSIONS AT HIGH ALTITUDES. THE LEATHER    MATCHES THE STAYS AND IS STILL TIGHT. ONE CAN LIFT THE A-8 JITTERBUG  AT AN ANGLE..

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SEE THEIR WAS THIS AGED US BADGE  ON THE STRAP.

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ROCK ADDED THE BRITISH BUTTON HE REMOVED FROM THE BRITISH FOB.
THIS JITTERBUG AND BOTH THE U.S. AND  JUST HAD TO BE PAIRED WITH THIS JITTERBUG.

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PLENTY OF ROOM. ONE CAN WALK WITH IT TIED DOWN.

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HISTORY

THE FACT IS, BEFORE RUSSIA OR THE US BECAME INVOLVED IN WWII,  THE UNITED KINGDOM BATTLED THE GERMANS HIGH ABOVE THE STREETS, HOMES, BRIDGES AND VERY EARTH OF BRITAIN. THE US WOULD SEND SUPPLIES AND WAR MATERIALS BUT THE GERMANS PRETTY MUCH HELD THE SKIES OVER BRITAIN TO THEMSELVES. READ THE  CASUALTIES FOR JUST ONE MONTH. THIS WOULD GO ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

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Spectemur Agendo
Latin Motto Meaning
Let Us Be Judged By Our Acts

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Building work for RAF Benson [ Spectemur Agendo] began in 1937. RAF Benson was officially opened on Saturday 1 April 1939 and its first aircraft were two squadrons of Fairey Battle light bombers which began to arrive a few days later. No. 103 Squadron RAF started flying in on 3 April 1939, to be joined in the next few months by No. 150 Squadron RAF.

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The Battles were replaced in December 1940 with Vickers Wellington medium bombers. At the same time the Supermarine Spitfires of No. 1 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit RAF an RAF Coastal Command unit arrived. It gained considerable fame as the home of photographic reconnaissance for the remainder of the Second World War.

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In June 1943, No. 1 PRU was formed into No. 106 Wing, with five squadrons (No’s 540 to 544 inclusive) and an Operational Training Unit.The Wing was elevated to the status of No. 106 (PU) Group in April 1944, with two Mosquito and two Spitfire Squadrons (No. 543 Squadron having been disbanded when the aircraft strength per Squadron was increased). The No. 106 Group was assigned to the Coastal Command's Photo Reconnaissance assets with the whole of Northern Europe as its operational area.

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BENSON WWII

Its Supermarine Spitfire and de Havilland Mosquito aircraft flew missions over occupied Europe WWII, for example bringing back battle damage assessment pictures after Operation Chastise. .No. 148 (SD) Squadron [Spectemur Agendo ]

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BRITISH AIRCRAFT

1939 - Avro Anson I
1940 - Vickers Wellington IC
1942 - Vickers Wellington II
1943 - Consolidated Liberator II
1943 - Handley Page Halifax II
1944 - Westland Lysander IIIA
1944 - Handley Page Halifax V
1944 - Short Stirling IV
1945 - Consolidated Liberator VI

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SIGNED "4274432O ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO U.S.A.", NOTE THE "15 JEWELS" TO THE LEFT OF THE "MILITARY WATCH" BLUED BLACK RATCHET WHEEL.  ONLY POCKET AND WRIST WATCHES HAD 15J. IN FACT THE BRITISH STANDARD FOR WRIST AND POCKETS IN WWII WAS 15! THE COLOR CHANGE IS THE MAIN BARREL WHEEL VIEWING THROUGH TINES

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APPRAISAL 699.00 WITH STRAP
THE FACT THIS JITTERBUG WAS HALLMARKED W/BRITISH CODE ALSO CONTRIBUTES TO IT'S VALUE.