Manufacturing details – change in dial appearance with more prominent seconds markers.Manufacturing details – battery hatch reduced in diameter.Serial number on at least one Royal Navy Issue etched rather than stamped. Manufacturing details – slightly thinner case than initial 1984 CWC issue due to change in movement, backplate remains the same but battery hatch at 12 o’clock.Manufacturing details – notably thin case and backplate which is unique to this issue, battery hatch at 12 o’clock.These 1983 to 1984 CWC watches are often referred to as 'medium fatboy' due to the slightly reduced depth of case needed to accommodate the change to the esa 947.111 movement Manufacturing details – very slight change to the style/finish/texture of printing on the dial.Note: One example seen missing the s/n and another with an engraved s/n Manufacturing details – new case and backplate design to accommodate a change in movement, battery hatch also moved to the 1 o’clock position as viewed from rear.Manufacturing details – metallic finish crystal tension ring as with Precista.Also end of crown appears matte finished. Manufacturing details – no manufactures mark inside backplate, metallic finish crystal tension ring.Precista 1982 Case size (top) versus 1985 CWC Manufacturing details – new CWC logo on dial with oval.Manufacturing details – pretty much as 1980.Manufacturing details – original CWC logo, the word Quartz below hands and Swiss on bottom of dial.Serial Numbers and Year for CWC and Precista G10 models 1980 22,000 were supplied to the Royal Navy in 1991. A conservative figure of over 200,000 G10 watches have been produced for the military, based on 10,000 per year over a 28 year period. Fixed bars, supplied with NATO issue 18mm strap.Ĭabot Watch Company supplied the G10 from 1980 and was contracted by the MoD until recent times.Swiss-made using Swiss parts to British military specification.First issued 1980 with thousands in service.The G10 is still as rugged, reliable, accurate and dependable as it has always been. The early G10s were nicknamed the Fatboy as the case was deeper than the current models due to earlier deeper movements. The old logo was used for a couple of years and was changed to the oval logo in 1982. In 1980, the first quartz watch issued to the British Forces was made by CWC.
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