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SEE HOW ROCK OVERHAULS & RESTORES WATCHES

ROCKS LAST 100 OR S0 MIXED RESTORES

OLD PIC GALLERY

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READY TO WEAR
SERVICED
OVERHAULED
ORIGINAL
MINT CONDITION

SUPER RARE
VINTAGE
CAMEL

CELEBRATING THE FAMOUS

REGIMENTS OF THE
Imperial Camel Brigade
1916-1918

IN PARTICULAR
THE
Australian and New Zealand Camel Companies

17 JEWEL
SWISS
IN ORIGINAL
CAMEL CASE
-TOOK A FULL YEAR TO RESTORE-

MOVEMENT UPGRADED
FROM
1945 AS 1210 17 JEWEL
TO
AS 1220 21 JEWEL

WITH
COMPLETE BALANCE ASSEMBLY WITH HAIR SPRING
NEW MAIN SPRING
NEW WHEELS & JEWELS

WITH
NEW LUXURY
STITCHED & PADDED
GENUINE LIZARD
STRAP
WITH
STAINLESS STEEL DEPLOYMENT

CASE W/O CROWN
29.57 X 37 mm

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The organization of the Imperial Camel Brigade, 1916-1918.

The 1st Brigade, Imperial Camel Corps--more commonly known as the Imperial Camel Brigade--was raised on 13 December 1916 under the command of Brigadier General Clement Leslie Smith VC MC (17 January 1878-14 December 1927) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.  VC MC (1). The Brigade concentrated at Mazar on the north coast of the Sinai Peninsula northeastern Egypt. Located between the Gulfs of Suez and Aqaba at the northern end of the Red Sea.  On 19 December; and on the following day advanced to El Arish where it was attached to the The Anzac Mounted Division was a mounted infantry (light horse) division formed in March 1916 in Egypt during World War I following the Battle of Gallipoli when the Australian and New Zealand mounted regiments returned from fighting as infantry. .

The Battle of Magdhaba took place near the tiny Egyptian outpost of Magdhaba in the Sinai desert, some 22 miles from El Arish on the Mediterranean coast. In late 1916 the Turkish forces in the Sinai that had been menacing the British-controlled Suez Canal had retreated to the  on 23 December 1916--only four days after being concentrated and l0 days after being raised.
Raising of Independent Camel Companies--1916

The main combat elements of the Brigade--the Camel Battalions--were formed from the independent Camel Companies that had been raised from January 1916 onwards to combat the pro-Turkish Senussi tribesmen who were threatening the Nile Valley from the Libyan Desert, northeast part of the Sahara Desert, NE Africa, in SW Egypt, E Libya, and NW Sudan; called the Western Desert in Egypt. It is a region of sand dunes, stony plains, and rocky plateaus. .
The Imperial Camel Corps was a brigade-sized military formation which fought for the Allies in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I. Its personnel were infantry mounted on camels for movement across desert.

The first four Camel Companies, filled by Australian infantrymen from the First and Second Divisions, Australian Imperial Force (AIF) was the name given to two all-volunteer Australian Army forces dispatched to fight overseas during World War I and World War II.
First Australian Imperial Force (1914-18)
Second Australian Imperial Force (1939-45)
Brigade Headquarters

1st (Anzac) Camel Battalion

2nd (Imperial) Camel Battalion

3rd (Anzac) Camel Battalion

4th (Anzac) Camel Battalion

No. 1 Mountain Battery, Hong Kong & Singapore, Royal Artillery “RGA” redirects here. For other uses, see RGA (disambiguation).
The Royal Regiment of Artillery, generally known as the Royal Artillery (RA), is an Arm of the British Army. Despite its name, it is made up of a number of regiments.

