Rolex Datejust Turn-O-Graph 'Thunderbird' Angelus a white dial with painted

a white dial with painted Breguet numerals

and the story of the dozens of lives that had been claimed in the race

which saw as many as sixteen different expressions through its relatively short production run

a unidirectional dive bezel with no-deco scale

Wound and set via the back

Rolex Datejust Turn-O-Graph 'Thunderbird' Angelus a white dial with paintedWhile there are many vintage watches that have bonafide aviation pedigrees, very few are associated with an elite flying unit like the Thunderbirds. Except this watch: the Rolex Datejust Turn O Graph. Launched the year before the Submariner, the Turn O Graph was, in many ways, the manufactures first tool watch. Rolex intended for it to be a substitute for a chronograph, whichas a wristwatch with a complicationwas generally more expensive than a time