My new 1985 Royal Navy issue CWC Diver really enjoyed the home spa treatment.

New battery, crystal, case tube, crown, case seals, and a fresh reluming of the hands. The parts cost a whopping $33.25 including a lifetime supply of Luminova.

I picked up the watch for the tidy sum of 55 pounds. Which, even in the condition I bought it, was a bargin.

The watch differs from the later watches in many aspects. Maily different hands, movements, (the old watch used the ETA 555.155), slightly different dials, and bezels. The bezel on the earlier watches are very 300m-Omega-looking, made of plastic, and is luminous at the arabics not just at the triangle like the later watches.

Thanks, Eddie, for the help loging in.

Here are a few before and after shots and a side by side of the later watch.

Before


During


After








Next to a Royal Marine 1995 issue diver