Item code: 15411

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN

The watch that marked the beginning of CWC.

Founded in 1972 by Ray Mellor, Cabot Watch Company was established with a clear purpose: to continue Britain's tradition of supplying purpose-built military watches. The Mellor-72 represents the earliest chapter in that story, laying the foundations for a company that would go on to supply generations of British servicemen and women.

Before there was CWC, there was Ray Mellor.

Built to meet the demands of military service, the Mellor-72 embodies the philosophy that would define every CWC watch that followed: clear, dependable and engineered with purpose.

Those principles shaped the first CWC military watches. They continue to shape CWC today.

The current Mellor-72 remains faithful to its military origins, retaining the acrylic crystal, hand-wound mechanical movement and understated design that defined the original watch. While materials and manufacturing have evolved, the character of the original has been carefully preserved.

This is not an homage.

It is the beginning of the CWC story.

• Tonneau shape case, issued throughout the '70s
• Two-piece case with press-on/off case back
• CWC pre-1982 logo
• Super-LumiNova dial markers and hands
• Sellita hand-wound SW210 Swiss-made hacking movement
• Brushed 316L stainless steel, 38mm case (including crown), 42mm lug-to-lug, 30mm dial diameter.
• Weight (without strap): 40g
• Water-resistant 5ATM
• Scratch-resistant Hesalite acrylic crystal
• 40+ hours power reserve
• 18.5mm fixed lug bars
• 11mm case thickness (including glass)
• Broad arrow and T markings on dial as per the original
• Supplied on a Cabot military grey 18mm strap with gloss buckles
• Three year international warranty