Show Your Military Watches

Picked these up last month. A Royal Navy Elgin Deck watch. And a WW2 US Navy Chelsea zig zag 14 E deck clock. The photo from my Chelsea book will explain how it works a rare clock that help save lives and the ship,

Hi everybody,

I went through my grandpa's old stuff he gave me like years ago and thought you might what I found. It is an original Longines cal. 12.68 Z from 1942, actually it was his own. I am not an expert, but I'd say this lady is still looking very good for her age and it is still running. I even found a letter from the Longines company that proved this watch is indeed real and not fake. Actually my uncle sent it in in 1995 for an evaluation of this watch and they just answered how much this would be - but at the same time confirmed it was indeed a "customize design for Germany" (I love the wording here) and was sold in 1942.

Although it was my grandpa's and certainly has a huge history itself, e.g. my grandpa was at the Seelow Heights when the barrage started - and both still came home. Still I am not sure if I should keep it, because I actually neither would wear it nor am I collecting watches, so it would just sleep in a drawer forever. Depending on the value of this watch I am thinking of rather selling it or handing it to a museum. What do you guys as experts think? What would a watch like this deserve?

1976 Heuer 1550SG Luftforsvaret (Royal Norwegian Airforce). The watch community in Norway has been keeping track of these for a while now, there’s about 50-60 registered so far including this one. Seen some action as it should, being an issued watch.