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Cottere11

·Mar 4, 2025

I’m hoping someone can provide some information regarding this watch.

It was one of the few things that was left to me when my grandfather passed away and I have no information apart from the paperwork that comes with it.

I believe it may be a rare piece and served time in the British Royal Navy. Any information would be welcome.

 

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fiberguy

·Mar 4, 2025

Use the forum search function - 135.007 that should give you some info

 

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Dan S

·Mar 4, 2025

It's not a military watch, but it might have been owned by someone in the military.

 

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JimInOz

·Mar 4, 2025·Melbourne Australia

Dan S

It's not a military watch, but it might have been owned by someone in the military.

Definitely purchased and owned by a bloke in the Royal Navy.
Probably bought while on a shore run when his ship was berthed at Sembawang Naval Base.
I wish I knew the date, it's possible we visited the same shop at the time.

Wonder if he visited Bugis Street later that night 😁.

 

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big case

·Mar 4, 2025

allways nice to see a watch with history and original papers

 

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rob#1

·Mar 5, 2025

That’s a nice heirloom, caliber 286 I believe, manufactured from about 1964.

 

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Davidt

·Mar 5, 2025

Nice original and rare dial. Seems to have the wrong second hand.

Although these weren't military issued, I've heard anecdotally that they were special order for the PX in the far east in the 60's. I keep a track of these dials when I see them and of 16 examples I've seen over the years, 10 had an engraving on the caseback which seemed to look like some kind of personnel no. and name. Of the 6 that didn't have an engraving, the caseback was very polished on two, possibly to remove an engraving.

I don't have any evidence to back this up, just my observations and speculation.

Check out this thread:

https://omegaforums.net/threads/seamaster-600-30-with-black-military-style-dial-reference-thread.140447/

Thread 'Seamaster 600 & 30 with Black ‘Military’ Style Dial - Reference Thread' ·

I recently acquired one of these and it led to me spending several hours scouring Google to piece together all the info and known examples I could find with this dial type.

The info below is what...

Davidt · Dec 30, 2021

 

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size11s

·Mar 5, 2025

Dan S is right, certainly not an issued military watch but a watch purchased privately by a serving seaman. I used to have an almost identical watch that I bought from the original owner, who also purchased it in Singapore.