This recreation came about after a US veterans association approached us in January 2009, requesting the production of a watch identical in appearance to the original GG-W-113 models from the Vietnam War. After successfully creating that watch, they asked us to recreate an even earlier model from WWII. These original watches are now incredibly rare and difficult to find in good condition, largely because most were made from 1943 onwards using lower-quality metals due to resource shortages during the war.