In reply to Cool find Bob -I think it's a by Geoff Baker
Thanks Geoff, I'm a strong believer in the preservation of history so it seemed the logical thing to do to attempt to keep the surprisingly detailed story I unearthed with the watch for future generations of collectors.
I found the name War Hawk a bit curious as well. Japan surrendered on Aug. 14, 1945 - WWII officially ended Sept. 2, 1945 when McArthur accepted; watch is a 1946. My thought is that this model was designed, named and in production with at least one ad printed prior to the war's end under the assumption the war would continue into 1946.
Perhaps the war ended and so did marketing of the watch as the War Hawk. Sooner or later I suspect an ad post 1946 will surface with this model marketed under a different name. Maybe it was discontinued all together, and the Newspaper got a heck of a deal buying out the jeweler stock of a model name thought to be a hard sell in peace time. It's kind of an odd name watch to present to members of a college basketball team.
Lisa has an example with a movement dated 1949 and case s/n starting with a "1" (and no date stamp), which ads to the mystery.
Just my random thoughts....