This exceptional RSC watch contains a genuine piece of aviation history.
Using state-of-the-art laser technology, we have carefully extracted fragments from the original wing skin of the legendary Panavia Tornado. These rare pieces have been expertly embedded into the case back of the watch, showcased beneath scratch-resistant sapphire glass.
A tangible tribute to engineering, history, and design — an exclusive souvenir of the aircraft.
Panavia Tornado ZA326
Tornado GR.1P ZA326 (cn 016/BT006/3008) was the eighth production Panavia Tornado, and one of the initial 23 RAF IDS aircraft to be built to Batch 1 standard, intended for TTTE. After suffering a significant fire prior to its first flight, ZA326 spent its entire 22-year career as a trials aircraft, taking part in the development of terrain-following radar, all-weather approach, cockpit voice recognition and stores/weapons carriage research. In 1997 it flew a DB-110 camera in a demo pod, a capability which was subsequently developed into the Reconnaissance Airborne Pod for TORnado (RAPTOR).
Initially operating from RAE Bedford, ZA326 moved to Boscombe Down in March 1994 and continued to operate there until its retirement in December 2005. Since 2013 the aircraft has been restored under the ownership of the Panavia Tornado Preservation Group and still wears the distinctive “raspberry ripple” red, white and blue colour scheme.
Panavia Tornado Preservation Group
We are the only organisation in the world dedicated to preserving the Panavia Tornado. Staffed entirely by volunteers we are proud owners of a unique Tornado GR.1P aircraft, which is on public display at the South Wales Aviation Museum.
The Panavia Tornado Preservation Group are keen for students to experience Science, Engineering, Technology and Maths (STEM) subjects first hand. Aviation is the perfect field to showcase how these subjects intertwine, and our aircraft has been used to educate a wide range of age ranges, from primary school children to university engineering students.
