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 91, cal 49, 1889
Today's watch is a beaten up pocketwatch is a simple silver case, a dial
without the brand name on it, so why should I show it in this virtual museum ?
Far nicer pocketwatches were shown here during the last 90 days, so why this
cal 49 ?
Well, because it is one of the first old pocketwatches I bought, the reason
why I wanted to buy it was the very low serial number, 28654.
Since then I know a lot lower ones entered the collection, but then I
considered this one as a true find. I bought it thinking it was an early cal
52.
In fact it is, it is a forerunner of the cal 52, the cal 49. When I found out
that it wasn't a cal 52, that there were small differences, this triggered my
curiousity to learn more about the different calibres IWC made.
So this cal 49 was for me an important one, even the case is in a bad
condition,...
So here it is.
Tomorrow a little field trip, borders in Europe are open again and I have to
see a few people in order to start tomorrow the final week of this virtual
museum.
And as with fireworks, the final should be special, well I left some special
ones to be posted next week so we can end with a real bang ;)
