FS: Vintage 1977 British Military CWC W-10 broad *PIC*

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FS: Vintage 1977 British Military CWC W-10 broad *PIC*

For sale is a Vintage 1977 British Military CWC W-10 broad arrow watch SERVICED

Specifications & Condition

REFERENCE: W10, issue number 4783/77.

DIAL+HANDS: Original dial and hands in excellent condition – please check the close up pictures. The tritium lume on the matte dial is intact and has aged nicely. The tritium lume on the hands is in original condition. When activated with UV light, the lume on the dial and hands glow briefly and then fade away.

CASE: tonneuau shaped stainless steel case with fixed bars in good vintage condition

CASEBACK: steel factory caseback with military engravings. Case is approx 36 mm wide, lug to lug distance 41 mm.

CROWN: original, unsigned crown

CRYSTAL: Plexy crystal in very good condition

MOVEMENT: manual wound ETA 2750 movement 17-Jewel with hack feature.

STRAP & BUCKLE: The watch comes on a NATO strap.

The price is 1,150 CHF (Swiss Francs) or OBRO plus shipping at actual cost.

The watch is from an estate of a retired watchmaker who purchased them at Government auctions during the early 1980’s after the Falklands when the MOD converted to using quartz watches. This style of watch replaced the Smith’s W10 & was the last general purpose ‘mechanical’ watch ever issued to the military in the UK.

The movement is the 17 Jewel ETA 2750 – Around the early 1970’s this was a new revolutionary type of Swiss made movement that required fewer parts than previous watch movements by using a second main plate rather than various bridges – tougher & more reliable with less components to go wrong & easier to service, it also allowed for a larger main-spring barrel with 50 hour capacity compared to the standard 24-36 hours.

Case-back markings explained: W10 indicates Army issue. 6645 Nato code for Timepiece. 99 country code for UK. Broad-arrow = M.O.D property, and the last set of numbers 14/ 73 are the serial number & year of issue.

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