Looks like a Weems.

 

No, but dammit, now I want one. I thought these only came in flavors like Longines, Omega and LeCoultre.

 

This was my favorite war movie when I was a kid. Also an escape flick made in 1942... with foreshadowing of Reagan's foreign policy... Desperate Journey.

 

Here's mine, one of my favorites:

 

Nice! If you are not familiar with the local dibs policy, it works like this: Dibs!

 

Thanks! Like most of the mil. watches of the period it is indeed small- 33mm; but it plays much bigger on the wrist given the bezel and bezel crown and thickness. I'm a sucker for these- I have the Longines and LeCoultre versions, and am always on the look out for the Movado and Omega for the complete set- and don't mind or think about the size; but it gets far less attention than some of my other- larger- watches.
I believe it has a cal. 106, with a lovely swan neck regulator, though I'll have to open it and check. The military engravings on the caseback are perhaps the watch's crowning glory. I'll try and post a photo.

 

Indeed.

 

what do you mean by "weems" and how was it used by aviators?

 

Some history here.
http://www.qpmagazine.com/media/38585/Modern_Classics.pdf

 

So, this allowed for the benefits of a hacking second, by allowing the dial and bezel to be rotated?

 

Only the bezel for the weems.

 

The Weems had the rotating centre dial that could be rotated to align the second hand to 60 on a radio time signal.
The same function could also be accomplished by the rotating bezel.
I think there have been a few "Weems" variations, both with and without the centre dial and/or bezel.

More info here

http://horologium.com.au/2012/03/08/the-rare-longines-wittnauer-second-setting-watch/

 

thanks guys.

 

What the Dutch did during WWII is truly incredible. They stood up to the Nazi occupiers, and protected their Jewish citizens like nobody else.

 

Here's the caseback and another shot alongside two of its Weems' confederates.