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 93, cal 33
As said, the last week will be oldies and some very rare ones.
As seen in previous posts, I was fortunate to have collected some rare cal
32's.
These are Lepine models, open face.
The cal 33 is the Savonnete ( Hunter ) model is the cal 32, with some
differences.
I found on the forum info by the late Friedrich Wagener that the production
numbers of the cal 33 were only around 200 pieces, and around 15 were seen
still excisting.
So happy and proud to present my cal 33, in a nice 18K gold case and in
fantastic condition.
Even in such a low production run, I saw differences in execution, the click
on the rachet wheel that prevents that the winding spring unwinds, is
different on some cal 33's. You can see a different one
here
in an older post.
The serial number is hidden uder the dial, maybe I will take it one day to
Schaffhausen to have a look.
Firstly the
