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Vietnam war era watches
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Sorry bad pics this phone is brutal at taking pics there up close
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I would think that they are genuine, MIL-W-46374, MIL-W-3818 and GG-W-113 are all considered general purpose wrist watches, field watches is what they are referred to now. They are not terribly valuable but they certainly have a following, a man named Ned Fredrick created a database for information on them, is has long since been retired but it is back up hosted by an enthusiast.
Be aware that the fall of Saigon was April 30 1975 so possibly both of the Benrus examples may never have been issued during the war, the dates on the back are date of manufacture not issued dates like RAF and RN watches. Of all of the watches that the US Armed Services actually issued during the Viet Nam war these are both the most plentiful and the least valuable and in spite of and possibly because of that they are widely collected. The most valued and collected were the watches issued to Special Forces Units, Tudor Submariners, Tornek Rayville, Benrus Type 1 and Type 2s, all were produced in lesser numbers manufactured and also not many surviving examples exist today, especially the Tudor and Tornek. The MAC-V-SOG Seiko is a very unique case, as in they were not issued by the Ordinance Dept so unless they have actual provenance, my personal opinion is that they are "type watches" not actual issued examples in most cases. This is a pic of my modest collection of issued watches, the Bulova MIL-W-3818 was issued to my oldest friend a Retired USAF Full Colonel, thank you Pete
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Be aware that the fall of Saigon was April 30 1975 so possibly both of the Benrus examples may never have been issued during the war, the dates on the back are date of manufacture not issued dates like RAF and RN watches. Of all of the watches that the US Armed Services actually issued during the Viet Nam war these are both the most plentiful and the least valuable and in spite of and possibly because of that they are widely collected. The most valued and collected were the watches issued to Special Forces Units, Tudor Submariners, Tornek Rayville, Benrus Type 1 and Type 2s, all were produced in lesser numbers manufactured and also not many surviving examples exist today, especially the Tudor and Tornek. The MAC-V-SOG Seiko is a very unique case, as in they were not issued by the Ordinance Dept so unless they have actual provenance, my personal opinion is that they are "type watches" not actual issued examples in most cases. This is a pic of my modest collection of issued watches, the Bulova MIL-W-3818 was issued to my oldest friend a Retired USAF Full Colonel, thank you Pete
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