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Collection eh... I'll kick this sidebar off if ye like.



Some(:o it's a sickness...) of my mechanical watches, in broadly chronological order from 1912 to 1967. All but two military types.

1914 Hampden(found the correct hands for it*), 1912 Longines(earliest man's example I've seen. Found the correct hands and crown), 1916 Longines, 1916 Half Hunter case with Longines movement sold by Mappins of London, 1934 Zenith Special, 1941 Alpina Kriegsmarine, 1952 Longines "tank" in 14Kt, 1967 Heuer Bund(non issued very early 3 digit serial no).


* Correct hands and relumed.

1934 Zenith Special(centre second version) and a 1967 Heuer Bund. The former was an example of a much used 1930's design of a Pilot's watch, bought privately and by some air forces at the time, the latter was a design by a company called Leonidas that supplied a couple of air forces and then bought out by Heuer. Most notably sold to the German military from the late 60's onwards. My one is unusual as it's a civilian example, not directly available through the trade at the time(and illegal to sell in Germany). They were mostly sold off to the public through SINN in the early 90's by the Germans, but a few remain in specialised service today. Rarity wise the Zenith is the harder to come by, the Heuer the more easy, but sourcing an actual original unmolested example is anything but easy. Both are "big" watches even for today's fashions(42mm for the Zenith, 44mm for the Heuer IIRC). The Zenith would have been enormous compared to everyday 1930's watches.