Thread: Which one is the real Navy Seal watch?

Originally Posted by Citizenfox

I've trained SEALs on base, including team 6. The only thing they are issued close to a watch is the big Garmin wrist GPS unit. They wear Sunnto, G-shock and Timex Ironmen.

Agreed, I wear my Sunnto on my left arm and wear my Garmin 301 Foretrex on my right arm.

It's all marketing. I say this as a Luminox dealer. =) I will tell you personally we sell a lot of them to people in the military but most wear something like a G Shock. =) In the 1960's older team members told me Seiko dive watches were very popular in the teams but had to be self purchased meaning they were not issued.

That Suunto watch is pretty badass.

Originally Posted by blackdiamondv

You'll usually see them wearing watches like this



in the video below you can see the guy talking is not wearing a luminox, there are other video clips but I can't remember where else I saw them

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Navy Seals in Afghanistan - YouTube

Australian SASR are issued a G-shock but I wear a Suunto.

I'm not in the military, but common sense would suggest that if the SEAL is being supplied a timepiece by the Navy, it will be the least expensive tool to get job done. If that happened to be a JLC, then sure, why not (not sure what the circumstances would be, though)? Although a G-Shock makes a lot more sense no matter how you slice it. Any kind of repair or maintenance to a JLC would cost more than a half-dozen G-Shocks.

And if the soldiers/sailors/etc are allowed to buy their own equipment, how many could afford (on a military salary) a multi-thousand dollar watch to be deliberately brought into a situation where it could be destroyed?

It's whichever watch the SEAL is wearing at the time. Not a SEAL and would never claim to be but spent a few months @ Coronado and NEVER saw astandard watch whilee there.. I saw Casios,..Timexes etc,.. as you tend to wear decent albeit Inexpensive watches, especially when you are going to break them. Definitely all waterproof though! .

Seals used to be given Submariners, I think Commander Marcinko said they used to get them. Kinda like how they used to get PPKs for carry off-the-clock, dunno if it's still SOP.

I think i said in a post long ago that i saw some team members while I was working, but I was mistaken. That came up in a conversation the other day, and it turns out I was mistaken. Other than acquaintances, haven't seen them "working."

Originally Posted by AstonMartin

That Suunto watch is pretty badass.

I own that Suunto core all black and everytime I wear, I feel the need to act like a ninja

It's badass

Originally Posted by GrossmanSheepdog

Seals used to be given Submariners, I think Commander Marcinko said they used to get them.

Come on now, we all know how 'The Rouge Warrior' likes to embellish...


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