1937 Oyster Date

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I surely appreciate the input from all these members and thank you much, it is highly welcomed. I will visit the local RSC in SF soon, I am curious to say the least! I highly regard your input but am still puzzled.....
Granddad was never a rich man and was frugal to say the least, he owned 2 cars in his lifetime (90 yrs) a Bonneville that had 22,000 mi and a 70's Cutlass with less than 10,000 mi when he passed in 2001. He would have never purchased such a watch nor had the means (to my knowledge) but there could be one more explanation if in fact this is a 50's circa watch....He was truly an electronic genius, his service with the AAF ended in early 1945 where he returned to his civilian job, during the construction of the atomic bomb at site Y (Los Alamos) there were issues with the "trigger circuit" and after many weeks of trying to figure it out, they could not get it to work. An acquaintance of my Grandfather who was with the project approached my Grandfather with an invitation to examine the issue with them, Granddad helped solve the issue and redesigned the trigger within a 24 hour period of examining it. He was encouraged to stay with the project but only hung-out for four more days and returned to his civilian job. This was all top-secret at the time and there is absolutely no documentation, just the incident told to me by both Granddad and my father who also worked for DOD. So... this watch could have been his only recognition for that service.