Watches, is that all?
If a watch is the only thing you can’t get then listen to this. After WW 2 the US Coast Guard took possession of a US Navy Air Station in Traverse City, Michigan. There were brand new PBYs on the tarmac and the tech stores were chock full of all the technical kit issued to pilots and flight crew. The CG personnel were salivating since their gear was mainly hand-me-downs from the Navy. Instead or turning all of this material over to the Coast Guard the Navy chopped the tails off of the aircraft and they dug a deep hole in the ground and placed brand new summer and winter flying gear along with different types of sunglasses and parachutes in the hole and covered them with 115/145 octane fuel and set it alight. I came aboard the Air Station late in 1949 and the technical stores had yet to be replenished. I flew down to Cleveland and purchased what I needed at an Army-Navy store.