Omega

... this Omega WWW MoD VB 10033 dial (hands are radium still). Not uncommon but rarer than the usual logo dial A very nice addition to my milwatch collection Cheers ^^ - Fred ...  

Love everything about it — crystal, hands, crown. Are the logo versions relatively easy to find in good shape?

... the logo dial variant is pretty easy to find as around 25000 of this watch were produced back in the days Picture below is from acollectedman website ...  

I share your love for it. What a beauty!

... might be a perfect watch indeed

. . . convey unit designation? Two fairly common Omega military refs in my collection, 2179 and UK2292, which happened to be on my wrist . . . . . . earlier this week. Best, Art ...  

In a flea market and gifted him... I told him that this kind of things never happened to me! Best, my friend. Nicolas

. . . maybe she wouldn't have gifted it to him at all. It's probably the most common Ω military judging by current availability. My hunch is that far more were made than the ten thousand 2179s contracted by the American military. Art

. . . must've been produced in the tens of thousands. They're much easier to find than the stainless versions.

. . . what it was alloyed with, will have to check. The caseback and crown are stainless steel, but case and bezel are alloy.

. . . with copper, manganese, and magnesium.

. . . as they don't reflect light as brightly, which would've been crucial during night-time operations.

... with tritium plots (instead of the original radium), a swap made in the late 50’s by her Majesty’s MoD services. VB 10033 is the British stock number previous to the NSN code. ...  

. . . with replacement dials fitted to surplus conflict-era watches. Art ...