Some 19 days ago, or there abouts and on the 59th day of the closure of the
Museum in Schaffhausen, Tonny posted Seeland pocketwatch, and I complimented
his post by posting one of the Seeland from my collection too - and where I
showed how one could compare the dates of each individual watch by looking up
the hallmark year date stamp.
[That post can be found here](/t/virtual-pocket-watch-
museum-day-59-seeland-case-253/31887/post/280393/)
So, rather than showing you another Seeland calibre I will pickup today on
Tonnys post and in particular this hallmark stamp from his handsome pocket-
watch as well as a snall continuation of yesterdays post where Adrian has
pointed out that whilst Tonny's watch was a C.52 that as I thought, mine was
an earlier C.49.
The Watch
Every now and again, as Collectors we come accross pocket watches, and think
that we should add the particulate watch to our collection - even if we
already have a pocket watch bearing that Calibre already. It could be, that
the example you found is nicer than the one you already have, or in the case
of some very rare Calibre timepieces, simply know that you cannot let the
particular watch go , given it's rarity. And so it happens that you end up
with multiple Seeland calibre watches or C.52's and in this case, dare I say
C.49's?
Now when I saw this watch in Budapest, it imeadiatley appealed to me. However,
I had not quiet seen one like this before and asked the seller if the watch
was genuine. His answer ; Guaranteed Genuine !
And when I asked him how he could be so sure he sent this picture.
How could I argue with that?
The photo I sharer here is that of the seller and as you can see, the watch
itself simply oozes the very best of what Schaffhausen had to offer in 1890.
She sports her Schafhausen Bok (the Schaffhausen Ram which is the symbol of
Schaffhusen) proudly as you see here below.
The Schaffhusen Bok was used on the IWC movement up sporadically up until
someone in IWC came up with the idea to migrate rather to their own Probus
Scafusia stamp of quality, and as not to compete further with the towns
emblem.
Either way, the good folk of Schaffhausen are proud of their Bok, and it could
and can be found on such diverse things as watches to swords.
In fact if you happen to visit Schaffhuasen, and the Munot - the fort that
guards Schaffhausen from up high...
You will find the Schaffhausen Bok also displayed proudly on their cannons.
But... I digress, carried away by the lore of Schaffhausen.
The inner case back is also of 14K gold, and is engraved with serial number
and International Watch Co.
And the movement itself may just bring tears to our esteamed moderators eyes.
(serial number removed to protect the innocent)
But wait a minute....what gives here?
Compare the movement here from this watch (below on the left) with the
movement that I posted yesterday, and where Adrian had corrected my labelling
it a Cal. 52 to show it was a Cal. 49 (below on the right).
Want to play Spot the difference again?
Red indicates a single main plate screw situated higher up on the left and
closer to the smaller ratchet wheel - where on the C.49 on the right it is in
the middle between the two ratchet wheels.
Blue indicates a thicker edge to the main bridge plate around the balance
wheel
Green indicates the rachet spring lying in an indentation around a jewel
setting above the actual ratchet - where, on the C.49 it sits around the
rachet itself.
So, if it's not a Calibre 49, and it's not a Cal.52 - what is it exactly then?
Oh Dear how am I ever going to survice this without the input of the wise
men!!!
Without