The original issue Marathon Steel Navigator was almost exclusively sold through military contracts and never reached the retail market. This change would act as the gateway to Marathon’s current Pilot’s Navigator lineup, including the composite 41mm Pilot’s Navigator used in 1991 during Operation Desert Storm. In the 1990s, the new mil-s tandard MIL- STD -46374F introduced the option of a composite case for the Navigator design. Models featuring this marking are rare, making them a true collectible. T he brand’s then-President Leon Wein decided that wearers still deserved to know that their trusted timepiece was designed with precision, as Marathon says: “Right here in the North.” The choice was made to include the word “ADANAC” on the dial of each watch - CANADA spelled backward. When Marath on began fulfilling government contracts for the Steel Navigator in the late 1980s, a select few of these contracts included rigid restrictions that prevent ed the team from displaying any branding elements on the timepiece.
The mil-spec ADANAC version already carried the iconic case and dial design of the Marathon Navigator.
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