CWC Royal Navy Clearance Diver 1992 Issue

CWC won the contract to supply an automatic dive watch to replace the Rolex milsub in 1980, and in 1980 and 1981 they supplied watches with a dial similar to the Omega Seamaster 300 from the 1960s and an acrylic bezel insert.   In 1983, the watch was changed to a quartz movement and was issued sporadically up until 2000, with most of the watches being issued during the 1990s.  The case was similar to the Monnin case popularised by the Heuer reference 844 from the late 1970s, although with some small variations across the years.  The automatic dive watch NSN ends 9237697, and the quartz dive watch NSN ends 7573314.

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Only 250-300 CWC Divers were issued in 1992

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The watch began to be replaced in the early 2000s with the SBS watch, which became the standard issue of dive watch for anyone in the British military; although the RN/RM watches continued in use for some years, when the RN/RM watches were returned to stores or were broken, a new SBS was issued instead.

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In all, over the 20 years between 1980 and 2000, CWC supplied probably around 3,000 dive watches to the Royal Navy.

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Above taken from the excellent CWC Addict Website.

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Carrying on from above in a bit more depth. Between 1983 and 2000 CWC quartz RN dive watches were issued to the UK military, before the PVD coated SBS took over fully from 2001. In 1983, 85 and 86 these watches had an acrylic bezel with thick hash marks. From 1994 to 2000 they had a metal bezel with thinner hash marks. But this watch is from 1992, a unique year where the bezel retained the early thick hash marks but moved to metal. Whilst 250 to 300 were issued in 1992 few appear to have survived and they rarely come to market.

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 The Interest in CWC Issued Watches, I have found to be growing at a supersonic rate, these days as they are mainly all in your serious Collectors Collection.  They are a huge part of the history of CWC. 

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This represents a fantastic opportunity and investment.