In 1953 Omega supplied a batch of Chronometer certified antimagnetic watches with radium painted dials, to the British RAF. Known to collectors as the Omega '53, the watch had a limited production run and was recalled to have tritium dials retrofitted. Original Omega 53s are rare, and the few remaining Radium dialled examples are even more expensive. ...
The issue depicts the classic British military watch, the Smith W10. The W10 was an evolution of an earlier Smith watch, and many collectors believe it borrowed heavily from the the Swiss made Jeager LeCoultre movement. A former LeCoultre employee was employed by Smith as technical director. ...
Updated Dec 19, 2014 at 06:33 PM by Churchy
Every three months a Special edition watch is offered by Eaglemoss as a supplement to the collection. The first of these is a 1910 style Pocket Watch to mark the ‘birth’ of the RAF during the First World War. It's evolution from the airborne unit of the Royal engineers, into the Royal Flying Corps, then encouraged by Winston Churchill, the then First Lord of the Admiralty, the separate Royal Naval ...
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