W10 1970s Pattern Hybrid Military Watch with 100m Water Resistance - Non Date Version

SKU Code: MIL/W10/MQ/ND The hand-wound mechanical version of this hybrid W10 was the predecessor to the quartz G10/98 models used by the armed forces of today. Interestingly in the British MOD specifications from February 1980 which invited  companies to submit tenders for contracts to supply watches to the British forces (see last three images), the requirement foresaw that the W10 pattern mechanical watches issued in the 1970s would continue but with a quartz movement, however, there was a major problem because at that time no quartz movement could fit the case due to being too thick. This situation led to the watches we still refer to as G10’s the descendants of which are still current military issue. This whole story has a rather interesting twist because several years ago a watch collector who was local to our office in Zurich mentioned that he had  a W10 case and dial that was noticeably thicker than the normal W10 case, as a collector of W10 watches and as the owner of multiple