NEWMARK RAF 6BB "Fab Four" ref.6BB/9243306 cal. Valjoux 7733 / 1980, 046/80

— A phantom watch wearing the memory of the sky —

A military chronograph carrying the memory of 1980, when it ran through the sky with Royal Air Force pilots.

It is one of the great chronographs known in military watch history as the "Fab Four," yet only 500 were made, over a single year — a strange fate for such a model.

The commanding presence and weight of history that only a genuine military watch has are concentrated inside this asymmetric case.

— The aesthetics of the field, marking time —

An asymmetric stainless case, thicker on the right, designed to endure hard duty.

It is a form with nothing wasted — functional beauty made real.

Standing out against the matt black dial is tritium lume the years have turned wheat gold.

The circled "T" is proof that this once existed alongside state secrets.

Long years have passed, yet its excellent legibility and usefulness have not faded — if anything they have matured, as vintage does.

The national stock number "6BB" struck on the caseback, with a marking that says this was the 46th of the 1980 issue. The pride of a military piece that has come through the rough seas of history.

— The celebrated Valjoux 7733 —

The Valjoux 7733: a manual chronograph movement written into watch history.

The certain feel of a traditional cam-actuated chronograph, and a finely made 17-jewel mechanism, still mark time strongly.

The hard, pleasing click of the pushers teaches you the joy of operating something mechanical.

— Number 46 of the Royal Air Force —

Deeply struck into the caseback are the code "6BB/9243306" and the serial number "046/80."

Because they are so exceptionally scarce, Newmark's RAF chronographs have been called phantoms on the vintage market.

As a companion for life that adds the story of real history to your everyday style.

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