Words by Terry Andrews.
Being devoid of any trade marks, the manufacturer of the 1976 MoD issued sterile 6BB watch has been a mystery to military watch collectors. The first mention of the sterile 6BB monobloc tonneau shaped W10 onThe Military Watch Resource (MWR) was in January 2007, although it was suggested in 2004 that the sterile 6BB case was ‘different’ from the 1973-1980 Hamilton/CWC W10 class of watches.
A post on TZ-UK in 2003 sought information on the mysterious watch but no clues in identifying the manufacturer emerged from thediscussion. For those not familiar with the watch, the following article attempts to unravel the mystery of The ‘Lost’ Navigator.
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