Canadian Forces Issued "Marathon H3" Watch
Information is hard to come by for these watches, but we have done our best to compile what we could find.
These 34mm faced watches were built to be incredibly lightweight with their polymer case, as well as to be visible at night with their tritium painted digits and hands. This series is referred to commercially as the “General Issue” though are certainly not general issue to the Canadian Forces. As far as we can tell they were issued to members of the Royal Canadian Signals Corps, medics and tankers. It’s very possible they were issued across the entire Army, but without documentation we don’t want to claim they were. They are very visible in the Gulf War as well as Somalia in the 1990s.
Sadly with time the tritium has faded on these watches, but they absolutely could be refreshed by a 3rd party. These watches have been confirmed to work and come with an extra band.
Information is hard to come by for these watches, but we have done our best to compile what we could find.
These 34mm faced watches were built to be incredibly lightweight with their polymer case, as well as to be visible at night with their tritium painted digits and hands. This series is referred to commercially as the “General Issue” though are certainly not general issue to the Canadian Forces. As far as we can tell they were issued to members of the Royal Canadian Signals Corps, medics and tankers. It’s very possible they were issued across the entire Army, but without documentation we don’t want to claim they were. They are very visible in the Gulf War as well as Somalia in the 1990s.
Sadly with time the tritium has faded on these watches, but they absolutely could be refreshed by a 3rd party. These watches have been confirmed to work and come with an extra band.
Information is hard to come by for these watches, but we have done our best to compile what we could find.
These 34mm faced watches were built to be incredibly lightweight with their polymer case, as well as to be visible at night with their tritium painted digits and hands. This series is referred to commercially as the “General Issue” though are certainly not general issue to the Canadian Forces. As far as we can tell they were issued to members of the Royal Canadian Signals Corps, medics and tankers. It’s very possible they were issued across the entire Army, but without documentation we don’t want to claim they were. They are very visible in the Gulf War as well as Somalia in the 1990s.
Sadly with time the tritium has faded on these watches, but they absolutely could be refreshed by a 3rd party. These watches have been confirmed to work and come with an extra band.
