1983 Royal Navy Divers Quartz Re-Issue Watch (RN300-83 QS60)
£899.00
Item code: 73589
Due to numerous requests for upgrades, this watch now comes with sapphire glass as standard.
In 1983, CWC produced the first quartz divers' watch for the Royal Navy and this reissue has been made to the same specifications, with SuperLuminova (as Tritium is no longer available). The T on the dial remains for historical correctness.
The quartz version was specified by the M.O.D. to include a polished case, sword minute hand, Tritium dial and luminous bezel. This continued throughout the 1980s. In the early '90s, the hands and bezel changed.
We take great pride in producing timepieces worn by British forces for fifty years.
- Made to MOD 1983 specification (except Tritium lume)
- Now uprated to sapphire glass as standard
- Water-resistant to 30 atmospheres, 300m
- Sword hands
- One-way luminous insert time elapse 60 click bezel
- Polished 316L stainless steel case, as issued throughout the '80s
- Screw-down crown
- Screw-down case back (please note, the picture of the case back is for reference only; exact serial number and dates may differ between batches.)
- Ronda Swiss quartz 517 movement
- SuperLuminova vintage lume markings
- Uprated to sapphire glass
- Swiss-made, Swiss parts
- Fixed strap bars
- Weight (without strap): 70g
- Supplied with 20mm CWC issue military grey strap
- Three year warranty
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Customer Reviews
If you have ever wanted to touch the past, wear it even; then this watch is for you. Beautiful finishing and quality construction make this watch what it has always been: a well made tool to tell time in extreme places. On the wrist it is a joy to wear, yes fixed bars limit straps, but it isn't meant for a bracelet and besides nato straps give much variety. I'm a US NavyVeteran and I still dive both for work and myself and I've proven to myself this is a fantastic and tough underwater tool, exactly what it is meant to be. Buy one, bash it up, and tell stories about the case scars over a pint . I will, for my part, be buying an auto version soon.
My 1983 RN Re-Issue arrived yesterday.
I am very impressed with the quality and that the team at CWC took the trouble to set the watch to my time zone - UTC -5. My watch is wearing leather straps now, but I feel the pull to put a NATO strap on it for authenticity.
Compared to my other dive watches it's positively svelte, which is a huge plus as this watch is now my daily driver.
This watch is my favourite, I am so pleased with it. Absolute perfection, I've been wanting one of these for a long time, and it was well worth the wait. Beautifully made, and you really have to see that awesome vintage patina on the lume. This will be my go to watch and will stay on my wrist for a long time. Not cheap, but really worth every penny ! I've yearned for one of these ever since I was in the Royal Navy years ago !
I was aways very envious of the RN Clearance Divers who used to be able to be issued with these watches. I always wanted one and now after 40 years I have one. Looks just as good as it did then, a very practical accurate watch; although not used for diving!!! Well worth the money and very happy with it. Very fast delivery.
Expensive but damn good… looks like it will take a real beating and will be a great daily wearer. Superb legibility and great lume. Keeps superb time, as you’d expect from a quartz. Many thanks, we’ll please with my purchase
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