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Battle of Britain Omega Watch 6B/159 (pg1 instruments)
Worn by Battle of Britain Pilots
This is one of
the rarest piece's on this site and the most desirable time
piece of WWII bar none.
Omega
supplied only 2000 Watches to the RAF during the
entirety of the War.
This one off batch of 2000 being shipped
from Omega to Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Jewellers to the
Queen on the 5th of January 1940 in time for the Battle of
Britain. Once checked they were then issued to the Air
ministry and distributed to the Pilots and navigators of the
RAF Operational Squadrons.
Omegas were not supplied to the Air Ministry
again in this design, similar
watches in the same style were supplied by Longines and
Movado at approximately half the cost of the one with the
Omega movement and although not plentiful are allot more
common than the Omega.
Currently there is not a single
one of these watches available for sale on the
net world wide. The ones that do appear very rarely are
often in very poor condition. This is one of the best
surviving example's in the world if not the best. Omega do not have one in their
museum.
This watch has not been restored
and is original in every respect. The locking mechanism for
the bezel works perfectly and is slightly raised above the
winder to make it easier to use with gloves.
It is in perfect working
order and is clean throughout as can be seen by the
pictures. Marks left on the movement case show that it has
been serviced four times by Herstmonceux on behalf of the Air
Ministry and re issued five times proving that this watch
saw active service through the War.
The engraving on the rear of the
case is not worn and is crystal clear and legible. I believe
the strap is original to the watch is by Jules Dreguet made in England.
The movement number of 8053054
date's the Omega production to between 1935 & 1939
Serial number
5090/40
A/M 6B/159
Movement Mk VII
Movement number
8053054
15 Jewels
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Original Spitfire trim gauge (pg1 instruments)
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Original Spitfire U/C indicator
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Reproduction Spitfire trim gauge (pg1 instruments)
A top quality
REPRODUCTION Spitfire trim gauge.
This is a copy of
the rarest of instruments. Only made for Spitfires this part
carried the Supermarrine 300 code number. This really is a
superb gauge in a period case. This instrument was made by
one of our suppliers in New Zealand. The donor gauges were
sent out to NZ completed and sent back so have already
travelled about 24,000 miles by air!.
you will not be disappointed. You can undo the bezel and
point the needle any where you want if required.
£79
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Remote Contactor (pg1 instruments)
Remote contactor IFF system.
(Identification Friend or Foe) Spitfires had these fitted to
the top RHS of the cockpit. The unit transmitted a signal
for 15 secs out of every minute thus identifying this
aircraft as friendly to the radar operators below. This enabled
controllers to identify friend aircraft. This is the 24 volt version.
£185
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B17 B24 Ball turret position indicator (pg1 instruments)
This is a mechanical Ball
Turret Position Azimuth
Position Indicator, Sperry
part number 11585, used in
the Sperry ball turret in
WWII-era heavy bombers such
as the B-17 Flying Fortress
and B-24 Liberator.
Mounted within the ball
turret at the right foot of
the ball turret gunner, it
was connected to a rotating
mechanical control cable.
The
round turret silhouette in
the centre of the dial
rotated as the turret
rotated relative to the
forward direction of the
aircraft.
Thus,
should the ball turret
gunner hear "bandit at 4
o'clock low", he would know
to rotate the turret to that
position on the dial in
order to greet the incoming
foe with 50 cal MG's.
The field of view of the
ball turret gunner was
actually quite poor and it
wasn't difficult for the
gunner to lose orientation
with respect to the
direction of the aircraft.
The dial measures 2.25
inches across and is ~1.25
inches deep.
£185
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Remote
contactor control box (Pg1 Instruments)
Remote contactor IFF system
control box. Fitted to Spitfire's as well as other aircraft.
The unit transmitted a signal
for 15 seconds out of every minute thus identifying this
aircraft as friendly to the radar operators below.
This enabled
fighter command controllers to vector Fighters on to the enemy with
two distinct plots
. The control box has a clockwork
mechanism and plugs into the remote contactor below.
The
control boxes are much harder to find than the remote
contactor.
