Eterna. A stainless steel manual wind Military issue wristwatchModel: Dirty Dozen Date: Circa 1945 Movement: Jewelled Cal.520 manual wind, No.3089477 Dial: Black, Broad Arrow, luminous Arabic numerals, luminous outer minute track with luminous dot 5 minute markers, subsidiary seconds at 6, pointed baton hands with luminous inserts Case: Brushed and polished round, fixed bars, screw down back engraved ↑ W.W.W. P 4019 3112347 Strap/Bracelet: Associated black leather Buckle/Clasp: Steel buckle Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 36mm FootnotesDuring the Second World War the British Ministry of Defence tasked 12 watch companies with the role of producing watches that were fit for military action. These companies were Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lemania, Longines, IWC, Omega, Record, Timor, and Vertex. The term 'Dirty Dozen' (after the 1960's film) has been coined to describe these watches.
Eterna. A stainless steel manual wind Military issue wristwatchModel: Dirty Dozen Date: Circa 1945 Movement: Jewelled Cal.520 manual wind, No.3089477 Dial: Black, Broad Arrow, luminous Arabic numerals, luminous outer minute track with luminous dot 5 minute markers, subsidiary seconds at 6, pointed baton hands with luminous inserts Case: Brushed and polished round, fixed bars, screw down back engraved ↑ W.W.W. P 4019 3112347 Strap/Bracelet: Associated black leather Buckle/Clasp: Steel buckle Signed: Case, dial & movement Size: 36mm FootnotesDuring the Second World War the British Ministry of Defence tasked 12 watch companies with the role of producing watches that were fit for military action. These companies were Buren, Cyma, Eterna, Grana, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Lemania, Longines, IWC, Omega, Record, Timor, and Vertex. The term 'Dirty Dozen' (after the 1960's film) has been coined to describe these watches.
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