X4009
Midnight Blue
The X4009 Midnight Blue is a limited edition timepiece made from Mk1a Spitfire aircraft X4009, flown by Australian fighter-ace Pat Hughes during the Battle of Britain.
- This is a Pre-Order item. Customer deliveries expected from SEPTEMBER 2023.
- Free worldwide shipping. Customs/duties for non-EU orders not included. Read More
- 36-month sales warranty & 30-day returns from date of delivery. Read More
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X4009
Midnight Blue
The X4009 Midnight Blue is a limited edition timepiece made from Mk1a Spitfire aircraft X4009, flown by Australian fighter-ace Pat Hughes during the Battle of Britain.
- This is a Pre-Order item. Customer deliveries expected from SEPTEMBER 2023.
- Free worldwide shipping. Customs/duties for non-EU orders not included. Read More
- 36-month sales warranty & 30-day returns from date of delivery. Read More
- Secure payments with credit card, Paypal or in monthly installments with Splitit
- Need further help with this item? Contact us
A piece of world history on your wrist
The X4009 Midnight Blue is a limited-edition timepiece made from Mk1a Spitfire aircraft X4009, flown by Australian fighter-ace Pat Hughes during the Battle of Britain.
Paterson Clarence Hughes, DFC, was an Australian fighter ace of World War II serving with the RAF, and is today perhaps the greatest unsung hero of the Battle of Britain.
Dimensions
Dimensions
- Diameter Case: 41,0 mm
- Diameter Bezel: 41,5 mm
- Lug-to-lug: 48,7 mm
- Height: 13,6 mm
- Opening diameter: 34,0 mm
Movement
Movement
- Caliber SW461-1 SELLITA movement w. customized rotor, ruthenium anthracite plating & tempered blue screws
- Automatic & manual winding
- Hours, minutes and small second at 6 o’clock
- Date with quick setting at 3 o’clock
- Frequency 28’800 vibrations per hour (4 Hz)
- Power reserve +40 hours
- 31 Jewels Incabloc
- Accuracy ±5 sec per day
Key Features
Key Features
- Midnight blue sunburst dial with repurposed Mk1A Spitfire X4009 fueselage aluminium integrated at 6 o’clock
- Swiss-Made certified
- Self-winding – 3 hands – small second – date
- “Office GMT” rotation bezel with lume marker at 12 o’clock
- Luminescent hands, indexes and rails
- 10 ATM / 100 meters water resistance
Case
Case
- 3-piece case, 316L Stainless steel
- Exhibition caseback
- Top glass Sapphire Crystal with 3x layers of anti-reflective (AR) coating
- Caseback glass Mineral Crystal
- Onion crown with crownguard
- Serial number placque
- Brushed rotating bezel (counter clockwise) with debossed
Strap
Strap
- Dark-gray double calf leather strap with white stitches, stamped inner lining
- Quick-release strap system
- Stainless steel butterfly clasp with pushers – polished and sandblast finishing.
- Width (lugs) 20,0 mm
- Width (clasp) 18,0 mm
- Length 125/75 mm
Materials
Materials
- Top glass: Sapphire crystal w. 3 layers of AR coating
- Caseback glass: Mineral Glass
- Case, Caseback & Crown: 316L Stainless steel
- Strap: Calf leather strap w. quick release system
- Clasp: 316L Stainless steel
History & Creation
Pat Hughes & Mk1a X4009
Originally developed by Reginald Joseph Mitchell in the early 1930s, the Supermarine Spitfire is now a well-known icon recognized as an aerodynamic marvel that helped change the course of history.
Designed as a short-range, high-performance interceptor aircraft, the “Spit” quickly took on the crucial role of engaging German fighter planes in the battle for air supremacy over the English Channel, most famously during the Battle of Britain in which the RAF repelled large-scale attacks by the Luftwaffe. It was the first major military campaign fought entirely by air forces.

Your piece of world history
Eighty years after its role during Battle of Britain, in 2020, Ross and Ann-Maree Pay of Vintage Fighter Restorations secured the ownership of the wreckage and identity of Supermarine Spitfire Mk1a X4009 from excavations of its crash site in the UK.
The aircraft’s remains were donated by Ross and Ann-Maree to Hunter Fighter Collection Incorporated, a registered Charity in Australia, who are undertaking the complete restoration of X4009 to the exact condition she was in when she left the factory at Eastleigh in 1940.
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