April 16, 2024
Military issued Seiko RAF Generation 1
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Gen 1 RAF issued Seiko chronograph The first RAF-issued Seiko chronograph was procured from Seiko UK and issued primarily to Royal Air Force pilots and navigators from October 1984 until November 1990. According to records 11,307 pieces of this Gen. 1 model were supplied by Seiko to the British Armed Forces. This Gen. 1 chronograph was contained in a stainless steel case. It carries the highly-regarded, 15-jewel, quartz 7A28 Seiko movement. The Gen. 1 model has three pushers and has all the usual chronograph functions including: split times and 1/10 sec timing, as well as second and minute indicators up to 30 minutes. Many people regard this as the best Seiko ever made.They rarely come up in this condition, with a new mineral glass and recent service. The dial has luminous markers as a result of the application of Promethium 147, a mildly radioactive emitter. The case measures 37mm across, excluding the crown and pushers, and has an inter-lug width of 20mm. Fixed strap bars are used as required by the MoD standard . Required issue markings on the case back also include a four digit serial number followed by a slash and a two digit number indicating the last two digits of the year of issue 5035/88 hence manufactured 1988.
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