1922 Leonidas Royal Yugoslavian Airforce Military Pilot Watch

Up for sale is an exceedingly rare Leonidas Royal Yugoslavian airforce pilot watch. This piece was issued in the 1920s, per the caseback it was issued to the few pilots of that nascent airforce. The timepiece dates back from the 1920s when King Alexander I was the sovereign of the now defunct Yugoslavian kingdom. His coat of arms appears on the dial of the watch, and is engraved on the caseback.

He was assassinated in Marseille, France in 1934 while on official visit. This was actually one of the first assassinations to ever be caught on camera for the time. The Royal Yugoslavian airforce was then a fledgling entity with mostly foreign planes, dedicated to reconnaissance and border patrol. It is over a century old.

As I understand it, it is also considered part of Serbian history, and honestly belongs in a museum. Movement: Venus workhorse movement, not original to the watch (same as Antiquorum's watch). Working condition, but can get magnetized with electronics around. Case: all original, in very good condition. Caseback: engraved, featuring the Royal Yugoslavian crest.

Dial: all original, except for the fact that the numbers were lumed a while back.

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