I just saw this - well worth a read. Puts the risks from Radium in perspective / not top of his worry list back in the day I would wager.
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How a glow-in-the dark Rolex helped British airmen flee POW camp (msn.com)

How a glow-in-the dark Rolex helped British airmen flee POW camp (telegraph.co.uk)
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Was this article written by a bot? It doesn’t make much sense.

 

I think most journalists in the UK are bots now. This is the auction house link which might be a better read for you.

https://www.christies.com/features/...mesons-rolex-ref-3525-12273-3.aspx?sc_lang=en

 

https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6...k&intObjectID=6378271&from=salessummary&lid=1

Looks like it didn't sell on the auction, while others did? Fascinating.

 

The Times says it sold for £155,000.

Flight Lieutenant Imeson, a bomber pilot/crew member, was 172 in the queue to escape through tunnel ‘Harry’. Only the first 77 got out of Stalag Luft III. His role in the escape plot was to act as a ‘penguin’, hiding excavated earth in his trousers and dropping it out in the camp compound.

 

Ah, strange on the website it doesn't show. Thanks for the pointers!

 

I’m quoting from the newspaper

 

Sorry, must have missed it somehow- I was reading https://www.christies.com/features/...mesons-rolex-ref-3525-12273-3.aspx?sc_lang=en and it didn't have it.