Just looking for some information about this watch. Don't really know anything about it. Forgot to check the movement symbol so just wondering what year it is as well. Thanks.
In reply to You forgot this one. by alien Ant
The statement above "All watches in the war years with luminous hands also had luminous numbers regardless of the dial colour." is made without basis, in fact it denies real examples.
The Military issue Watches of era also came with luminous and non-luminous Dials.
Simply because a Watch is not showing a lumionous Dial does not indicate in any way that the lumionous has been 'cleaned off'.
I've also been around Watches long enough to recognise a re-Dial when I see one, the last image posted above by adam Ant is a redial and not a very good one I might ad (double Check the subsiduary Dial)
These were War Years, given the circumstance the Civilian market was lucky to get any Wristwatches, reguardless.
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I seem to recall a discussion about this in which it was postulated that Radium was reserved during war years for Military issue, and fewer civilian models were available with lume. Radium would have been sorely needed for re-dialing shot up plane instrument panels, etc etc, and might have been closely rationed.