Longines WWW Current Collection What is unusual about this

What is unusual about this example is that the movement is marked as being adjusted to three positions

I’m not sure who this Herbert Jones was

but those movements were standard calibres which were regulated to a high standard

One can only speculate about the reasons Omega regulated these smaller movements - perhaps it was simply a technical exercise to show that any of their movements could be regulated to a very high standard

* Year: 1963

Longines WWW Current Collection What is unusual about thisThis is a British Army issued Longines watch from 1945. The watch was issued to soldiers in the army, it has a steel case and a black dial with white numeral for clear legibility. The watch is in great condition (by no means a given for a military issued wristwatch). The dial and hands are all original and in excellent condition. The Ministry of Defence in the 1940s developed a specification for military issue wristwatches. The specification is