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[Jim Attrill]

Being ex-crabair I am delighted to find that my watch was worn by a fishhead and not a pongo

0552 / 6645 - 99
5415317
58304
90

does the 58304 refer to the number made in 1990 or is it accumulative over the years? Though somehow I doubt if they would deliver 58304 watches in one year.

[ghostdog]

This is very helpful to collectors like myself.

jasonm, on 05 December 2006 - 02:53 PM, said:

Following quite a few posts enquiring about the MOD codes on watches I thought it would be nice to have them in one place...
Griffs given me these, any more info please tag it on this thread...
Thanks <img src="http://www.thewatchforum.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="smile.gif" />

W10 British Army
0552 Royal Navy
0555 Royal Marines
6BB Royal Airforce


WWW waterproof wrist watch WWII onwards.

ATP Army Timepiece WWII

GSTP General Service Timepiece

AM Air Ministry, followed by other marks such as

6E/50 - for an observer's pocket-watch
6B/117 - for an Air Ministry stopwatch


e.g. 0552/6645-99 123/98, is Royal Navy 6645 military wristwatch, 99 NATO code for UK, watch number 123, issued in 1998.

[Steve66]

Hi,
I am trying to pinpoint what the markings mean on this WWII pocket watch, in particular 6E/340, I understand that 6E may be for navigators?
I am quietly confident that 'Pringle' is the London Jewellers that suppled the watch to the Air Ministry.



WWII Air Ministry pocket watch

[William_Wilson]

Steve66, on 30 August 2011 - 04:11 PM, said:

Hi,
I am trying to pinpoint what the markings mean on this WWII pocket watch, in particular 6E/340, I understand that 6E may be for navigators?
I am quietly confident that 'Pringle' is the London Jewellers that suppled the watch to the Air Ministry.



WWII Air Ministry pocket watch

A quick search indicates it's 1 of 14,000 General Service R.A.F. pocket watches.
Have a look at this document, half way down on the right side. HERE

Later,
William

[Steve66]

Thank you very much William.
This document is fascinating and exactly what I was trying to find.

[gaz64]

Not sure if any one put a link to this in

http://german242.com...ce_markings.pdf

[The Monk]

Jim Attrill, on 31 March 2010 - 08:35 AM, said:

Being ex-crabair I am delighted to find that my watch was worn by a fishhead and not a pongo

0552 / 6645 - 99
5415317
58304
90

does the 58304 refer to the number made in 1990 or is it accumulative over the years? Though somehow I doubt if they would deliver 58304 watches in one year.

Did I miss the answer to this question? The CWC from 1989 that I was lucky to buy from this forum has a similar numbering, in this case "45958" above the "89". Did they really issue that many?!

[tsam]

Hello

Can someone explain what the 'C 31' means on the back of a CWC Quartz watch?

0555 / 6645 - 99
7573314
/|\
C31
95


Also how can it be verified if a cwc watch or similar military watch has seen action or actually come from a serviceman?


Many thanks

[Dr.f]

I think ,like guys at military watch forum,is a 0 not a C

[Dr.f]

BTW ,very nice watch.Have one the same,marked 156.
96
Beneath the broad arrow

[Damo8604]

Stan, on 24 July 2009 - 11:24 PM, said:

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All MoD issued kit has the broad arrow or "crows foot" symbol on it (somewhere), but not NAAFI cutlery and crockery. I don't know why anyone would want to nick a three pronged fork anyway. <img src="style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="ph34r.gif" />

I'm ex army, not everything has a crows foot on it but cutlery (at least some) does......... And I still have a crows foot stamped teaspoon in my cutlery drawer after being out for 12 years

And before anyone jumps in, I mean out of the mob....... Not closet

[Shiner]

I collect American pocket watches and in my collection I have this Waltham 1899 Model Riverside Grade The serial number dates the watch to 1908. The movement is a very high grade as used in American Railroad Service and would have had to keep to plus or minus 4 seconds per day, This is the only one that I have seen with the British 'Crows Foot' mark, it also engraved HW 1017. The movement is housed in a correct period gold filled American case, although that does no mean that it is the original case. There are no military markings on the case. Has anyone any suggestions or opinions as to what this watch would have been used for please?