Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.

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  1. Issue 15 - 1950s British Air Force

    by , Dec 28, 2014 at 08:32 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    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.
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  2. Issue 10 - 1960s British RAF/Army.

    by , Dec 19, 2014 at 02:46 PM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    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.

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    Updated Dec 19, 2014 at 05:33 PM by Churchy

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  3. Special edition 1 - 1913 British Navy Pilot

    by , Dec 17, 2014 at 09:40 AM (Eaglemoss Military Watches Collection.)

    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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