FSOT: Omega Vintage Military Issued RAF 53 Fat Arrow

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Up for grabs is this gem that will make a fellow collector extremely happy because of the condition that is in.

I copied the following form another text while I was researching this piece, it has very good info:

Omega 6B/542 military issued watch from 1953.

These watches were issued to the British Military by Omega and built to the Military of Defence’s DEF-3 specifications of the time.

The ’53 Omega was manufactured with a stainless steel brushed case with fixed lug bars, ‘thin arrow’ luminous hands with luminous dial markings, a 17 jewel, 30 mm, 283 calibre movement which featured shock-protection and non-magnetic components.

The military markings on the caseback are as follows:-
- Government Mark in the form of a ‘Broad Arrow’
- NATO Stock Number – as was often the case, the NSN was truncated to simply 6645 101000
- RAF Stores Reference code: 6B/542
- Serial number of the watch followed by a slash and the year of issue by the RAF: ####/53


I acquired this in a recent trade with a long time and trusted member. Dust cover and spacer ring are there I just don't have the tool to open it at the moment. Watch was serviced early 2015, keeps excellent time, the few hours that I had it on it did not skip a beat, crown turns very sprightly and has great tactile feedback. It will be hard to find an example of this watch in better condition.


Price: $1600 shipped and Paypal fees included in CONUS. For international please contact me first. Looking to trade up or down, preferably Omega, TAGHeuer, and Zenith.

Plenty of references here, also available to chat if you need to.

Thanks for looking.