Available in two sizes: 43 mm or 45 mm - Price from 2,050.00 Euro
The epoch of the old military pocket watch emerged around the turn of the century and reached its peak between the two world wars. After the Second World War, these
pocket watches were hardly ever made. Only the then mass manufacturer Cortebert had produced a few pocket watches in military design after the war, otherwise demand had fallen sharply. The pocket
watch had been almost entirely replaced by the wristwatch, and wristwatches became a bit simpler in design, with smaller numerals. The design of the old military pocket watches, on the other hand,
was characterized by these oversized Arabic numerals, which were lined with luminous material on the inside. A special distinguishing feature of these watches is that the border of the digits is
still clearly visible. Normally, luminous material is applied completely to the printed numbers. In the case of military watches, however, the printed numbers are hollow on the inside and illuminants
are only applied to the inside of the numbers. Therefore, the digits had to be so large, otherwise it would not have been technically feasible. There were even some dials that completely dispensed
with luminous material for cost reasons, or where only some of the digits were covered with Luminova. The "chemin de fer" railway line, which has a rhombus in some places, is also characteristic of
military pocket watches. In addition, all had the seconds field at 6 o'clock. Many military pocket watches look confusingly alike. If you believe the dial manufacturers, the brands did not place such
high value on independence at the time. At that time, the dial manufacturers still designed the dials themselves for the customer, and therefore there were many similarities between the watch brands.
Today everyone attaches importance to an individual design. In the past, however, some watches could only be distinguished by the brand name, otherwise they were almost identical. Military pocket
watches from luxury Swiss brands are still very popular with collectors today. In addition, there were also a large number of relatively unknown manufacturers who no longer exist today.
Specifications:
manufactured watch case
wristwatches in vintage pocket-watch design
43 mm diameter, 10.4 mm height, 50 mm lug to lug or,
45 mm diameter, 14.45 mm height, 52 mm lug to lug
total height incl. domed crystal
watch case in stainless steel (made in Germany)
Swiss Made manual wound movement (based on ETA Unitas 6498-2),
17 Jewels, 21.600 A/h beats per hour, power reserve 60 hours,
Fine adjusted in 5 positions
Precision -2/+8 sec/day, after casing
Properly refined according to highest watchmaking standards
heat blued steel hands
galvano-black dial
C3 luminous dial and hands
40 mm and 43 mm models comes with domed and anti-reflected sapphire glass on front
45 mm model comes with very high domed special plexi crystal (new design)
Sapphire display case back
Stainless steel buckle
Watch straps made of genuine buffalo leather or Russian leather
Shipped in an attractive travel Leather case
anti-shock proof (DIN standard 8308)
antimagnetic 4,800 A (DIN standard 8309)
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Delivery time within 4 weeks
Price (NET excluded
VAT):
Old Military Basic with Cordovan Leather strap * 2,050.00
Euro
*Upgrade Top Grade Movement + 800.00
Euro
Extras: (Please click on the text for more informations):
genuine alligator skin strap + 75.00 Euro
Change to straight crown * free of
charge
Folding clasp + 75.00 Euro
43 mm rose gold plated watch case (very robust PVD plating) + 200.00 Euro
Large presentation-wooden box + 300.00 Euro