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 46, cal 52, 4th regiment
I have some other early c52 in my collection, so why going after this one ?
Well, the case is special, a special addition was made to the case, the emblem
of the 4th regiment cavalry in the Italian army dated 1898.
The typical helmet is executed in silver and gold.
When you see an old IWC pocketwatch with Roman numerals, most probably it is
from before the 20th century. In the changing of the century, you can notice
more and more the 24H numerals added to the dial. Here you see the first 12
hours in Roman, the hours to 24 in modern script.
And speaking of script, I love the brand name on the dial.
On the inside of the silver cover, there is a stamp with International Watch
C° that You don't see often.
There are no further markings, except for the initials A B, I would love to
say that it was an Italian officer named Antonio Bertolucci, a member of the
Italian part of our family, but no, it stays an unknown happy owner of a
great watch.
With the JWC stamp on the
calibre.
A picture of an officer with his helmet