This has the
refrenece:10A/10994
£180
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Turret Position Indicator (pg1 instruments)
Used in
the turrets of Heavy Bombers such as Lancaster's, giving the
gunner the position of the turret.
£65
See very
rare turret gunsights, village Inn and z equipment here.
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Seen right Cannon armed
MK XVI Spitfire
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20mm Ammunition Counter (pg1 instruments)
These instruments are a very
attractive and desirable, collectable. The ammunition counter
is intended to give the pilot an indication of the number of
rounds remaining. It was thought prudent to under indicate
by 5% the remaining ammo.
This one is not perfect but
in reasonable original used condition it has some very light
corrosion on the case.
The gauges indicates rounds
per inboard gun, the counter can be altered to set the
number of rounds and does seem to confirm Fighter rather than bomber use
as Bombers don't generally have wing mounted guns.
I am at a loss to
explain which gauge this aircraft fitted and I must admit I
have never seen one in a cockpit layout, I afraid for now its
application is a mystery. Can anyone help?
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Dated 1942
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.303 Ammunition Counter (pg1 ins)
These instruments are a very
attractive and desirable, collectable. The ammunition counter
is intended to give the pilot an indication of the number of
rounds remaining.
This gauge is in its original
box and in excellent condition, the .303 gauges are harder
to find than the 20mm particularly in this condition.
Dated
1941
These counters were fitted to Gun Turrets
but I suspect a wider application.
I have yet to find a picture of this
gauge in situ although believe they were probably fitted to
some fighters.
The reason for this assumption is its
sister gauge the 20mm cannon counter. Some of the 20mm
counters I have seen are dated as early as 1942, I may be
wrong but I am not aware of any British Bomber that had 20mm
cannon fitted in turrets as early as 1942.
If someone has more info or a
picture of this gauge or a 200mm gauge in situ
contact us and I'll send you a free boxed Rad
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Spare instrument glass kits (pg1 instruments)
These are original replacement
glass lenses for the standard wartime instruments that you
will find listed on these pages. Each box contains two
glasses which are sealed and unopened. A typical gauge these
are suitable for are the Rad Temp and Oil temp gauges used
in Spitfires and practically every other RAF Warbird.
£10 per
box two glasses
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COMPASS CARD holder for the
Spitfire Main panel. This is the bit that's everybody's
missing. These are totally original new old stock fitted to
nearly every type of wartime RAF aircraft. Sorry Very
limited supply.
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Original Compass Card Holder (pg1 instruments)
£55
Re printed compass cards available £5 each free post
£5
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1930s Compass card holder (pg1 instruments)
New old stock original anodized compass card holder used in 1930s RAF aircraft that did not
fly at night for example the Hawker Bi Planes.
£55
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Lancaster Autopilot indicator (pg1 instruments)
This gauge formed part of the
Lancaster autopilot control system and was mounted on the
main instrument panel just under the compass on the lower
LHS
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Bracket for
Pressure gauges ect (pg1 instruments)
This is an original
bracket for attaching the rectangular instruments such as
oil pressure, fuel pressure and all other desyn type gauges
£10 each
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A/M 6A/2200 Type C 24v
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Radiator Shutter Pos Ind (pg1 instruments)
Used from 1943 onwards in many types of
RAF aircraft. I believe these were used in Mosquito's and
probably other RAF Wartime aircraft..
£35
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Flexible RPM drive 1 (pg1 instruments)
This is a mint serviceable
rev counter drive which connect the above listed Spitfire
rev counters to the Merlin.
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Engine Hours
Gauge (pg1 instruments)
This is a working gauge for
recording the number of revs an engine has worked
for.
A Lot of wartime engines had these fitted.
Made by Smiths England.
£55
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Air position indicator (pg1 instruments)
API is an air position indicator. You set
the North and East as the aircraft’s initial position or
from a fix point. The True Course is the aircrafts magnetic
heading offset using the VSC – variation setting control –
to get a True Heading or True Course. A feed is the
aircraft’s airspeed corrected for temperature and height.
