: I dont claim to know all about these Bund's but have done some
: research in the past.

: Good points -
: Your watch has a familiar font & style engraving on the
: backcase, consistant with other known original items, i feel its
: original.
: There were non-issued watches out there that people have tried to
: falsely engrave at a later date to add value & a false
: history.

: Your case lug cutouts have the stepped recesses when viewed from
: the back - thats correct too ! This is so the pusher caps dont
: catch the case when depressed. There have been examples of
: questionable cases ( either 3rd party produced OR Sinn service
: cases ) that dont have this extra step on the case.

: All components seem to be correct for what would have been one of
: the later issued versions of this model - the small T is a
: reference to tritium , the type of lume used in the later
: variants of these Bunds.

: Bad point -
: The condition of the watch is very good. It may seem odd to mark
: that down as a negative but keep in mind these were working tool
: watches. They suffered years of duty at the hands of servicemen
: & in all likelyhood had hard lives. There is a reasonable
: expectation that they would certainly have marks, dings &
: scratches from their time at work.
: Heuer maintained the watches & parts supply for some years up
: into the 70's and then in the 80's Sinn took over & sold the
: decommissioned watches. Sinn had a fresh supply of parts &
: there are arguements both supporting & denying that the
: parts were recreated for Sinn as they refurbished & sold off
: the ex-military stock.
: Many of the mil watch collectors will set priority upon a watch
: that seems to have evenly aged components such as bezels, dial
: & hand lumes.

: If you head over to MWR
: http://www.mwrforum.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?2-Main-Forum
: you will see the point has been raised, debated & not
: settled on a number of occaisions.
: Any further info you may require on your example you are probably
: best off to ask over on MWR as some of their experts are
: fanatical about this model watch.

: Finally , dont be shocked if your example comes up with a Valj.23
: marked movement baseplate. There were definately variants
: produced as such in the earlier execution variants. This would
: not mean your example would be a franken as when the military
: maintained their own watches they placed any functioning
: movement back into any available case - thus serving up a mix of
: movements to dials & serial numbers.

: Good luck - Darren

Hi Darren - many thanks for taking the time to look at and comment on this watch. Very interesting points - lots of food for thought. I was a bit concerned by the 'newness' of the bezel, but it otherwise looked pretty good. I will look at MWR as well. Again, many thanks.
Karl