Waltham Canadian Issue Pocket Watch. Value?

[Flying10uk]

The cover shows the beginning of a serial number, a "2",

Looks like a "2" and then feint numbers that are larger?

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[browningautorifle]

Just an FYI, I received information from an old ex soldier.

I AM and old soldier...Ex would mean I'm back in. Ex soldier...no such thing, once in never out. Anyway, I would withdraw the idea of a pilfered watch if you can show several the same disfigurement.

Looks like a "2" and then feint numbers that are larger?

Here again at 400%...

[lawrence_n]

Finally, a light comes on! Here's what I've discovered thus far. I now understand why the watch was listed by the auctioneer as being "Sherman tank watch". Thanks to an old British soldier, I found out that some radio sets had the provision for mounting a pocket watch on the face. It was a 2 pc. black ring, the back of which was screwed to the face of the left of the radio set and the front piece threaded on to it. The watch would be wound, put in the holder, and then the face ring threaded on. Presumably, this watch came out of the estate of some veteran Armoured Corps radio operator (hence the Sherman tank attribution). From the pics I've managed to find, there were many different models of watch used and not all were "sterilized". I'm hoping that when I get full access to a military watch collectors site I joined, I'll get all the information I need. Here's a pic I managed to download.

[browningautorifle]

I found out that some radio sets had the provision for mounting a pocket watch on the face

That I would believe, so the operator had correct time for the radio log.