Mark II RAAF dial - issued or not ?

Hello all 

I have recently come across this IWC Mark II Navigator that has all the elements of the watch being an RAAF issue except for the dial which has the broad arrow and from my understanding and to quote from Man is (still) Not Lost by Khan, Koenig & Steer: 

"The RAAF IWC Mk. 11s do not have a broad arrow on the movement, the dial or the case back. All RAAF IWC Mk. 11s have the classic design that the RAF began using in 1952 with the 12 replaced by a triangle and, accordingly, the stubby hour hands. However, the dial is not printed with either the broad arrow or encircled T. All RAAF watches have the Stores Reference number G6B/346 (as a result of the slightly different nomenclature used by the RAAF)." 

So, all clear and safe to say that this dial is a broad arrow MoD replacement? 

Dear John 

as you assumed the dial is not original to a RAAF Mk 11. I assume it is no MoD replacement but a private replacement after decommissioning. But nobody can be sure about this. As well the crystal is wrong for a RAAF.

Would you please be so kind as to PM the movement number of this 598/57and the 65/57 you presented here on the forum some years ago? I run a private Mk 11 database which allowed to establish which movement number originally belonged to which military ID ("matching numbers") for RAF watches. But the number of RAAF and RNZAF watches included in this database is for the moment still too low to draw conclusions.

By the way: Are you active on MWR using the nickname blubarb?

Regards

Th. Koenig