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Auktion 13. März 2024 - Basel Watch Auction
Notes:
A similar example is exhibited at the IWC Museum in Schaffhausen. The Big Pilot’s Watch was supplied to German Air Forces in 1940 in a limited number of 1000 pieces. Movements were made between 1’033’201 and 1’034’200 and supplied directly to Siegfried Heindorf in Berlin as a military tool for the Luftwaffe.
A similar example is exhibited at the IWC Museum in Schaffhausen. The Big Pilot’s Watch was supplied to German Air Forces in 1940 in a limited number of 1000 pieces. Movements were made between 1’033’201 and 1’034’200 and supplied directly to Siegfried Heindorf in Berlin as a military tool for the Luftwaffe.
Online-Katalog Auktion 13. März 2024 - Basel Watch Auction Los 213
IWC
“Big Pilot’s Watch”
Made for “German Air Forces”,
No. 1014132, circa 1940
A stainless-steel oversized pilot
wristwatch with indirect sweep centre
seconds, made for the German Air Forces
Case: oversized circular case, snap on
case back, antimagnetic, engraved number
on the outside case, signed
Dial: black matte dial, luminous Arabic
and baton numerals, luminous indirect
sweep centre seconds, signed
Movement: mechanical manual winding
jewelled movement, pocket watch calibre
52 T 19’’’ H6 S.C., signed
Clasp/Buckle: buckle on a leather strap
Dimensions: 55 mm
*CHF 8'000 – 12'000
Verkauft für*CHF 11'869
Notes:
A similar example is exhibited at the IWC Museum in Schaffhausen. The Big Pilot’s Watch was supplied to German Air Forces in 1940 in a limited number of 1000 pieces. Movements were made between 1’033’201 and 1’034’200 and supplied directly to Siegfried Heindorf in Berlin as a military tool for the Luftwaffe.
A similar example is exhibited at the IWC Museum in Schaffhausen. The Big Pilot’s Watch was supplied to German Air Forces in 1940 in a limited number of 1000 pieces. Movements were made between 1’033’201 and 1’034’200 and supplied directly to Siegfried Heindorf in Berlin as a military tool for the Luftwaffe.