MACV SOG 1970 Seiko 7005-8030 Watch 5mm without crown

5mm without crown

These is a little wear but the silver plate is largely very nice

peak and back

Collar to hem 27

it was worn by a sailor serving with the Navy in China

MACV SOG 1970 Seiko 7005-8030 Watch 5mm without crownA another super cool, rare and very unusual military time piece. Between 1967 and 1970 Ben Baker of the CISO (Counter Insurgency Support Office) ordered three different calibres of field watch directly from Seiko for issue to MACV SOG members. This is a rare example of the third of these calibres, the 7005 8030. This would have been made in Japan around 1970 and issued for field use in Vietnam. These are easily distinguished from regular seiko with