336,000 HKD
Die Grosse Fliegeruhr International Watch Co. , movement No. 1014651, case No. 1033991, Ref. 431. Made in 1940 a limited series of 1000 examples for the German Air Force, delivered on November 11th, 1940 to Siegfried Heindorf, Berlin. Very fine and extremely rare, oversized, anti-magnetic, anti-corrosion stainless steel military pilot’s wristwatch with indirect seconds and the original IWC aviator’s leather strap. Accompanied by the IWC Extract from the Archives. Three-body, matte gray, inclined bezel, concave lugs, large winding crown, stainless steel anti-magnetic cap to protect the movement against magnetic fields, snap-on case back, band engraved with “FL 23883”. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, outer minute division. Luminous blued steel lozenge hands. Cal 52SC, gilt brass, straight-line lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued steel Breguet balance spring, index regulator. Case and movement signed. Diam. 55 mm. Thickness 17 mm. Notes Die Grosse Fliegeruhr: This model is one of the watches delivered to the German Air Force, the well-know Luftwaffe, to supply their pilots with an accurate, robust, easy to read wristwatch during the missions. A good example of their first use is the “Battle of England” or operation “Sea-Lion” (August 1940-May 1941). Only movement numbers between 1.013.801 and 1.015.000 and case numbers between 1.033.201 and 1.034.200 are considered as right for the 1940 “Die Grosse Fliegeruhr”. The inside case back is engrave
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2008-06-08
