Quote Originally Posted by billmcc
Black Watch is a military tartan, but it is also a tartan worn by three different clans. Some referred to it as the Government Sett and consider it a universal tartan.
It still is the Government Sett, especially now that all battalions of the new Royal Regiment of Scotland are wearing it.

Ironically, the term "universal" did not originally mean that anyone could wear it, only that it was the universal sett for the Scottish Regiments.

Cheers,

Todd