It's all about marketing... In France all the special forces uses Casio G-Shock.

The official watch (given to the soldiers) is the Casio G-Shock DW-9000.

 

I had no idea military branches specified a particular watch, much less a G-Shock! Too funny.

 

As far as I know, the US Navy has no “requirements” or standards in regards to particular model of watch for use by the seals. They term Navy Seals watch is essentially a marketing slogan to signify a low visibility, blacked out watch to coincide with midnight raids and stealth.

I could be wrong, as said above some countries do have customized versions of watches for special forces usage.

 

I could be wrong, as said above some countries do have customized versions of watches for special forces usage.

All I can (legally) say is yes. I can also say that the amount of technology inside this thing is amazing. And that it starts life out as this:

And I know that U.S. Marines are given a limited edition Citizen in some cases. As I was told by the guy wearing it, "This watch cant be bought, It must be earned".

 

According to this article (Understanding A Classic: The Luminox Navy SEAL Dive Watch - Watches Worth Knowing About - HODINKEE)
it is Luminox, but as a rule SF and Special Ops units dont really have "standard issue" equiptment, meaning they are free to customize and buy what they want even if it isnt standard issue. For example all my friends in SF ditched the 9mm for a 45 glock or 1911. They customize their guns and other kit so I would be surprised if everyone wore one watch. That being said I'm sure they all use the same dive watch, etc.

 

 

Stupid and useless... This topic is about watches right?

 

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

 

That Suunto watch is pretty badass.

 

Brother and several in his command wear the Suunto.

 

I'm a former Marine and I've never heard of anyone being issued a watch. Just my experience though.

 

I'm pretty sure it's up to the sailor, airman, marine or soldier on what watch to wear. There may be parameters like has to be not flashy or over a certain cost. Nothing that has a disco ball on it I'm sure.

 

I'm active military and I wear a Suunto, G-Shock watches are also popular. I have never seen anyone I know wear a Luminox in uniform

 

USAF stocks/issues authorized National Stock Number (NSN) watches thru Individual Equipment (IE). In the 90s I was issued a Timex, buddies managed to finagle Marathons if I remember correctly.



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I have a Luminox which has a Seal logo on the case back. I believe they have a licensing agreement with the Navy to use the logo for marketing, but that's the extent of it. AFAIK, all SF types are allowed to wear whatever they want. I believe I remember reading in Chris Kyle's book that we wore a G-Shock during his deployments.

 

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.

 

Damn, and here I was thinking every Navy SEAL wore a JLC Master Compressor Diving Automatic "Navy SEALs"... :whome:

 

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.

 

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."

 

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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