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I have a 992B movement #C45252 with U.S. Govt marked on the movement. Is this movement any more rare/special/valuable than any other 992B. Thanks | ||
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Bob, Sounds like you've found a really interesting Military Issue 992B number C45252 which is from about late 1942 production. These usually have a Single-Sunk either a Heavy Gothic (squared numbers) or Blind Man's Numerical (Montgomery) dial. The original case would be a fairly heavy Keystone marked "Base-Metal" which has a nickel finish and would have a distinctive squared-off bow. You'll find "U. S. GOV'T" like yours as well as "U. S. Navy" and "U. S. Army" on the movements. Here is an interesting World War II era 4992-B with "U. S. ARMY AIR CORPS" markings... "U.S. Army Air Corps" Marked Hamilton 4992-B You'll find more information on these and other Military Watches in our "Military Timepiece Discussions - EXCLUSIVE!" Forum. Lindell  | |||
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Bob, According to Roy Ehrhardt's Hamilton book, "Identification and Price Guide", there were 17,146 Gov't contract 992B'S made during the period 1941-45. This makes up about 3 % of the total 992B's that were produced from 1940 to about 1970. They may not be rare, but definitely uncommon. Robert Below we have a Gov't marked 992B from TM 9-1575 (War Dept. Technical Manual), dated 6 April 1945.  | |||
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