Originally Posted by
Peter Laidler
No....., how a dozen became 11. Rioght, the 11 that were in service, with their 1070 VAOS p[rice, as they fell off the VAOS lists were, in order of becoming obsolete..., no spares and no repair, only disposal were
BUREN, 10026 £7:19/-
Eterna, 10027 £11:15/
International 10028, £20:0/
Kurt, 10029 £9:12/ Nope, I've never seen or worked on one either!!!!! What about you Gary?
Jaeger-LeCoutre, 10030 ££12:15/ Another little cracker
Lemania, 10021 £10:15/
Longines, 10032, £13:15/ Magnificent
Omega, 10033, £13:15/ Equally as magnificent
Record, 10034 £11:0 Quite common
Timor 10036, £10:15/
Thommon (under the name Vertex for strategic reasons) 10037 £10:10/ quite common and good
These were classed as WOCS or War Office Controlled Stores (now SSR or Special Stores Register) and if you lost one, you'd better start considering your future and making a will. It was a hanging offence. On active service was a tad easier........ But not a lot
I think that I'll write this down for the person who wrote the article Geoff put up. Might be interesting