7,590 CHF
International Watch Co. , Schaffhausen, No. 1014696, Ref. FL 23883. Produced in approximately300 examples in the 1940's.Rare and large center-seconds, stainless steel, observation aviator's military stop-wristwatch. Accompanied by Extracts from the archives. three-body, polished, steel cuvette. black laminated brass, outer indexes for the 60 minutes, concentric, Arabic numerals for the 12 hours. "Lozenge" radium-coated hands . Notes This type of watch was conceived for the German Ground Forces, for the Navy and for the Air Force. With the dimensions of a pocket-watch, it can be worn on the wrist. It is an observation watch with center seconds allowing the exact adjustment of time with a stop-system by "tirage" connected to the winding-crown.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2001-10-13
