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Original and authentic aluminum from the fuselage of Spitfire Aircraft Mk1a X4009, deemed unfit for the ongoing restoration, has been donated and incorporated into the small-seconds subdial at 6 o’clock of each timepiece.
Hunter Fighter Collection Incorporated, a registered not-for-profit charity based at Scone, NSW, Australia has commenced its most ambitious project yet – the restoration to airworthy status of Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I X4009, a veteran of the Battle of Britain, and personal mount to Australia's third most prolific WWII fighter ace, Flight Lieutenant Paterson (Pat) Clarence Hughes, DFC. Given that pedigree, X4009 will become one of the most significant Spitfire identities resurrected thus far when she flies again in a few year's time.