This then gives a position of where the aircraft would be
assuming no wind. As there is usually wind the position is
its air position. Comparing the given air position with an
updated fix we can calculate the wind over the previous
period.
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Lancaster Beam approach gauge (pg1 instruments)
Beam approach, fitted to the
Lancaster's main Pilots instrument Panel and other
heavy Bombers. In nice clean original condition please
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Seen in situ
above in a Lancaster
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Air Log (pg1 instruments)
Pre war
instrument used for navigation. A quality, early piece when air navigation was
in its infancy .
Made by
Air Log Company Ltd London W 9
£225
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Ammo Counter G Turret (pg1 instruments)
Here we
have a really nice ammo counter for a Twin MG G type turret.
£175
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Bomb Indicator (pg1 instruments)
This is a bombing
indicator. Using the standard Oil pressure/ suction gauge
case, its purpose is the guide the pilot on the bomb run
visually rather than rely on shouted instructions from the
bomb aimer.
I have two
date1943 and 1944 so in use by the bombers of that period.
Complete with panel mounting
bracket.
£85
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Doppler (pg1 instruments)
Used as a navigation aid in
heavy bombers
£55
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Time delay (pg1 instruments)
A nice little time delay switch,
clockwork motor works perfectly.
A/M 5CW/5501
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Plate adapter 5C/4205 (pg1 instruments)
Plate adapter used to convert
instrument panels to use different instruments. The Mk I
Spitfire had a plate like this to convert from the large early
boost gauges to the standard wartime 2 inch versions.
5C/ 4205
£55
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New Instrument Case (pg1 instruments) Boxed mint replacement case suitable for boost gauges
ect.
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Lancaster Air Position
Indicator (pg1 instruments)
Here we have
an Air Position Indicator as used by the Navigators of
Lancaster Bombers
Mk 1.B
Reference 6B/458
The Air
Position Indicator (API), is an electromechanical device
that combined the
input from the Air Mileage unit, which gave the true
airspeed, and the heading being flown from the
Distant Reading Compass (DRC – a gyro-magnetic compass that
also had a manually input correction for magnetic variation)
to displayed the air position (i.e. the position of the
aircraft assuming no wind),
displayed as a latitude and longitude, based on a starting
position set at the beginning of the flight
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French Anemometer (pg1 instruments)
Here is a
Wind Speed Gauge as used by the
Armée de l'Air
Type 102
Manufactured by Appareillage Aeronautique
Dated 1956
£45
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VOR TO/FROM Indicator (pg1 instruments)
Here we have
a VOR Indicator
This is
Post War but has no marking to Identify its use
There is a
small amount of damage to the bottom of the cover
£65
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Spare
ASI/Altimeter Glass (pg1 instruments)
Here we have
a Spare Glass for the Screw on Bezel Type Gauges
It has an
Diameter of 85mm and a Approximate Thickness of 40mm
£20
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Spare
ASI/Altimeter Bezel (pg1 instruments)
Here we have
a Spare Screw on Bezel as used on ASI and Altimeters
We have three
of these in stock. One is in Very Good Condition and the
others two have a few scratches and nicks
£20
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L/R Beam
Approach Indicator (pg1 instruments)
Here we have a L/R Beam approach Indicator
It has the Reference Number
10Q/2 This was
used in conjunction with the Marconi R1155 Radio Receiver
It was mounted in the
Cockpit of the Lancaster next to the DR Compass
This was used on a variety
of WW2 Aircraft
Seen in
Situ Below in the Lancaster Panel
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Page 1 Instruments home.
Page 2
Airspeed indicators.
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3 Altimeters.
Page four Boost gauges.
Page five Clocks and compasses.
Page Six Climb and descend.
Page 7 Directional indicators
Page 8 Fuel gauges Page 9 Flap Indicators
Page 10 Brake Gauges
Page 11 Oxygen gauges
Page 12 Pressure gauges
Page13 Revolution Counters
Page 14 temperature gauges
Page 15 Turn and slip and artificial
Horizon
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16 Undercarriage indicators
Page 17 Trim gauges
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