2nd Jul, 2020 14:30

The Watches Auction

 
  Lot 806
 

A GENTLEMAN'S CWC MILITARY ISSUE WATCH

GENTLEMAN'S CWC MILITARY ISSUE STAINLESS STEEL MANUAL WIND WRIST WATCH,
signed CWC movement, the signed round black dial with broad arrow, with Arabic 12 and 6 and lume plots, sunken subsidiary dials at 3 and 9, outer seconds track in white, white index hands with lume inserts, centre seconds hand in white, 38mm case, with broadarrow and 6BB/924-3306 007/78 to the caseback, with 1429082 to the interior, lacking strap, lacking box and papers, note: it is reported by the vendor that this watch was issued to an Army Air Core Staff Sergeant who served in the Falklands War

 

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Sold for £2,000
Estimated at £700 - £1,000


Condition Report

Good overall condition
Requires cleaning
Scratches all over case consistent with age and use
Abrasion to the caseback in parallel lines, see additional images
Winds and ticks at present
Hands can be set
Lume is discoloured fairly consistently, green tint
Cracks to lume inserts in both hands, lume dark and discoloured
Scratches to perspex

 
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