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WW2 United States Army Airforce Navigation Longines Pocket Watch
£1,900.00
What we have is this very rare and cased WW2 Longines 24 hour dialled GCT navigation watch USA Army Air Corp issue circa 1942. As you can see for the many pics, the Longines GCT is in full working order. The high grade 21 jewel Longines movement is adjusted to 5 positions. The dial on this Longines with its state of wind sub dial can only be described as a work of art, and looks amazing with is stylized deep blued hand set.
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CX992445479
This is a WW2 c1942 Longines Army Air Corps Navigation pocket watch. The creamy white dial on this Longines is packed with information, but was executed for easy legibility It comes with a power reserve indicator, 24-hour indices, and it pairs well with the deep blued hand set. The G.C.T(Greenwich Civil Time) was used by the U.S. military from 1920s to 1950s, and is what the used before they adopted the term G.M.T (Greenwich Mean Time). It is fully functional and working, and the mechanism is in a spectacular and clean condition, as one would expect from this maker.
Maker: Longines Model: Navigation Master Watch Reference: Type A-13 Case No: 211542 Movement No: 5939603 and made of Base Metal. Dimensions: 54.5mm diameter; 18mm thickness Crystal: Plexiglass Lume: None Caliber: Longines, manually-wound, calibre 2129 Screw down case back and bezel. In Gorgeous overall design with blued steel hands. There are Scratches on case and wear on dial. If this watch could only talk of its past missions in WW 2 I wonder what it would tell us?