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Flight Lieutenant Gerald Imeson purchased the Rolex while he was a prisoner of the notorious Stalag Luft III PoW camp which was later the subject of the Hollywood movie, The Great Escape.
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Unusual history of timepiece owned by airman imprisoned at Stalag Luft III is revealed as it sells at auction for £150,000
A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life "Great Escape" from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on Thursday in New York.
A Rolex watch worn by a British prisoner during the real-life "Great Escape" from the Nazi Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp sold for $189,000 on Thursday in New York.