As some of you know, I am collecting pocketwatches, IWC only.
Far from saying that my collection is a museum collection but I am proud to
have found some nice and rare pieces over time.
Some of the pocketwatches are common, easy to find on the market, sometimes in
better condition than mine, but some I have are gems.
So in these crazy times, as the museum in Schaffhausen is closed, why not open
one here on the forum.
As long as the museum is closed, I will post here daily a pocketwatch from my
collection.
I hope I don't run out of pieces before the virus is beaten. Fingers crossed
for all of us.
I will post them in a random order, with some comments, feel free to join.
Keep safe all.
DAY 3 :
Today I post one of my cal 95's, in a 18K gold case.
More about the caliber 95 can be found in the forum, I found a post by MF with
the following info :
"To my offhand knowledge, this by a fraction was the thinnest IWC pocket watch
movement made. Introduced in 1927 production was on and off through 1962. In
1967 the movement was succeeded by the cal. 952, which was the same movement
with shock resistance and made through 1973. In addition, the movement served
as a base for some other complications, such as the Portuguese repeater.
A total of 15,000 Cal. 95 and 952's were made, in varying finishes. The
statistics are:
movement diameter : 37,80 mm or 16¾ Paris Lignes
movement height : 3,20 mm
number of functional jewels : 17 artificial jewels
number of jewel-settings : 0
oscillating frequency : 2.50 Hertz
halfbeats per hour : 18,000
balance type : bimetallic, screws
balance-spring- type : Breguet balance-spring
adjustment system : classic adjustment"
Mine here is from 1930 and with a beautiful art deco style case. The gold
colored dial isn't in the best shape with some marks of patina on it, but
really that case, a piece of art.
Further with
And this
Voila,