Tornek-Rayville

TR Type 7B "Blakjak"

The Type 7B "Blakjak" is our evolution of the military watch specification MIL-W-46374F Type 6, aka the SANDY 660. An updated and improved version informed by our chief designer's two decades of experience modifying, designing and manufacturing tool watches.

"One of the coolest details of the 7B is the dial construction. At a glance, you’ll see that the printing and design of the dial are largely the standard mil-spec style. A familiar typeface for the numbers, a few symbols that refer to the specs, and both a 12- and 24-hour scale for quick and easy telling of military time."

"...the new Tornek-Rayville Type 7B “BlakJak” could best be described as the next generation of this mil-spec watch concept. It represents what this design might have ultimately become, had it been allowed to mature and evolve into the 2000s."

"The story around the design is authentic and captivating in its own right, and the goal of preserving a lesser known part of Military history is honorable."

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Tornek-Rayville Type 7B ‘Blakjak’

OUR HISTORY

THE BEGINNING...

Seven years after the first advisors arrived in Vietnam and 4 years before combat units landed the U.S. military put out the call for its first combat dive watch. The unknown Tornek-Rayville beat out all the major U.S. watch companies, including very well connected competitors, to win the privilege of supplying the U.S. special forces units their first purpose built combat dive watch.

THE FIRST BUT NOT THE LAST...

The first TR-900s were delivered in 1963 and served with special forces units including, among others, Marine Force Recon, MACV-SOG and the Navy SEALs, during the Vietnam War. The TR-900 is our legacy. Tornek-Rayville didn't end with Vietnam, we have only just begun. Welcome to the future of Tornek-Rayville.