US Army Omega watch

Thank you for sharing your observations mac_omega. Now doubly unfortunately I sold my 2179/5 around 3 years ago, ah well, such is life.

Thanks guys for all the input on which 2179 was designated US ARMY. What I take from this is that 2179/3, /2 and possibly /5 are all correct. Do we know what the digit after / represents? Is it a batch number?
Mark

So, having Erich`s book for many months now, i have to admit, that it is not very gentle on my finances.....Too many desirable Omegas in there. therefore: i skipped the U.S.Army section. Thought , i know that part..... together with John Diethelm from the Factory, we researched a few Mil. watches in the mid 90`s. unearthed the original order form for the 1942 and 1953 mil. watch batches. found the evidence for the 1963 Railmaster version for Pakistan. Dug out the Omega original military catalogue from 1958 for the Peruvian models. with the old buying prices for the military. i posted all that on the net for collectors. there was no order form for the 1945/46 US Army to be found. So, i hope Erich can activate his museum research contacts one more time to ask for that original contract for the US Army delivery. until then, we found the following in the mid 90`s: it is impossible to draw a conclusion, which sub reference bears the US Army stamping or not. too many were sold to the civilian market and the PX. The only thing, 25 years ago, was an educated guess from the Museum : what came back for repair and restoration and was stamped US Army was sub reference 2179-4. No other 2179 sub reference. and 2384- 1 and 2384-2. no other sub reference. But that was 25 years ago and not very scientific.... good that we might be able to clear that up now with new evidence . i hope, Erich can unearth that order form. must be somewhere in the museum.... kind regards. Achim