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 82, cal 28, gold
Today the 19th birthday of the forum, so a special and rare watch on display.
The cal 28 is really a rare pocketwatch to find in good condition and complete
with the case.
So I was happy to find it in its original case, in a rare 12K case, but with a
lot of decoration made by hand all around the case.
I have another cal in gold in my collection, shown here earlier on day 20,
where the name International Watch Co was engraved in a special wavy form.
Here on this one, not many numbers separated from the first one, it is done
in a more traditional circular way.
See on the dust cover the IWC stamp with the Schaffhauser ram.
Love the execution with decoration, even under the balance, not to speak of
the blue screws.
As it was apparently fashion these days, here also on the dust cover the words
Half Chronometer.
This one in
