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Originally Posted by Beef
I totally agree. This is similar an ongoing topic on several watch forums regarding Rolex Submariners being issued to U.S. Military divers. The ONLY DOCUMENTED case of Rolex Subs being issued to U.S. Military divers are the prototype Sea Dwellers in the late '60's. There were, however, hundreds of Tudor ( Rolex's "economy" line) Subs issued to divers, primarily Navy, but some others, too. Then there where tons of PX purchase Rolex Subs used. Which has led to the myth of the issue watches. I suspect the " cup and flower fund" may possibly be responsible for the creation of a new military myth. However, anything is possible, it justs needs documentation.
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We had the Tudor Submariners (some with a black dial and some with a blue dial) in the 7th Group SCUBA Locker for issue to us on ODAs with a primary dive mission - but we all had our own dive watches and seldom used the Group's MTOE watches because it was always a paperwork pain in the @$$ to do so...depending on who the NCOIC of the locker and Group PBO were at the time.
Richard
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