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…..091211.LC-UYJJJ2 Item: WWII 1941 OFR PREMIER BRITISH
BROAD ARROW DECK WATCH |
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| Description of item: WWII
1941 OFFICIAL RAILROAD STANDARD [QUALITY] WALTHAM PREMIER BRITISH BROAD ARROW
MILITARY LUMED DECK WATCH WITH VINTAGE LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE SOUTH AFRICA
1900-02 WATCH FOB CONDITION FINE . Estimated Retail
Replacement Value $625.00 |
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WALTHAM
BRITISH MILITARY WALTHAM POCKET WATCH |
WALTHAM 1908
ONE OF THE FIRST WATCHES WITH RADIUM
UTILIZED 1910 THROUGH 1920 |
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End: |
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| First: |
30550001 |
Last: |
30560000 |
| Model: |
1908 |
Name: |
Premier |
| Material: |
A |
Grade: |
No. 1609, |
| Size: |
16 |
Size: |
16 |
| Plate: |
3/4 |
Plate: |
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| Jewelling: |
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Jewels: |
9 |
| Balance: |
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Bal: |
Breguet Spring |
| Style: |
OF |
Style: |
O.F. |
| Comment: |
110 |
| Source: |
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Date: |
1941 |
OF = Official Rail Road Standard |
ORIGINALLY MADE FOR BALL WATCH CO |
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RADIUM PAINT
The invention of radioluminescent paint was first developed by
William J Hammer in 1902 when he mixed radium with zinc sulfide. This "paint"
would soon be applied to watches and clock dials.
George Kunz, a gemologist at Tiffany & Company would
patent this invention and, along with chemist Charles Baskerville, made
their paint by mixing radium-barium carbonate with zinc sulfide and linseed oil.
While US manufacturers disregarded the radioluminescent paint, Europeans, especially the
Swiss, it was utilized on and in everything.
The first company to produce radioluminescent paint in the US was
in 1914 when the Radium Luminous Material Corporation in Newark New Jersey was founded.
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BROAD ARROW
A broad arrow or pheon is a type of arrow with a
typically flat barbed head. It is a symbol used traditionally in heraldry, most notably in
England, and later the United Kingdom to mark government property.
The Office of Ordnance was created by Henry VIII in
1544. It dates back to the position of Master of Ordnance, one of whom, Nicholas Merbury,
was present at the Battle of Agincourt. The Office became the Board of Ordnance in 1597,
its principal duties being to supply guns, ammunition, stores and equipment to the King's
Navy. The headquarters and main arsenal of the Office were in the White Tower of the Tower
of London. The broad arrow mark has been used over the years by the Office and Board to
signify at first objects purchased from the monarch's money and later to indicate
government property. With the demise of the Board in 1855, the War Department and today's
Ministry of Defense continued to use the mark. The arrow also appears in the Ordnance
Survey logo.
The broad arrow frequently appeared on military
boxes and equipment such as canteens, bayonets and rifles, as well as the British prison
uniform from the 1870s, and even earlier, that of transportees in British penal colonies
such as Australia The broad arrow
marks were also used by Commonwealth countries on their ordnance.
The broad arrow was used by the British to mark
trees intended for ship building use in North America during colonial times. Three axe
strikes resembling an arrowhead and shaft, were marked on large mast-grade trees.
It is currently a criminal offence in the United
Kingdom to reproduce the broad arrow without authority
G.S.T.P. VS PATTERN
I TAKE THE ABOVE BACK. IT
IS A PATTERN 4 RATTRAPANTE. I INVESTED IN THIS AWESOME TIME PIECE AND WAS TOLD IT
WAS A SINGLE TIMER.. WHEN IT ARRIVED I DISCOVERED
IT IS A DUEL HAND TIMER WITH
ONE SIDE BUTTON AND CROWN BUTTON.
JUST ARRIVED THOUGHT I WOULD OFFER A PREVIEW
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OUR OFFER
THE BRITISH WALTHAM POCKET WATCH IS RARE. MOST WERE
UTILIZED FOR PILOTS AND HAD NO LUME OR 24 HR DIAL. THIS VERSION HAS LUMED NUMERALS AND
HANDS AND 24HR TIME....
