Jewellery, Watches, Silver and Objects of Vertu

Jaeger-LeCoultre. A stainless steel and chrome plated military issue RAF pilot’s watch, circa 1942.
Movement: cal. 470, manual winding, no. 250148.
Dial: silvered, Arabic numerals, centre seconds.
Case: stainless steel, snap-on back, fixed lugs, no. B 161614, engraved with the Broad Arrow, 6B/159 A23362.
Signed: dial and movement.
Dimensions: diameter 32mm.
£500-£700

From the late Bob Culling collection.

During the Second World War the RAF navigators and pilots were issued with watches made by brands such as Omega, Longines and Jaeger-LeCoultre.
They are identifiable by the MoD’s specifications such as black Arabic numerals, centre seconds, fixed lugs and blued steel non-luminous hands. The cases are marked by the RAF stores reference number 6B/159 which refers to aircraft navigation equipment.