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  • Vintage 1940's WWII Canadian Military Waltham Grade 1617 with Rare Specifications Size 16s

Vintage 1940's WWII Canadian Military Waltham Grade 1617 with Rare Specifications Size 16s

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I love this watch.  First of all, although Canada's military is fairly small, the US military has a proud heritage of working side by side with Canada.  And it's quite rare to see a USA made military watch for another country - in fact there were very few countries American watchmakers were allowed to export to during WWII.  This Waltham grade 1617 has some cool specs.  The movement production was fairly low but not considered rare; however, very few have official Canadian Armed Forces hallmarks which this watch does.  Not only that, but this model was very high-end.  The grade 1617 was originally designed to be a lower jeweled less expensive general military use watch, and the majority you find are 9 jewels unadjusted.  Not the case with this one.   This is the first of this movement I've ever seen made for the Canadian's Armed Forces and it features 17 jewels, USA made movement, is adjusted 3 positions and adjusted for temperature.  This movement even appears better finished than it's less expensive counterparts.  The pitch black dial is original and near perfect condition.  The tritium lume is factory original and nearly all intact.  The numerals are beyond awesome against the black backdrop with almost all lume intact and a handsome patina.  The original lume on the hands also have even colored patina; although the hands have some small amount of lume missing from age and patina'd a different color - not a big deal, I think the contrast is smart looking.  This is one of my favorite personal picks in our military watch collection.  It is stem set and wound; recently serviced and keeping great time.  I have the same watch for the British Military in the usual nine jewel movement.
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Grade: No. 1617
Mixed Run: Various Jewel Counts Reported
Manufacturer:Waltham
Manufacturer Location:Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number:30815124
Grade:No. 1617
Model:1908
Estimated Production Year:1941
Run Quantity:10,000 (ours is likely in a later production run by a couple years)
Total Production:82,000
Size:16s
Jewels:9j   (ours is 17 jewels) Mixed Run
Movement Configuration:Openface
Movement Finish:Nickel
Movement Setting:Pendant
Plate:3/4 Plate
Hairspring:Breguet
Adjusted:No (Yes on ours, 3 adj and temp.)
Railroad Grade:No
Data Research:1954 Waltham "Gray Book" List


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