AN EXTREMELY RARE IWC, INTERNATIONAL WATCH CO NAVIGATIONAL MILITARY WATCH FOR THE RAF.

Date: Between 1951 and 1967
Movement: Signed IWC, military broad arrow, manual Cal. C.89, dust antimagnetic protector
Dial: White porcelain, black Arabic numerals, black outer minute division, blued sword hands, blued centre seconds hand
Case: Signed, stainless steel, screw down back, signed with the military broad arrow, No. 10AF/807 and N.I.023
Size: 35mm

*The same model was mentioned on the Horological Journal on March 2020 as part of the research on Mark 11 Navigational military watches, pp. 186 and 187.

The IWC MK11 camera watch 10AF/807 was a modification made by the RAF itself, or more plausibly by Vinten, the manufacturer of the camera for the weapon recorder. Instead of buying more IWC watches for it, the RAF decided to used movements from Mk.11s that were no longer used.

Developed to be used on the RAF Lighting Interceptor (the first and online interceptor build in the UK capable of exceeding Mach 2).

In total fewer than 350 watches were ever produced.