CONTRACT SURPLUS WATCHES These
traditional US military pattern general service watches are brand new but
contract surplus and were purchased by us at a military and security
industries clearance sale. The watches are fully guaranteed, but some
have soiled cartons or quartermasters labels attached. Once these are
sold there are unlikely to be any more. They are being sold at half the normal price of $285 as can be seen in the final image. --- SKU Code: G10/3/US/NAT This watch is a Limited Edition U.S. Dial variant of the 300 m G10 in a brushed stainless steel case. The MWC 300 m / 1000ft water-resistant G10 models have the highest water resistance rating of any G10 / General Service watch anywhere in the world. The watch has a highly scratch resistant sapphire crystal and an incredible 10-year battery life. Although this G10/98 Specification watch like many of our other variants traces its origins right back to our earliest G10 designs in the 1980s, this model is totally updated and no other General Service watch currently in production can beat its specification. When MWC secured a contract to produce this model it was specified that the watch should a heavy duty screwback case, 300 m water resistance, sapphire crystal and screw down crown. The end result of all these improvements means that the specification of the 300 m water-resistant general service watch is unique, these models offer the perfect combination of low maintenance and high durability. The back of the case bears various contract markings in addition to the unique serial number. Specification:
* A lot of people ask us what are the benefits of sapphire crystal over a standard mineral crystal? The answer is that synthetic sapphire is by far the best material for watch crystals because it is very strong and also shatter and scratch resistant, these characteristics make it very appealing to military and security personnel, police officers and people who lead active outdoor lifestyles, these groups account for over 70% of our customers. To get things into perspective we find that when clients have accidents with watches resulting in a cracked crystal over 90% are usually watches with mineral glass crystals, even factoring in that we use hardened mineral crystals they still do not come close to sapphire for durability under adverse conditions. The reason that sapphire crystals are so strong is that after the sapphire glass is manufactured it is also heat-treated to remove its internal stresses—which can cause weakness—it is then made into the watch crystals and two layers of anti-reflective coating are applied, interestingly sapphire crystal is now used on the latest iPhone. Of course sapphire crystal comes at a price hence you find that it's normally only fitted to higher end watches. |