Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.

Sweden remained neutral throughout the second world war, allowing Germany to use its railways to travel between Norway and Finland, while at the same time informing Allied forces of German troop movements and as the war came to a close Allied aircraft would use Swedish Air Force bases.
Because of fears of an invasion of Sweden by Russia, some 8000 Swedish volunteers also fought alongside Finish Soldiers against the Soviet Union in the Winter War that broke out in November of 1939.
At the end of World War II Sweden recognised the growing tension between the Nato Alliance and the Warsaw Pact countries, determined to remain neutral they went about a program of overhauling their entire armed forces. To an extent even public infrastructure was integrated into their defence plan, every building had a bomb shelter and major roads could double up as airstrips.
One of the watches that was procured at this time was a Swiss Lemania, the pusher at 2 o'clock would reset the seconds to 12 and at the same time 'pop' the crown out, allowing watches to be synchronised very quickly.



Case
Sandblast 40mm case, 43 with the crown, 50mm lug to lug 20mm wide
Interior aperture 35.7mm across, 9mm deep. 6mm Crown 35mm flat glass
Case engraved with watch description. 1950s - Swedish Forces.
Dial
35mm matt black dial, Green printed Railtrack minutes scale at outer edge.
Hours indicated with Green Arabic numerals from 1 through 12 inclusive.
Black painted, baton style hours and minutes hands filled with green luminous paint, Seconds hand is slim and black
Strap
Nylon Webbing, 20mm wide, 20mm polished buckle. approx. fitting 180-220mm


detail of hands.

A quick close up of the AL55a movement.

As pointed out to me by another IWL member, having a black seconds hand on a black face is a bit pointless

the original watch seems to have polished hands and the seconds hand is highlighted by a luminous arrow tip, much easier to read.

There is very little known about this watch, but they are thought to be used by bomb disposal teams, they are very sought after