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Here is the English translation/upgrade of a work about UK military codes I originally wrote some years ago for the Italian magazine Orologi & Market . This subject would deserve a medium-size book; however, I think it is interesting to share some basic i...  

if I remember well, you have a very nice military Omega Sm300 ;-)

Huge Thanks, my friend... By the way, Marcello, do you happen to know what " AM " stands for on a Blancpain Fifty Fathoms from 1967 / 1968??? Best, Nicolas

not certainly " Air Ministry " as this < AM > is an engraving made at the Blancpain factory . this abbreviation appears only on some Milspec1 and not on other FF ( AFAIK ) and neither on TR 900. the 3 digits figure is in my opinion the case number ....  

Yes, like this one. I tried hard to find something about the true meaning of AM, in vain.... Thanks, Nicolas

I have seen another 2 or 3 with the same abbreviation .. all with very low case numbers ( under 1000 if I remember well ) ... worths study some more ...

Then, I know the 38, the 57, the 80 and another one, whose SN has been totally scratched.... Very rare version, for sure! Best, Nicolas

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.....to see Marcello's take on the marking. Bottom line, i suspect, is that we will never get too far on it. Air Ministry...i like that best so far!! I don't think it makes sense to stand for Anti-Magnetic as it has that written in full!!!

......its the pleasure of the watch and its mystery!! ...  

if so ... a real small world .. isnt ' it ???? LLLOOLL

really mint conditions btw ..... unfortunately Blancpain lost all his old records in a fire during the 80s .. so they can't tell us where this watch ( and others with that misterious abbreviation ) have been sold.

It seems that they way they have been found, t least some of them, indicates a military provenance... Best, Nicolas

Same 103 But not restless!

glad .. as this watch ( I had in my hands some years ago ) is in really fine conditions. at that time ( 6-7 years ago ) the average quality of watches was far better than now ...

......took this one this time last year.... Indeed, it is in lovely condition and sits VERY happy in my collection!!!

new to the market : if you have done ( like some of us ) in the last years a record of uncommon and particular watches ( like this one ) arrived " fresh " to the market ... you should have easily noticed that the average quality has dramatically decreased... 

What a great reference! Cheers buddy :)

.....Marcello...again....thanks for sharing this.....paints more colour into so many places.

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Thank you for this compilation ! Have already bookmarked it .. Happy Festive Season and All the Best, hs