Do you have a military watch?

[JimAttrill]

Here is one of mine - they are both Royal Navy issue watches of 1990. One I have had since 2003 and has a cracked glass and this is a 'new' replacement. Unfortunately watches of WWI times are very rare and expensive

 

http://www.rltwatche...catalog/cwc.JPG

 

These are Cabot Watch Company - CWC - watches with Swiss movements issued to the UK forces.

Edited April 24, 2010 by JimAttrill

[{TNT}11bravo10]

here is the one I had while I was in the US Army from Jan 96 to Jan 02 http://www.armyuniverse.com/images/product_images/4107.jpg

[JimAttrill]

Do you still have it? Those Timex watches are underrated. And is that a 'Nato' strap?

 

Do you know what the numbers were on the back? For example, my latest CWc has a lot of numbers which mean things i.e. 0552 (Royal Navy) 6645 (Nato code for quartz wristwatch) 99 (Nato code for UK) 5415347 (I think this means the specific CWC watch) 58267 (serial no) 90 (date of issue)

 

You get 'fake' military watches which purport to have been 'issued' to countries with code 02 and 18 which are both mythical. These are often cheap chinese fake CWC watches marked as MWC with really cheap movements made of plastic. They cost more than the real thing!

[Burning Beard]

I was in the US Army from 1969 to 1979 and never saw a "military" watch. That includes a tour in Viet Nam. If a guy wanted a watch he went to the PX and bought one.

 

Beard