Watches to wear with your flight jackets...

[mulceber]

The Show of Shows has been good to me:

A-11 and A-17A

 

[coolhandluke]

The Show of Shows has been good to me:
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A-11 and A-17A

What date is on the caseback of the A-11? That's an early dial that was made prior to the manufacturers being required to obscure or leave off company name/ branding.

 

[mulceber]

That's really interesting, because it's got a 1945 contract number.

 

[coolhandluke]

That's really interesting, because it's got a 1945 contract number.

Not uncommon. Very few A-11's out there that are in the same configuration that they left the factory in. Most have been repaired or rebuilt numerous times during the last 80 years. Not to mention all of the watches that have been assembled using spare parts.