CWC "W10" military field-watch [1984]

  • Movement: quartz ETA 955.102.
  • Case: stainless-steel, ~36mm Ø with fixed strap-bars.
  • CWC (Cabot Watch Company) is one of several manufacturers to have produced field-watches for the UK's Ministry of Defence after WW2, generically called "G10s", along with: Smiths, Hamilton, Precista, Pulsar/Seiko, and most recently MWC.
  • All G10 field-watches feature engravings on the caseback indicating by whom they were acquired in the Ministry of Defence: W10 = Royal Army, 6BB = Royal Air Force, 0555 = Royal Marines, and 0552 = Royal Navy. So the W10 on this example indicates it is a Royal Army item.
  • The blue/red/yellow multi-colored strap featured below is a particular regimental strip associated with the UK's Royal Logistic Corps -- click here to see the unit flag with that color combination as the background.