Powering the watch is a Japan-made Seiko Cal. NH36 automated motion, an improve over the very fundamental Seiko Cal. 6119 automated that powered the unique. The Sixties motion had 17 jewels, beat at 18,000 bph and didn’t hack, whereas the trendy NH36 boasts 24 jewels, a better 21,600 bph beat price and, most significantly, a hacking perform.
The motion has additionally obtained a customized day-date wheel, changing the Japanese/English model of the unique. The times at the moment are solely in English, whereas the dates will be switched between Arabic and Roman numerals. The Roman numerals run in cycles of seven and are meant to trace reconnaissance missions, which might last as long as every week.
The CISO M38 incorporates a closed caseback with the inscription “‘You haven’t lived till you’ve nearly died…’ — MAC V SOG ’64-’72,” which references the start of the SOG motto and is completed within the fashion of Vietnam-era Zippo lighter engravings.
The caseback engraving is completed within the fashion of Zippo lighters from the Vietnam Struggle.Tornek-Rayville
Pricing and availability
Tornek-Rayville didn’t simply work with MACV-SOG veterans in producing the CISO M38. The model has additionally partnered with the Particular Operations Affiliation (SOA), a nonprofit group based within the Nineteen Seventies to assist SOG veterans after the struggle. Its work continues as we speak, and a portion of every CISO M38 offered — a minimum of $105 per watch — might be donated to SOA.
The watch is on the market in two variations, one with a principally sterile dial that merely says “SOA” at 12:00 and “24 Jewels” at 6:00, and one other that provides the MACV-SOG’s notorious cranium patch insignia at 9:00.