SUPER RARE
WALTHAM
LUMED NUMERALS
&
HANDS
WITH
24 HOUR
MILITARY TIME
:NOTE:
DIAL HAS CLOTH LINT
FROM THE CLOTH UTILIZED AS A SHIELD
BETWEEN HANDS AND DIAL WHEN WE ACTUALLY
LUMED THE HANDS IN PLACE
AND PAINTED THE SECONDS HAND
LIKE THE ABOVE MOERIS
THE HANDS OF THIS
WALTHAM
WERE
RADIUM COATED
WE REMOVED THE
NON-GLOWING
BUT
LIVE RADIUM
AND
RELUMED THEM
THE NUMERALS WERE ALSO
COATED IN ACTIVE RADIUM
THEY ARE NOW
RELUMED
NOTE:
THE SECONDS HAND
WILL ALSO BE
CLEANED
SANDED
&
PAINTED WHITE
THIS BEAUTY COST 35.00 BUT WAS A
RARE AND GREAT FIND
AND EXCELLENT AS THE FOB FOR
THIS AMERICAN MADE
WALTHAM BRITISH MILITARY WATCH
I HAD TO SOLDER A STAY WITHOUT
DAMAGING THE AGED COLOR OF THE
LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE SOUTH AFRICA 1900-02
THIS BADGE REPRESENTS
BRITISH MILITARY FINEST
THE NEW CRYSTAL SURELY ALLOWS THE BEAUTY
OF THIS TIME PIECE TO SHOW THROUGH
THE YELLOWED CELLULOID CRYSTAL
IS INCLUDED WITH THIS OFFER
WITH NEW CRYSTAL. OLD
CELLULOID WILL BE INCLUDED
PICKED UP AM AWESOME BRITISH LONDON RIFLE BRIGADE
1900-02 SOUTH AFRICA DUTY MEDAL THAT
I CONVERTED TO A FOB
WOW PERFECT
I HAVE AN ENTIRE PAGE WITH HISTORY OF THE WALTHAM MILITARY WATCH
WHEN THE BRITISH RECEIVED THESE, THEY WERE STILL LABELING VARIOUS
MILITARY WATCHES BY PATTERNS. THE ONLY WATCH NOT LISTED WITH
A PATTERN NUMBER WAS THE WALTHAM,. ALL OTHERS RECEIVED
EITHER PATTERN # OR GSTP [ GOVERMENT SERVICE TEMPORARY PATTERN]
LOOKS SO MUCH BETTER WITH NEW CRYSTAL
THE HANDS & NUMERALS
GLOW BRIGHT
EVEN IN THE LIGHTED STUDIO
THE CASE IS IN
EXCELLENT CONDITION
THE WEAR DEMONSTRATES THE 102 YEARS
USE OF THIS BRITISH BROAD ARROW
POCKET WATCH
NOTICE
NO
GSTP
BROAD ARROW
30558984
[SERIAL OF WATCH]
WE HAVE THE
ORIGINAL
WALTHAM
1942
YELLOW AGED
CELLULOID BASED
CRYSTAL
WE ARE PLACING A NEW
CLEAR CRYSTAL
AND
WILL SHIP THE ORIGINAL
ALSO
KEYSTONE
CASE
BASE METAL
419087
GSW MWB GSWW
HAS AN OFFICIAL ORIGINAL COPY
OF THE 200 PAGE BOOK ABOVE
WE ACTUALLY USE IT FOR OVERHAULS
SERIAL #
1909
30558984
WALTHAM PREMIER
16S
U.S.A.
NINE JEWELS
ADJ.TEMP
ADJUSTED FOR TEMPERATURE
3 POS
ADJUSTED UP & DOWN FACE UP FACE DOWN
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CONDITION WATCH:
EXCELLENT - RUNS EXCELLENT
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WITH YOUR INVESTMENT YOU RECEIVE:
A
ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY ON WATCH AND TIMER
625.00 PROFESSIONAL IN$URANCE **APPRAISAL
NOTE: THIS IS A RESTORED TIME PIECE
