Originally Posted by
Sinnlover
Hi
Nope O&W did not supply the UK or any other (to my knowledge) armed forces.
They did however sell a lot of watches (90s/00s) with the broad arrow on the dial for some reason. There is the odd rumour / post on line saying they were prototypes but I don’t think they were, it was just a marketing thing.
O&W did sell lots of watches to US troops in Vietnam as they were cheap and were sold via mail order in the Stars and Stripes magazines.
If you look at the case on this example, it is similar but it is not a G10, it has a screw down case back and different case shape. My guess is they made one that looked similar to the issued watches. They did the same with chronographs and submariners.