When we last reported on Timor back in early 2022, it was to bring you news of the introduction of the Heritage Field, a recreation of the original field watch they made along with eleven other brands for the British military in the 1940s. Vintage examples of the ?Dirty Dozen? watches have become highly collectible, particularly the watches made by firms that are not household names, unless your household is full of watch collectors, in which case it?s quite possible you need from all of this. But if you?re not at watch content capacity, and have an interest in Timor?s newest release, the latest variant of their Heritage Field is certainly worth a look. 

The Heritage Field ATP gets its name from the British War Office invention of the ?Army Trade Pattern.? The ATP is essentially a precursor to the ?Wrist, Watch, Waterproof? (or W.W.W.) standard, with watches with an ATP designation first issued in 1939. The W.W.W. watches began appearing about six years later, but ATP wasn?t fully phased out until 1957. ATP might be a lesser known standard than the W.W.W., largely because of the latter?s association with the Dirty Dozen and the collecting community that has sprung up around it, there?s a real historical importance to the ATP standard as it represented an early attempt by the military to modernize the watches that were issued to soldiers, pilots, and other service members from the pocket watches and early ?trench watches? that were common at the time. 
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