The deliberate omission of luminous material was a critical tactical requirement for onboard use on nuclear submarines
Powering them would be 15-jewel movements
It has a Gold Plated buckle which is Original and has developed some patina in storage
Measurements: without/with Crown: 35
- Superb Original Dial with Pumpkin Lume
Timor ATP Reissued 6E/385 RAF Mountain Rescue c.1943 watch The deliberate omission of luminousThe Watch . Introduced in 1939 just before the outbreak of WW2, the Army Trade Pattern (ATP) Wristwatches were the first official, general purpose field watches commissioned by the British Ministry of Defence (MoD). To fulfill this massive wartime contract, the MoD sourced roughly 133,000 timepieces from 17 Swiss manufacturers: Buren, Cortebert, Cyma, Ebel, Enicar, Eterna, Font, Grana, Lemania, Leonidas, Moeris, Reconvilier, Record, Revue, Rotary,