Seiko RAF issued chronograph Current Collection This is a 1960s International

This is a 1960s International Watch Company automatic with a Japanese made platinum case

These watches were supplied by Omega in 1953

unusually for JLC who prided themselves on making everything in-house

What’s more this watch has an automatic winding mechanism and also shows the date

Seiko RAF issued chronograph Current Collection This is a 1960s InternationalThe Seiko chronograph was issued by the Royal Air Force from 1984 until 1990 and replaced the mechanical chronographs that were issued to pilots from the 1940s (initially these were supplied by Lemania although later a variety of companies supplied suitable watches). The watch is referred to within military watch circles as a Seiko RAF Gen 1 to denote it from the later Gen 2 watches which were issued after 1990. Seiko was the first company to develop