CWC
british special air service troops g-10 - Royal Air Force

Military watch – British CWC G-10 from 1989 with quartz movement, black 12-hour dial with railway track and luminous Tritium-coated numerals, in accordance with the specifications of the UK Ministry of Defence and NATO Military Watch requirements. This watch, manufactured by Cabot Watch Company in 1998, is resistant to dust and water splashes. Powered by a Swiss ETA quartz movement and equipped with fixed spring bars to prevent loss during operations, this watch, used by the Royal Army, Royal Navy, and Royal Air Force, is an excellent entry point into any vintage military watch collection.

The designation G-10 comes from the form number British service members had to fill out to be issued their watch from Royal Air Force PX stores. This model is accompanied by its regulation Grey-Green (6645) NATO strap, also compliant with NATO Mil. Specs. The use of Tritium for luminous hands and dial markers is indicated by a circled "T" below the CWC logo on the upper portion of the dial.

This standard-issue Royal Air Force watch (NATO code 6645), distributed between the 1990s and early 2000s, was worn by British Special Air Service troops deployed across all operational theatres of that era — including the Gulf War (Iraq and Kuwait) and Yugoslavia (UNPROFOR under the United Nations banner). It’s also one of the last true military watches to have been issued by a regular army and used in actual combat conditions.

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