This year, the Royal British Legion celebrates its 100th anniversary. Known in Britain for its annual Poppy Appeal, The Legion raises money to support serving and ex-service personnel. From the first day that someone joins the UK armed forces, the Legion is there to help.
Formed by Field Marshal Earl Haig and Tom Lister of The Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers just after WW1, the charity brought together Lister?s own organization with The British National Federation of Discharged and Demobilized Sailors and Soldiers, The Comrades of The Great War and The Officers’ Association.

For their centenary year, watchmaker AVI-8 has partnered with them to produce this Spitfire Type 300 Automatic Royal British Legion commemorative watch.  So now you can buy a watch and for once, perhaps, not feel quite so guilty.  That?s because £25 from the sale of each watch will go to help the work of the Legion. 
If you?re lucky enough to get offered a seat in a Spitfire (at least, any Spitfire from Mks I to V), look down, to your left and just above the altimeter and you?ll spot the airspeed indicator. That?s the instrument AVI-8 have used as the design inspiration for the Type 300. It?s a clear, plain dark blue dial with the minute hand echoing the shape of its needle alongside a sword hour hand.  Seconds are taken care of with the subdial between 4 and 5 o?clock.  Everything sits under a domed, anti-reflective coated crystal that really does li...