RAF Lemania 6B/551 (1953) DA26 but not significant losses to

but not significant losses to the printing

rather than the smooth bezel that this watch has

the automatics in contrast are much better thought through and bear comparison with anything the Swiss were producing at this time

you'll need to look to the moon or the stars

so when they are found they usually bear this sort of engraving

RAF Lemania 6B/551 (1953) DA26 but not significant losses toThis is a rare Royal Air force issued single button Lemania chronograph. These watches were originally ordered by the Navy for pilots and navigators in the late 1940s and in the early 1950s the RAF also ordered some for themselves. This watch is part of that order, identifiable as such from the engraving on the caseback: A. M. 6B 551 273 53 Breaking this down: A. M. stands for "Air Ministry" which was an old fashioned designation for the Royal Air