Cabot Watch Company CWC is a producer of Swiss Made timepieces for the British military and consumers worldwide.[1][2]

CWC was founded by Ray Mellor who served in the Merchant Navy during the Battle of the Atlantic in WW2, he had great experience in the watch industry after the war as director of UK subsiduaries of Certina, Zenith and Hamilton where he was Managing director of UK business including Hamilton military contracts, however they chose to close the UK operation and Mellor founded CWC in 1972 to continue supplying the British Ministry of Defence,[3] He named the business after the 15th century explorer as he worked in Bristol before the war and his son went to Bristol university where he decided to call the company Cabot Watch Company after John Cabot an intrepid explorer which he felt was fitting as he was starting a new exploration into uncharted waters.

The company is a supplier to the British military currently supplying Black Divers watches to Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Royal Navy Submarines and other special units.[4]

References

  1. ↑ CWC Silvermans
  2. ↑ History of CWC
  3. ↑ Sinuous Course Navigation & The Zig-Zag Clock 6 September 2022
  4. ↑ Nudds, Rob (12 June 2020). "What Watches Does The British Army Wear?". Fratello Watches - The Magazine Dedicated To Luxury Watches. Retrieved 21 August 2023.


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