Bought this from a panel member in non-working condition. It had a broken mainspring and some rust. After installing a new mainspring and crystal, and a thorough cleaning, oiling, and regulating, it is running beautifully. UPDATE: I have outfitted this piece with the correct hands and a band that more closely matches the original.
I didn't even look at Air Warden ads. Do we think the Night Hawk in 1941/1942 became the Air Warden in 1943, or are they two (slightly) different watches?
We do have five Air Warden's in the watch database, and they are all 1943/1944. Geoff has an Air Warden published as 1942, but we just haven't updated it to 1944 based on the case SN.
Movement is date stamped 1941, case indicates 1943 if we go with the case serial number.
I think we had this conversation before about the dial on the subject watch being slightly different than both the Nighthawk and Air Warden (sub-second circle sits lower). I sear Sear used both names so its probably not a regional thing, but Ilike the idea behind the cross over from one to another in 1942 perhaps.
Here's a few Air Warden ads. I don't know the date on the postcard.
Here's a couple more, but again the date of these two ads are not given in the thread, nor are they included in the graphic file names.
Admin laid out some ads with dates (below) in this other 1943 Air Warden watch record: The very bottom (large) ad is dated 1946.