Revue A.T.P. Military

Revue 
A.T.P. British Army WWII
Stainless steel 
ca. 1940   
Manual wind   
15 Jewels   
Movement cal. Revue 57 
Swiss Made 
Ø 30 mm 

The British Army military issued a range of Swiss watches for the A.T.P. (Army Trade Pattern) in 1939. As the Swiss were neutral, they had no problem whatsoever in producing similar watches for the German Military, astonishing to imagine somehow.

These models were made to replace the pocket watches and early trench watches from the WWl. The A.T.P. watches were not long-lived though, after a measly 5 years the so called “dirty dozen” took their place.

While made for combat many watches survived the trenches and whatnot of the WWll, especially the stainless steel watches which could clearly endure more than the chrome-plated ones.

The case on this Revue looks amazing, with its original fat-neck crown which almost still feels sharp to the touch. It has clearly seen some action, but has come through with all limbs intact.

The dial has aged nicely, the crystal was too far gone, but luckily due to our constant quest for treasures we could simply open a drawer for the right size and model.

The case back has the Broad Arrow engraved as well as the Ministry of Defense’s issue numbers.

As the case has fixed lugs, is most likely had a nylon strap of sorts attached which has made a slight impression into the back of case. If these straps are kept clean, this doesn’t occur, but once dirt can accumulate between the mesh it can actually puncture the steel.

We have added a nylon mesh NOS one piece strap, these are practically indestructible, plus the pickings are scarce trying to finding a 15mm width strap