My aircrew watch was one of the old cheap, wind up type, issued at Linton on Ouse. Many years later I was "volunteered" to take part in a week long NBC trial in Germany, whilst deployed in the field (horrible memories of the AR5). We were required to carry out a suit change in a field of long grass just as a "Crash Out" call was made and in the scramble to fly out my old watch went missing. Stores refused to write it off and I was made to pay for a new one. Even worse, the type I had was obsolete and I was billed for the new Quartz type (probably ten times the cost of the original) without ever actually getting one. I told OIC stores to keep his damned watches and bought a cheap and cheerful "civvie" one.