Swiss Hamiltons ,British Army Issue,W10-6645-99. Broad Arrow on face and back.

Thanks for posting. These are attractive watches. For some reason, the American issue Hamilton wristwatches of the 1970's are all found in round, gray, parkerized cases. The British issued cases had far more flair.

Best regards,
Greg

Nice watch Dr D' ,Our military spec' watches all have fixed strap pins which the American military watch I once owned didn't have, is that usual?. A watch like mine sold on Ebay for £110 only 10 days ago,I am very tempted to follow up with one of mine, £1= $1.76.Regards, Ged.

There has been alot of interest in VietNam and post-VietNam watches in recent years. Even the plastic "disposable" Army watches have a strong following of collectors.

Discussions of these watches are often posted on the Military Watch Resource cite (MWR) = www.broadarrow.net Plenty of fun to visit.

MWR HOMEPAGE

Best regards,
Greg
(a.k.a. "45Auto" on MWR)

Enclosed is a pic of my Army isue Hamilton that I got new from supply in the summer of 1982. The date on the back is May 1982. Another note on these "parkerized" steel cases. They are a one piece case with a split stem. The movement comes out through the front. At least mine and Debbie's are that way. I have seen some with this type of steel case where the back screwed off. I wore mine for 12 years until I retired in 1994. Watches are drop accountability in the supply system, so I could take mine with me. I have never had mine cleaned, and it still works perfectly.

Sadly, I don't have my plastic Benrus which was initial issue for the Far East. It bit the dust during an operation.

The plastic Benrus is an interesting watch. An example in my collection is dated 1969 and marked, "non-maintainable". However, as I recall, the movement was of good quality. If someone wanted to repair a "non-maintainable" plastic Benrus access to the movement is via the front by removing the crystal, etc, the same as the metal cased watches.

Dr. Debbie,

In response to your request for additonal info, I found this watch still listed in the goverment's supply system. The cost is $58.00.

The following information is for the stock number printed on the rear cover. It's now referred to as the NSN or National Stock Number

Would you believe the government still has the five dial clocks that were used on the WWII Navy Corsair? Last time I checked, there were 10 Hamiltions and about 30 Elgins left in the supply system. WOW! Let's line up for the next surplus sale!