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 67, Pallweber hunter case.
From 1977 yesterday, a jump back in the past to one of the special PW watches,
the Pallweber.
Yesterday I got an email from a fellow forum member, writing that he saw a
nice Pallweber in a shop. I totally understand why he fell in love with the
watch, so to infect him a bit more with the Uhren virus, here for him another
Pallweber.
This one is from 1885, an early one, in a sterling silver case.
On the dial not "International Watch Co" but as we see more with IWC Pallweber
pocketwatches " Patent Automatic Timekeeper".
From a time that Automatic on a watch had a different meaning as what we know
today as an automatic watch.
No big history to tell about this watch, just admiring the simple beauty and
the joy hearing the click every minute it is on my desk. It gives a man peace
and joy as they say.
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