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 9 :
Today a cal 97 with a nice dial. In a steel case, "acier staybrite" is written
inside of the back cover.
It has also a wonderful perlage finishing.
An esteemed member of the forum SATORU YOSHIDA, wrote about that steel :
STAYBRITE:a kind of the stainless steel
8 % Nickel 74 % Iron 18 % Chromium.
And ideed, the quality of the steel case today is fantastic. The staybrite
steel was not only used in pocketwatches, but can be found in a lot of IWC
wristwatches.
The watch dates from 1939.
The cal 97 has a nice decoration with Geneva stripes.
Mr. Ralph Ehrismann wrote in an earlier post :
"The C97 was built between 1930 and 1964 in totally 16200 pieces, but most of
them were built between 1930 and 1946, only 2400 pieces was built later (600
1955; 600 1961 and 1200 1964)
Later (1967) the movement got an INCA shock protection, 2 jewels on the barrel
and a new name C972 of which till 1973 3600 pieces was built."
Heiko, I think
This is
