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subeEnd of the 90th there was a SBS group operating in HongKong. Doing stealth recon on the chineese border. Operations at night. Black ops ;-) And they needed a less 'shiny' watch for that. The unit seemed to contact CWC if they could get the watches made black. CWC made some prototypes and as the SBS unit liked it they wanted to order about 120 watches. CWC did tell them that that was not an option, as they had to make a bigger series. The outcome was, that the SBS got their numbers but CWC was allowed to sell the rest of the watches on the market. And there seems to be the big difference. The other watches also have the military numbers on the back (0555...). But not the issue number and year. As that number was engraved by the military itself.
The rest of the watches hit the market without issue-number and as the original bunch was still in service in the middle-east, it seems that a lot of people thought on the CWC SBS as a marketing watch. Well it ain't! The issued watches have seen their share of action. And there is the difference also. As the issued versions only came back after 2000 when the unit came back from Hong Kong. After the rest was already on the market. Mine was issued in '98.
He was issued a Rolex Milsub at first... but when the bezel felt off in bad swell on the beach he went to the MOD. They took the Milsub and gave him the CWC as the better alternative. Imagine....
