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Up for sale, Rare Rolex 1915 Swiss 7 jewels WW1 Military Trench watch movement. The Rolex watch movement’s balance wheel does not spin due to being bent, staff is broken, and the hairspring is bad. The watch movement is in need of repair. Also, the white porcelain dial is in excellent condition. Here is also a cool fact: The standard timepieces officially issued during World War One by the War Office were pocket watches. But these were issued to signal battalions, gunners, and other ranks who needed to know the time, or to time events. They were issued from army stores and carry a stores reference and the stamp of the “pheon” or broad arrow, the sign of military property. Officers were not issued watches of any sort; like the rest of their kit, they purchased their own.