Last year I was doing a search on eBay for trench watches and saw one that looked familiar. I said to myself I seen that one before. I was right it was in the book Military Timepieces by Whittney. The serial numbers matched. And it had a cool shrapnel guard. A few photos. And the price was right, and I had a watch that was in one of my favorite books.
How cool is this to have the exact watch that was photographed for the front of the book and then info about it in the book. This book really got me into the hobby of military watch collecting. Kind of an honor to own it.