Mappin & Webb Campaign Automatic watch 17840043 crocodile strap. Rare. RRP £1500

  

Mappin & Webb Campaign Automatic watch 17840043 with tan crocodile leather strap. Ex Display, stunning Mappin & Webb Campaign Automatic watch.

The reputed British silversmith Mappin & Webb originally retailed Campaign watches during the First World War, dispatching them to soldiers on the front line for an additional shilling. The new Mappin & Webb Campaign Automatic watch captures the spirit of its ancestors with vintage-style Arabic numerals, elongated straight-sided lugs, and a seconds subdial at 6 o'clock. It has a rugged steel case with "coin edge" detailing, which houses a mechanical Swiss automatic movement. Keeping its military connection alive, the Mappin & Webb Campaign collection is partnered with the charity Never Such Innocence, which was founded by the great-granddaughter of Field Marshal Sir John French who commanded the British Expeditionary Forces from 1914-15..