Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
If I had to guess and after some considerable time spent in the military system watching these things...I'd guess that watch was stolen out of the system. The cover shows the beginning of a serial number, a "2", and the identifying marks... So the new owner could carry it with impunity. Watches were "C" class for us, expendable but controlled or they'd all be gone.
Just an FYI, I received information from an old ex soldier. According to him, the "sterile" watch was for the No.19 wireless radio set, and others.