265th Machine Gun Company, Machine Gun Corps

10th (Camel) Field Troop, Royal Engineers

Brigade Signal Section, Royal Engineers

Imperial Camel Corps Brigade Train

Imperial Camel Corps Brigade Ammunition Column

Imperial Camel Corps Brigade Ordnance Section

Australian Camel Field Ambulance

97th Australian Dental Unit

Imperial Camel Corps Mobile Veterinary Section

Disbandment of the Imperial Camel Brigade

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BAM BAM BAM

THIS WAS A GREAT FIND

GSW INVESTED IN AN ESTATE CONTAINING WATCHES AND WATCH PARTS FROM AUSTRALIA ABOUT A YEAR AGO

IN THAT LOT, THERE WAS THIS STRANGE VINTAGE NOS WATCH

IT SPORTED A CAMEL ON A NOS DIAL
IT HAD AN AWESOME NOS COPPER DIAL CONTAINMENT, RING
NOS GOLD HANDS
AND NOS RED SECONDS

THE DIAL WAS CRAZY!

BUT MORE INTRIGUING WAS THE CAMEL ON THE DIAL AND ONE THE CASE BACK--WHEN WE QUESTIONED THE SELLER WE WERE INFORMED THAT THE WATCH WAS A 1945 COMMEMORATIVE TO THE FAMOUS CAMEL BRIGADE AND, IN PARTICULAR, IT'S AUSTRALIAN MEMBERS .

THE VINTAGE NOS CASE WAS A TWO PIECE
WITH PRESSED CRYSTAL & BEZEL

THE INTERIOR OF THE CASE WAS DETAILED

 

THE STAINLESS STEEL CASE BACK
IS IN FACT THE ACTUAL CASE

AND SPORTED THE SIGNATURE

BREVETE
CAMEL

WITH A CAMEL JUST LIKE THE DIAL

THE MOVEMENT WITHIN WAS A 1945 17 JEWEL AS 1220/21
WITH THE BREVETE SIGNATURE
[BREVETE MEANS PATENT]

AS 1220
signature; shock device
ca. 1945: Swiss, 17 Jewels

Features
manual wind
sweep second

Data
10.5''', Dm= 23.3mm
H= 4.02mm
17 jewels
f = 18000 A/h

AFTER DISASSEMBLY, WE REALIZED THAT
THE MOVEMENT HAD RUST DAMAGE

WE THEN SEARCHED FOR PARTS THAT WERE NOT AVAILABLE

NEARLY A YEAR AND 4 MOVEMENTS PASSED

THE PROBLEMS WAS THAT SEVERAL WHEELS NEED TO BE REPLACED
THEY WERE NOT WHEELS THAT NORMALLY WEAR.

WE THEN CAME ACROSS A 21 JEWEL SPECIAL
EDITION AS 1220/21,  IT WAS NOT RUNNING, SO WE COMBINED THE 17 AND THE 21 JEWELS PARTS

NEW OLD STOCK BRASS ALLOY
AND COPPER ALLOY WHEELS

PARTS AND PARTS AND MORE PARTS

AND MORE NEW JEWELS!

WE ADDED A NEW STEEL MAIN SPRING

WE DITCHED THE BALANCE & HAIR SPRING
FOR A NEW OLD INCABLOC COMPLETE BALANCE ASSEMBLY

THE NEW AS 122O/21 WITH NEW PARTS AND COMPLETELY ASSEMBLED

WE LIGHTLY BUFFED THE SOLID CASE
INSTALLED THE DIAL
AND NEW CRYSTAL
AND ORIGINAL DIAL

WE THEN PRESSED THE CASE INTO
THE BEZEL/LUG ASSEMBLY
AND USED THE ORIGINAL TO THE CASE
HEAVY DUTY MILITARY SPRING BARS

WALLAH!
I AM SOOOO HAPPY TO SEE THIS
BEAUTY UP AND RUNNING STRONG!

 

WHAT A RARE & WONDERFUL LOOKER

NOTICE THE STRAIGHT SPRING BAR HOLES THE AWESOME TAN NATURAL GENUINE LUXURY LIZARD STRAP

 

 

WE ADDED AN AWESOME FIRST CLASS LUXURY STAINLESS DEPLOYMENT BUCKLE

WE FINISHED THE CASE BACK TO ORIGINAL FINISH WITH A ROLEX BRUSH WHEEL

 

WOW..

I HAVE TO ASK FOR A
FEW BUCKS FOR THIS BABY!

PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED, OVERHAULED,

SERVICED AND TIMED BY ROCK.

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CONDITION WATCH:

MINT  -  RUNS EXCELLENT


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a)

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