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 49, cal 49, 24H dial
Today , day 49 and another cal 49 from my collection.
For a collector, this one falls in the category " If you find one, buy it".
The post is also a nod to a very fine forum member that used to post here a
lot about a 24hour dial watch that IWC should make, our friend Isobars.
Indeed , today I show you my cal 49 , silver case, with a 24 hour dial.
Not the extra notification of 13 - 24 H, but really a watch were the hour hand
takes 24 hours to make a turn around the dial.
There was a very comprehensive post about these watches you can read
here .
I believe these watches were only produced by IWC during a very short period (
2 years ) and in very small batches.
These don't often come on the market, so " if you find one, buy it ".
I know that from the very few made, some forum members here have one in their
collection.
Mine was delivered to Pugni in Milan on 14/12/1893
This c 65 from
