MWC W10 1970's Pattern 24 Jewel Automatic Military Watch with 100m Water Resistance (Non Date Version)

SKU Code: W10B These Automatic W10s have a heavy stainless steel satin finish case made from Military Grade 316L stainless steel, they are very robust and tough and built to endure the most extreme of conditions, sweep second hand, black dial and luminous markings. The watch has a 24 jewel high-performance self-winding movement with 41-hour reserve which has the option to be hand-wound if you're not using the watch on a daily basis. One further advantage over the older models in that the current watch also has a screw caseback for easier maintenance - earlier versions (as well as current CWC models) are serviced by removing the crystal which makes servicing quite challenging for many watchmakers. The history of these W10 models is quite interesting. The hand-wound version of this automatic self-winding W10 was the predecessor to the quartz G10/98 models used by the armed forces of today, interestingly there was a plan back in 1980 by the British MOD to retain this case pattern utilisi