In the late eighties, both the USAF and Canadian Armed Force issued the Adanac watches to their service members. The watch was actually produced under government contract by Marathon Watch Co. based in Ontario, Canada.

Styling of the watch is very similar, if not identical, to USAF issue Marathon Military Pilot's Watch.

Adanac is the predecessor to that model. "Adanac" is Canada spelled backwards.

The watch has an unusual 0-11 marked bidirectional bezel, which makes it look like a hybrid of diver's and pilot's watches. Some prefer to call it simply a navigator's watch. Has a screw-down crown, fixed bars that takes a 20mm black nylon band, water resistant to 660 feet.

Dial has the usual 24 hour markings found on many military watches. The hour and minute hands are applied with rectangular shaped tritium paint. The second hand is applied with tritium at its tip. Hour indexes on the dial and the zero position on the bezel are also tritium coated.

Large stainless steel case, made by Gallet, measures 47.8MM lug to lug and 43.8MM across the crown diameter. It houses a Swiss made quartz movement. There is a separate latch (which you can open with a coin) for replacing batteries, so you do not have to unscrew the entire caseback.