Difference between revisions of "Glycine Combat"
From Chronopedia
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
==Glycine Combat== | ==Glycine Combat== | ||
| + | [[File:Glycine combat.jpg|thumb]] | ||
The history of the Glycine Combat is shrouded in mystery. It was made circa 1967 in relatively small numbers, possibly as an exercise by Glycine to secure a US Army military contract. Numbers produced may be anywhere as low as a hundred and up to a few thousand but there are no records to confirm or deny this. There is a marked similarity with it and the Altus Glycine seen a few years later as an official US armed forces issue. | The history of the Glycine Combat is shrouded in mystery. It was made circa 1967 in relatively small numbers, possibly as an exercise by Glycine to secure a US Army military contract. Numbers produced may be anywhere as low as a hundred and up to a few thousand but there are no records to confirm or deny this. There is a marked similarity with it and the Altus Glycine seen a few years later as an official US armed forces issue. | ||
| Line 13: | Line 14: | ||
* Hatched crown | * Hatched crown | ||
* 34mm x 42mm matte stainless steel Compressor case | * 34mm x 42mm matte stainless steel Compressor case | ||
| + | [[File:Glycine combat2.jpg|thumb]] | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
Revision as of 02:41, 5 May 2020
Glycine Combat
The history of the Glycine Combat is shrouded in mystery. It was made circa 1967 in relatively small numbers, possibly as an exercise by Glycine to secure a US Army military contract. Numbers produced may be anywhere as low as a hundred and up to a few thousand but there are no records to confirm or deny this. There is a marked similarity with it and the Altus Glycine seen a few years later as an official US armed forces issue.
An individual example has been seen with Bailey Banks & Biddle on the dial - a retailer of jewelry formed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1832, and often called America's oldest jewelry store.
Features
- Ref: 675
- Movement: Glycine-signed ETA 17 Jewel Cal. 2472 automatic movement
- Hacking feature by wire at 12
- Triple-signed on dial, case, and movement
- 24 hr dial, tritium hands and numerals
- Hatched crown
- 34mm x 42mm matte stainless steel Compressor case
