Watch I should have been given ๐Ÿค”

Hi everyone through my watch journey I've been interested in lots of different types of watches at different times for different reasons,I'm ex military ๐Ÿช– boots on ground type bullet catchers,so obviously but not initially which I find funny I've ended up being into field/ military watches,and found out they issue different soldiers different watches for there roles which I've found out watch collecting not serving in the army well that's funny isn't it,well if anyone's reading this has been in the British army they will no they keep the good stuff an don't tell you about it so yeh thanks for my watch I purchased myself 20+ years after leaving ๐ŸคฃI was really pleased to find out seiko group made the watches the time I served and managed to find one issued a year after I joined ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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Those pulsars are rare and cool. You mostly see CWCs. You're right about them keeping back the good stuff. In Vietnam they issued the grunts plastic-cased watches.

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๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚they did a swatch group trick,yes I do like cwcs been looking at the sbs variants wasn't many on ebay plus this was the only one in my time line thanks for that information might do a bit of digging myself ๐Ÿ‘Œ

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Thats a killer piece and explains background for you! Here is something I like to share with you a post I wrote about months ago. This is something relevant, and I hope you might like it reads. You will be captivated by my profound ardor for military and field watches. Especially talking about Vietnam War Era Timepieces:

https://www.watchcrunch.com/SunnyCrackit/posts/my-first-personal-showcase-on-a-themed-sotc-honoring-the-past-perfecting-the-present-modern-iteration-of-vietnam-war-era-timepieces-44062

Your shared appreciation for military watches reminds me of my own, by the way. Cheers!