Tuesdays Tour of the Archive

This week:

A Russian market Pallweber?

https://www.iwc.com/member/forum/search_all.asp?table=archives&name=mf&subject=russian&archived=yes&id=4094

Some threads from Michaels post:

Chinese Versions by moeb (image one above)

Pallwebers for the Chinese markets existed indeed, and picts can be found in

• Tölke-King 108
• Watch 4/93 p. 9,
• Meis (p.58 with a lesson in chinese numerals)
• and earlier catalogues.

If my informaton is correct there must have been at least two series.

The one in Tölke-King (and Watch) with case no 27306 was sold to a Weill & Harburg in London 1886 (as part of a serie of 10),

One year later the one depicted in the catalogue of 1972 (probably the same as in Meis) with case no. 31385 was delivered to Borel in Bevaix. The scan shows part of page 20 of the 1972 catalogue, admittely a poor pict, but a nice story (albeit in German).

Marco

PALLWEBER JUMP HOUR WACH Posted by earlyiwc (image two above)

Here is an other "Pallweber" from the collection mentioned by Michael. However, it`s not manufactured by IWC but by its licensee Cortebert.

Friedrich Wagener

...and I love the faces Posted by earlyiwc (image three above)

Here is an other Pallweber/Cortebert destinated for the Indian market.

Friedrich Wagener

Another one for you...Posted by MF

https://www.iwc.com/member/forum/search_all.asp?table=archives&before=30%2F11%2F2001&after=22%2F10%2F2001&archived=yes&id=4131

There were also Spanish Pallwebers

A Spanish Pallweber

https://www.iwc.com/member/forum/search_all.asp?table=archives&subject=pallweber&archived=yes&id=7128

As Michael indicates there were others also

Dutch Pallweber

https://www.iwc.com/member/forum/search_all.asp?table=archives&subject=pallweber&archived=yes&id=7204

Cheers from the cellar

PS Sometimes images are no longer in the archives, but as is the case above, I sometimes have them on my hard drive.

moeb''''s post

earlyiwc''''s post - Chinese Cortebert

earlyiwc''''s post - Indian Cortebert

Thank you. (nt)

Thanks, cellar...

Great photos of some interesting variations.

Best regards,
Jim

Thank - great tour. No picture though of the Dutch

Version. Wonder if it had "orange" color in the artwork? :~)

What we need is a new Pallweber wrist...

watch with nice Arabic numerals. Now that would be sublime. Thanks cellar for the tour.

Agreed Alan but

at a fair price too, thank you cellar.

Argiris

Thanks, very interesting

I think IWC could do it reasonably and well. nt

Let's hope :) (nt)

The dial version for North America.

Dare I disagree with you on PWs?

I feek reckless today. ,-))
Please check Tolken King page 120 fig 17a.

I did in fact misunderstand you.

I regret that. My posting may have come out more assertive than I intended.
I agree that Pallwebers with the IWC logo on the dial are generally more desireable and collectible. I liked this one because it has a flawless dial without cracks and because it was destined to the US.
Is it true that the Pallwebers destined to the US market do not have the IWC logo on the dial?

Great Tour cellar!

Cheers from Isobars.

Totally agree, and with digits counting 0-23 h >

None of this sissy 12 h stuff. Also a signed dial in cursive as MF indicates.

If fact, the basis for such a watch already exists with the Ref. 3761.
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Cheers from Isobars.

Thanks, cellar!!......nt.