Important Collectors' Wristwatches, P...

New York, Jun 10, 2010

LOT 11

Herst ? World War II German Air Force ? (Luftwaffe) Herst, eb, On Board Clock ? Timer (Borduhr), Instrument (Geraet) No. 127-553 A, Movement (Werk) No. 665789, Request (Anforder) No. F 123885. Used in planes such as the Ju 87 Stuka, Focke-Wulf and others. Made circa 1939. Fine and very rare, instrument clock with count-down lever chronograph and register. Accompanied by a custom-made display stand, eight 8?x10? Luftwaffe photos and a copy of a 1943 postage stamp depicting Stuka airplanes. To be sold without reserve

C. Three body, black aluminum, case back with bayonet-lock, reeded graduated bidirectional black bezel, winding crown and chronograph activation lever at 6, hand-setting lever at 5. D. Black with luminous Arabic numerals and baton indexes, subsidiary dial for the 15-minute register. M. Cal. J 30 BZ1, rhodium-plated, 10 jewels, monometallic balance, flat balance spring. Case signed, movement numbered. Dim. 59 x 74 mm. Thickness 32 mm.