Spezialuhr für flieger aka Special watch for pilots - a couple of questions.

Does anyone have an image of the lid between the case back and the movement, called cuvette by some?
And does anyone know the material it is made of?
Thanks in adance.

Hi,

is the IWC B-Uhr like the one posted before the one you refer to?

www.iwc.com/forum/en/discussion/58580/

rgds

Enzo

Hi Enzo,
I am not sure I understand what you mean, but the spezialuhr für flieger dates from 1936 and, althought it may have been used by military pilots, it was a watch made for civlian pilots. It has cal 83 and is anti-magnetic to a certain degree. Does not have a Faraday cage, to te best of my knowledge.
What I am attempting to ascertain is if the lid between the case back and the movement is part of the anti-magnetic protection, or if it is just a lid to protect the movement from dust, in the manner of the pocket watches of the time.
BTW, the IWC B-Uhr also has a lid between the case back and the movement, and I also do not know if is part of the anti-magnetic protection, or if it is just a dust protection. In the case of the B-Uhr I will soon find out. :-)

Hello Clepsydra,
I do not have pics of 'The Special Watch for Pilots' cuvette but if it helps here are some pics of my WW2 Big Pilot watch showing the cuvette detail which may well be similar. On the Big Pilot the cuvette material is stainless steel. If you contact the IWC Museum Curator David Seyffer he may be able to help further.
Regards,
Andy

Here is my original post with some more pics
Intro

Since when is a Spezial Uhr für Flieger a B-Uhr?
That would be new to me...
Spezial Uhr für Flieger;


Found here;
Spezialuhr für flieger
Jimmy

Many thanks Andy,
With the cuvette in the B-Uhr made of stainless steel, than its function is just to protect the movement from dust, as in the case of pocket watches, and not part of the antimagnetic protection.
I agree that it is fair to extrapolate that the cuvette in the spezialuhr für flieger be also made of stainless steel, as both watches were conceived at the same factory, probably by the same people, within the span of four years.