CWC Royal Navy Nuclear Submarine Non-Lume Navigator c.1981
The Cabot Watch Company (CWC) was established in 1972 and supplied watches to the British military and various government organisations.
The CWC Navigator was first produced in 1980 and was issued to all three branches of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for navigational purposes.
Interestingly, these watches were among the first quartz wristwatches supplied to the British military.
The watch for sale is extremely rare as it is one of the very few issued to personnel on board nuclear-powered submarines. This is evident by the white non-luminous material applied to the dial and hands, the absence of an encircled T on the dial and its NATO stock number ending 7363.
Only around 100 of these watches are thought to have been issued and a mere six 1981 examples, including the one for sale, are currently known to still exist. In 1981, the batch of serial numbers range from 1012 to 1092 and the serial number of the watch for sale is 1062.
Some excellent further reading regarding these very special watches can be found via the excellent website, CWC Addict, a link to which is as follows: https://cwcaddict.com/blog-1/f/the-nuclear-submarine-navigator
Due to its extreme rarity, the CWC Royal Navy Non-Lume Navigator watch for sale represents an excellent opportunity to purchase a wonderful new vintage British military timepiece.
