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 41, cal 73, the Phoenix
I have already mentioned with my cal 52's that there are reasons to have more
than one pocketwatch of the same calibre.
I have a soft spot for the fingerbridge movement cal 73, not only for its
beauty, but also the fact that many of the calibre 73 watches came in
fantastic gold cases, art deco decorations, truly pieces of art.
And today I have such a piece of art to show, when I saw my cal 73 Phoenix (
as I call it ) I was smitten by its beauty.
As you see the back, you will lnow why I call it the Phoenix in my collection.
That watch was coming into my collection,at any price ( so to speak ) and I
was lucky there was not another crazy collector thinking the same.
Look at the craftmanship that went into decorating the case, one false move
and the picture would have been destroyed.
The watch is from 1924, has a 14K gold case, the golden dial has beautiful
blue hands. The watch is in near new condition, almost 100 years old...
An attempt to capture the blue hands, not easy to show the real beauty
