VE6AB Technical
Military Spec Time
This Marathon Military Navigator Quartz watch that I've owned for more than 10 years is one of my favorite watches. It is a highly accurate watch built to strict military specifications made to withstand the many challenges that are faced in a everyday environment.
The watch is made in La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland to guarantee the highest level of quality and accuracy in manufacturing. Powered by a Swiss made, high torque, quartz movement, the Military Navigator Quartz guarantees you a high degree of accuracy in timekeeping. The ETA FØ6 movement is accurate to -0.3/+0.5 seconds per day and also includes an End of Life (EOL) indicator that will advance the seconds hand once every 4 seconds to inform you that a battery change is needed.
The watch uses self contained Tritium gas tubes to ensure constant visibility in low light situations; therefore, a gas tube is placed on each hour marker, hand, and at the 12 hour marker in the bezel. Tritium tubes are self illuminating gas tubes which contain an isotope of hydrogen, meaning they will not dull down in brightness like normal photo-luminescent (glow in the dark) paint which requires an external light source to create a glow.
I have found it to be the perfect watch for my ham radio related endeavors
