British ATP Service Watch

A.T.P. stands for ‘Army Trade Pattern,’ the set of design rules created for watches destined for Her Majesty’s armed forces. The ‘pattern’ was this; a watch case from 30 to about 34mm. A white or silver dial with black numbers for legibility. A small second or ‘running seconds’ on the dial to aid in more precise timing coordination.

These stunning British ATP Service Watches are replicas of the precursor to the highly sought Dirty Dozen watch. They have a sleek silver face marked with A.T.P. along with a serial number, and the same is stamped on the back.  Around 130,000 of these watches were produced for use during the war making them one of the more common service timepieces, but that doesn't detract from their utilitarian beauty.