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Written by Billy Schorr
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The Tornek-Rayville TR-900
The watch was made under U.S. Military Specification - Mil-W-22176(SHIPS)
/ WATCH, WRIST, SUBMERSIBLE (400-FOOT), NON-MAGNETIC. Mr. Tornek worked with
the Blancpain Firm and based his design on the Fifty Fathoms which was already
in production. The watch uses the AS1361 movements which were also used in
the Fifty Fathoms of those years and the luminous material used is Promethium
147 (half life 2.5 years), not to be confused with PM-145 (17.7 year half
life).
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