I have always love vintage world time diver watch in very good condition. What is interesting about the watch is that Hong Kong & Singapore are on a different time zones.
As part of the Straits Settlements, Singapore
originally adopted the Malayan time, which was GMT+07:30 in 1941. Following the
Japanese occupation, Singapore (known as Syonan-to during this time) adopted
the Tokyo Standard Time of GMT+09:00 on 15 February 1942. At the end of World
War II and the return of the Straits Settlements to the British, Singapore
reverted to its pre-war time zone.
In 1981, Malaysia decided to standardise the time across its territories to a uniform UTC+08:00. Singapore elected to follow suit, citing business and travel schedules. The change took effect on 1 January 1982, when Singapore moved half an hour forward, on 31 December 1981 at 11:30 pm, creating "Singapore Standard Time" (SST). SST is 8 hours ahead of UTC and is synchronised with Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei and Perth.
As such, this watch is Pre 1982 and most probably is from the 1960-70s. I remembered the change in time as I was still in school then and it was an exciting time...
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