1945 WW2 Jaeger LeCoultre “Dirty Dozen” British Military Watch with Military Provenance

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Condition Report

This rare Jaeger-LeCoultre W.W.W. is in excellent overall original condition, including the chromed case with very little loss and unpolished.

The original dial is in superb dark even black condition with all the original all Arabic white numbers intact (rare to find after all these years).

The beautiful original MoD “Pencil” hands and Crown are all correct to the original specification for these watches.

It is common to find the outer casing of these watches in a bad state of repair. However, the casing of the watch for sale is in superb condition with no major wear or tarnishing.

The JLC 479 calibre movement is serviced and running well and keeping excellent time.

The watch comes with a free one-year warranty and a new matching soft brown leather strap..

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Description

We were lucky enough to acquire this historical watch from the daughter of the original Serviceman to whom it was issued, Neil Collins, who served in the Royal Corps of Signals of the British Army.

This is evidenced by his initials and surname, N.J. Collins and his military Serial Number, 23101723 engraved beautifully on the caseback, in addition to military markings which are also clearly present.

Beautiful Jaeger LeCoultre gilded manual winding movement Cal. 479 and numbered correctly 317295, is recently serviced and working perfectly.

One of the two highest quality of the “Dirty Dozen” along with the IWC Mark X

Original Dial and MoD hands.

 

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