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Central London CWC showroom now open.
As of 12th April 2021 and in accordance with Government guidelines The CWC central London showroom inside the Silvermans store is now open.
We have parking offstreet so you can take your time browsing and choosing the right model of watch.
Silvermans ltd.
422 Mile End Road
London E1 4PE
www.silvermans.co.uk
02077900900
www.cwcaddict.com feature
Last summer an article was written by a prolific collector of CWC watches for the Antiquarian horological journal and recently it won the Dr Alan Shenton award for best article on modern horology.
See the article here
Cabot Watch Company Mellor-72 W10 hand wound mechanical. New stock just arrived.
A tribute to the first watch Mr. Ray Mellor made for the M.O.D.
Remake 1970s issue mechanical hand-wound watch issued to British Army W10 and RAF 6BB. Classic military design. Luminous hands and markers, acrylic glass. Very clear to read, functional and reliable. Very smart timepiece that will provide years of service. Mechanical Swiss movement. Swiss parts, Swiss-made. Click the link below to see the item.
CWC Mechanical Auto General Service Watch 1970s Spec (cwcwatch.com)
Royal Navy issue spec QM60 back in stock
Item code: 73207
click the picture to see the item.
CWC RN ISSUE DIVERS WATCH MK1 (QM60)
Brushed matte top with polished sides and back.
Quartz, mineral glass, 60-click bezel, issued spec.
This is the watch issued to the Royal Navy from around 1990 until recent times. Totally solid, reliable and accurate to within seconds a month. The M.O.D. still have these and when they are released they fetch very high prices.
Supplied to RN divers for many years.
- Mineral glass and 60-click bezel
- A truly superb timepiece, accurate and highly reliable
- Quartz movement, water-resistant to 30 atmospheres, 300m
- One-way time elapse bezel
- Stainless steel case with matte top and polished sides and back
- 45mm diameter including crown (41mm excluding crown), 47mm lug to lug, 20mm lug width. Bezel diameter is 40mm, crystal is 31mm.
- Screw back
- Screw down crown
- Highly accurate ETA 955.122 Swiss quartz movement
- Battery life indicator
- Luminova markings
- Fixed bars, supplied with 20mm grey strap
Custom engraving for Dials, Casebacks and straps.
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Custom engraving for Dials, Casebacks and straps.
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If you have any special requirement for your new CWC watch, either dial engraving or caseback engraving this can be done with minimal waiting time. Personalise your watch to make it individual with your service number, Rank or emblem. Commemorate a special event or family occasion. sp@cwcwatch.com
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GQ Magazine Feature CWC GQ.com
CWC 1980 Royal Navy Divers watch featured in GQ Magazine GQ.com 
Feature - click title below to view.
The Coolest New Watches Don’t Look New At All
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Item code: 73119
The 1980 RN Divers Automatic originally issued to RN Clearance Divers
NATO number 0552/9237697 this watch actually superseded the Rolex MilSub on the wrists of Royal Navy divers, and its first version, with a self-winding mechanical movement, is far rarer than the Rolex it replaced.
Up to 1980 the one contract CWC hadn’t managed to win was for diving watches. The Royal Navy had a long history with Rolex, dating back to the 1950s, and even worked with Omega for a while in the '60s. But by the late '70s, perhaps the higher price of the Submariner made the MOD look elsewhere and, given its good relationship with CWC, the Ministry came calling. CWC responded with a tough automatic dive watch of its own, built to the specifications of the MOD (DEF STAN 66-4 [Part 1] Issue 3, for those keeping score), which included a rotating bezel with a fully hashed luminous insert, sword hands and a boldly marked dial swathed in tritium lume, a 32mm mineral glass crystal, and fixed strap bars for use with pull-through nylon straps. Inside ticked the sturdy automatic ETA movement.
CWC sourced the rather curvy, beveled 44mm steel case that was first made by MRP S.A.,
The rare 1980/81 automatic CWC divers are truly special, representing a transitional period in military dive watches, a “changing of the guard,” so to speak, from Rolex to CWC, and a bridge from mechanical to quartz. The appeal of a Rolex MilSub is that it is essentially a watch from a large luxury brand customized to the specifications of a military unit for a unique purpose.
CWC watches are created from the get-go to be nothing more than military instruments, with no pretense or evocative name – Submariner or Seamaster – just a caseback stamped with codes and stock numbers. To those who appreciate the stripped-down utility of dive watches, or military watches in general, the CWC diver might just be the best example.
"excerpt from Hodinkee article"
Customised dials for most models of CWC watches
We are now able to offer customised dials to customer requirement within a much shorter turn around time. If you have a specific design or logo you would like on the dial of your new watch please email sp@cwcwatch.com
We are currently unable to customise customer owned watches or vintage models.
Updated serial numbers of watches stolen whilst in the care of FEDEX
The picture shows which serial numbers relate to which models. Only this batch was made in 2020 and should be easy to identify.
If you are offered any or see any for sale please contact Met Police. We thank everyone for their vigilance.
Please be vigilant and aware of CWC RN Diver Automatic watches stolen whilst in the care of FedEx
Please be on the lookout for CWC Automatic diver watches that were stolen whilst in the care of FedEx in London.
The batch is serial numbered 001/20 up to 300/20 and includes a mixture of silver and black, with date and without date.
If you do happen to see any for sale or are a dealer offered any of these watches they are stolen.
This is the only batch of this model made in 2020 and should be easily identifiable. There are no boxes, papers or straps included with these stolen watches.
Should the serial numbers be scratched out, this should make them even more suspicious.
We apologise to all customers who have been waiting for these for a long time and we are doing our best to restock as soon as possible.
If you have any information, please contact info@cwcwatch.com or the Met police directly. Please share this as much as possible to make it as difficult as possible to be passed on within the watch community.
CELEBRATING 80 YEARS OF AIRBORNE FORCES 1940 - 2020
Second batch of Airborne G10 goes live today. Please email
airborne@cwcwatch.com or call 0207 790 0900 to confirm your airborne credentials and reserve your Airborne G10.
REORG TACTICAL DIVER PRE ORDER GOES LIVE
CWC have teamed up with REORG to offer the REORG TACTCAL DIVER.
Identical to the CWC issued SBS divers watch we supply to RM / RN but with the Reorg logo on the dial and the Reorg and Raven logos on the case back.
20% of the sale goes to support REORG.
Reserve yours now here
May Blog update
CWC are operating at near normal capacity with lots of things going on.
We are operating with minimal staff, processing orders with minimal delays. Our Carriers are operating near normal capacity with some minor delays.
New stock of CWC straps arrived May 5th.
Regimental , Vintage Canvas, Phoenix.
See the new Mellor72 and the write up in www.hodinkee.com by Jason Heaton.
Special Projects are becoming very popular with many military projects in production. The Royal Australian Navy Clearance diver Special project has recently been delivered, This was commissioned by the RAN divers using the Royal Navy quartz divers Mk1 as the base model with special dial and caseback engraved with each members details. We look forward to hearing from you with regards to any Special Projects you have in mind. sp@cwcwatch.com
