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W10
A Classic Recreation of a 1970's British Army General Service Watch
24 Jewel Automatic in a Brushed Stainless Steel Finish
with 100m Water Resistance and
Supplied with Two Straps
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MWC SKU Code: W10B (No Date Window)
These
Automatic W10's have a heavy stainless-steel satin finish case made from
Military Grade 316L stainless steel, they are very robust and tough and built
to endure the most extreme of conditions, sweep second hand, black dial, and
luminous markings.
The watch has a 24-jewel high-performance self-winding movement with 41-hour reserve which has the option to be hand-wound if you are not using the watch daily. One further advantage over the older models in that the current watch also has a screw case back for easier maintenance.
The history of these W10 models is quite interesting. The hand-wound version of this automatic self-winding W10 was the predecessor to the quartz G10/98 models used by the armed forces of today, interestingly there was a plan back in 1980 by the British MOD to retain this case pattern utilising a quartz movement but there was one major obstacle because the quartz movements in 1980 were too thick to fit into the case! The consequence of this was that military watch manufacturers had to go back to the drawing board which led to the various watches we now refer to as G10s.
The last two images here show this government specification sheet requesting tenders from February 1980 which shows the W10 pattern case.
Specification:
Case
Diameter: 36mm excl. crown, 38mm incl. crown
Lug
to Lug: 42mm
Thickness:
13mm
Dial
Colour: Black
Case
Material: 316L stainless steel
Case
back: 316L stainless steel
Crown:
Screw-down
Water
Resistance: 10atm (100m)
Movement:
NH35A 24 Jewel Automatic
Solid
Fixed Strap Bars
Glass:
Hardened Mineral Glass
Serial
number on case back
Strap:
18mm NATO (Supplied with 1 x Grey and 1 x Black)
Gift
box and Guarantee Card
Occasionally duty may need to be paid at your destination, International buyers need to check their countries custom and tax duties. It is buyer's responsibility for any custom tax incurred.
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Order processing time can take 1 working day due to clearance of payment, preparing & packing and posting before 17.00hrs so orders placed after 12.00hrs may not be shipped until the next day.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Merchant Adventurers
are an Authorised UK MWC watch dealer and have full authority to sell the item(s) in this listing.
MWC items offered for sale in this listing are 100% genuine and supplied with a 24 month manufacturers warranty.
Be aware that there are some sellers advertising MWC items marked 'As new but without tags' or 'With slight marks' etc. and saying they come with a manufacturers warranty- This is not possible
Many manufacturers of military watches suffer problems with illegal fakes. If you are in doubt about any MWC offered for sale, please contact us.
MWC’s Head office is in Zurich Switzerland.
MWC are a leading supplier, not just to the military but also to police forces, anti terrorist units, airlines, mining companies and a diverse variety of government agencies and departments. They are one of the largest specialist manufacturers of high performance military watches and produce a wide range of models either to customers specific design requirements or by tendering for contracts where quality, reliability and durability are of primary importance.
To be assured of excellent customer before & after sales service with a fully backed warranty always purchase from an MWC Factory Authorised Reseller