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Originally Posted by Peregrino
Same for 5th SFG(A) in 79. Ours were actually issued to the dive teams though. On 511 we kept ours in the 1-drawer field safe and they never left the team room. The monthly 10% sensitive items inventories always seemed to include counting watches. Most of us younger guys bought and used Seikos because the Tudors weren't worth the PITA. Personally, after the G-Shocks came out, I went Casio and never looked back.
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You are dead on about the Seikos! In the late ' 70's- early '80's everyone showed up at or from the Q with a Seiko diver with a black rubber strap bearing a small compass! The peak of fashion amongst the newbies. ( I was a newbie at the time.)
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