Today I received a parcel with a new piece for the colletion.
I bought it at an auction in Holland last week. And now I am very happy to have a cal 47 in my collection. Cal 47, Elgin III.
It was sold to a Dutch dealer in 1888.
There are some great posts in the archives about the cal 47/48
Here they are post 1 and post 2
And here are the pics of mine, case number is 1082 in 14K gold, most probably not by IWC.
A very rare and beautiful piece for you collection! Congratulation!
A very beautiful Pocket Watch addition Tonny. Well done and enjoy :o)
A great piece of IWC history, Tonny!
Well done!
Regards
JK
Beautiful piece Tonny.
I guess Mr. Elias from Amsterdam imported it in 1888, as you found it in Holland.
Mr. Elias was probably in those days the only wholesaler for IWC watches.
Kind regards,
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc).
Brilliant Tonny - congrats on a great historic find!
Great find, congrats and enjoy.
Cheers Chris
Beautiful pw Tonny, your Xmas tree will keep growing this way ;-)
Regards, Bob