Now rare and sought-after, these dive watches were once soldiers’ basic equipment.

If the Rolex Submariner is the most famous dive watch, then the Rolex Military Submariner, or MilSub, is the most famous military-issued dive watch. What is now a highly sought after piece of watch history — and one of the rarest collector’s watches ever — was once merely Ministry of Defense (MOD) standard issue equipment.

The Brits were one of the early militaries to use divers for offensive purposes during wartime, complementing ongoing recon and defensive missions.
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