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Omega R17.8 Chronometer (1942) Current Collection 6b/159 is the reference number

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6b/159 is the reference number for this type of navigational watch (6b is the prefix for all flying equipment

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The automatic winding system was largely derived from the IWC cal 853 movement (but if you’re going to copy any Swiss automatic movement

The watch was presented to an “E Martin” for long service with British Rail (40 years

There is an excellent article about the Mark 11 watches which gives fascinating context and insight into them here

Omega R17.8 Chronometer (1942) Current Collection 6b/159 is the reference numberThis is an extremely rare Omega manual wind chronometer dating from spring 1942. The movement of this watch is unusual normally Omega concentrated on producing chronometer using the 30T2 movement. Omega produced a very small number of these movements which were regulated to achieve chronometer performance (that is a deviation under test conditions of no more than a few seconds gain or loss per day). One can only speculate about the reasons Omega

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