Vintage Watches Collection : There’s rare and then there’s Royal Australian Airforce Jaeger-LeCoultre Mark XI rare. The JLC Mark XI alongside the IWC Mark XI is one the finest military mechanical timepieces ever produced. It can certainly make a claim to being the original Pilots watch and one of the most expensive watch commissions by a military anywhere. Originally issued by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) and later the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) these watches were made to very strict 6B/346 specifications and as such are of an incredibly high quality.The RAAF Mark XIs were first introduced to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950. From September 1955 onwards G6B/346 navigation watches were exclusively issued to Aircraft Captains First Pilots and Navigators. Production numbers of the reference were typically limited; the largest being approximately 8000 examples from IWC. The Jaeger-leCoultre Mark XI RAF is scarce by comparison at 2950 pieces but rarer still are the Royal Australian Air Force Jaeger-LeCoultre Mark XIs limited to approximately 1020 originally issued of which very few remain in the market today. With its original radium dial it’s available on the site.

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There's rare and then there's Royal Australian Airforce Jaeger-LeCoultre Mark XI rare. The JLC Mark XI alongside the IWC Mark XI is one the finest military mechanical timepieces ever produced. It can certainly make a claim to being the original Pilots watch and one of the most expensive watch commissions by a military anywhere. Originally issued by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) and later the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) these watches were made to very strict 6B/346 specifications and as such are of an incredibly high quality.The RAAF Mark XIs were first introduced to the Royal Australian Air Force in 1950. From September 1955 onwards G6B/346 navigation watches were exclusively issued to Aircraft Captains First Pilots and Navigators. Production numbers of the reference were typically limited; the largest being approximately 8000 examples from IWC. The Jaeger-leCoultre Mark XI RAF is scarce by comparison at 2950 pieces but rarer still are the Royal Australian Air Force Jaeger-LeCoultre Mark XIs limited to approximately 1020 originally issued of which very few remain in the market today. With its original radium dial it's available on the site.