DOXA Vintage WWII Era Military NAVY Kriegsmarine Large Wristwatch

Antique WWII Era Wrist Watch DOXA. Offered here is a rare WWII period wristwatch Military DOXA Watch. MODEL NAME: WRISTWATCH converted from pocket watch. This gorgeous, mens watch is a very handsome specimen and features NEW ENGRAVED metal dial with Arabic numerals, is in an EXCELLENT condition.

The lugs are in great condition while the winding crown is in very good shape and operates properly. The four-piece, TWO-HINGED original case is in very good condition.

Peeking inside I find there is an inner dust cover lid, a good sign of a quality watch. The inside of the outer and inner case lids is stamped with the serial number #2384486. This beautiful wristwatch has the Original 15 ruby jewels movement in an excellent status which was very well saved, considering age of this watch. Mechanism has been recently serviced to ensure it winds and sets smoothly while keeping great, accurate time. It has been recently cleaned, oiled and tested. The mechanism is also original and is in great condition. 42mm - diameter is dial. 52mm - wide with crown. 56mm - long from lug to lug. Is in perfect working order and in very good cosmetically condition. Comes with high quality leather strap with chrome plated buckle. The watch is running well and keeps correct time.

All mechanisms are serviceable new oiled and adjusted. Very rare and a pride for every collector! ABOUT WATCH: EXCELLENT working, rare, antique and collectible. Getting such thing you do good capital investment. Every year the price for them will increase only!

This thing also can be a good gift or a personal worthy subject for you. Nice addition to your antique Wrist Watch Collection. This beautiful military wristwatch has the original movement in an excellent status which was very well saved, considering age of this watch. DOXA was founded in 1889 in the heart of one of Switzerland's major and most inventive watch making areas, the canton (district) of Neuchatel's Jura Mountains. Today DOXA brings to the industry a perspective forged over a century of often pioneering watch design.

He was one of 13 children of a poor family. At the age of 12, he became an apprentice in a manufacture specialised in casing-up watch movements.

He started his own watch repair business when he was 20. He worked hard to set up his business, walking the 10 kilometers to La Chaux-de Fonds to deliver his products personally, even in the depth of winter. The success of his watches enabled him to live in Chateau des Monts, today home of the world-renowned Le Locle horological museum. From there he made the daily journey to his factory by carriage. When the first horseless carriages appeared, George Ducommun became one of the region's first owners of an automobile. He had a garage built on his property and his own petrol pump... At the beginning of the 30's, the fast evolution of aircraft and automobile industry put pressure on the watch-making industry, it was one of the greatest challenges ever for the watch manufacturers. As an astute industrialist and passionable automobile owner, Georges Ducommun reacted to the evolving car racing market and started to develop instrument-panel clocks for cars (and aircraft).

For those, he used a high-grade 8-day watch movement, which he had patented in 1908. DOXA, Sportscars & Rallye Timers The tight and emotional relationship between the automobile and watch-making industry has a long tradition and dates back to the beginning of the 20th century. It was in the year of 1911, when the first board watch decorated early automobile dashboards. Watch manufacturers put all their effort in the production of precise high-quality time-pieces for automobile dashboards in order to play a part in the evolving car racing industry. DOXA's contribution to time-measurement in the race car history was the integration of its 1908 patented high-grade 8-day watch movement in the legendary instrument-panel board watch, nowadays known under the name DOXA 8-DAYS.

The famous Bugatti Type 35 built from 1924 to 1931 was Bugatti's most successful sports car. DOXA 8-day movement instruments This high-grade legendary 8-day movement patented in 1908 by George Ducommun, DOXA's founder. The complicated movement has a power reserve of 8 days as the name implies. Each metal piece of the high-quality movement, each timer is assembled individually. Consequently and in a broad sense, watches and clocks for military purposes were specified and ordered by the Wehrmocht of the Nozi government: Kriegsmarine (KM, Navy).

Many of the watches and clocks came from the little town of Glashuette in the mountainous area of the Erzgebirge near Dresden in Saxony. This is the home of the famous pocket watch and chronometer firm of Lange & Soehne, as well as other firms like Assmann. The German Bureau of Ships in Hamburg tested chronometers in Gesundbrunnen near Glashuette, far away from the coast. Many timepieces for the Navy were manufactured on the coast, e. The best known is "Chronometerwerke Hamburg, " later owned by Wempe. In some cases they used movements by Glashuette, like those of the "eGmbH, " a. Later, during World War II, chronometer production was contracted to the "Einheits-Chronometer" and built as well by Wempe and by Lange & Sohne. As they could not produce a sufficient number of chronometer movements, they reconstructed the pocket watch caliber 48 in a gimbeled chronometer box, the well-known Lange-B-Chronometer. Beside German-made items, there were many of Swiss origin, made like the very nice chronometer by Ulysse Nardin, or the navigation watches of IWC, Ulysse Nardin and Vacheron & Constantin. As well, there were German manufacturers, especially in the Black Forest, completing navigation watches with Swiss movements, such as Stowa cal.

Took the movement of Durowe (Deutsche Uhren-Rohwerke of Pforzheim) and Alpina had Minerva chronograph movements. The Navy used some special watches for particular purposes, such as locating submarines with water bombs. The stopwatch used for this purpose has special scales to measure sea miles and depth of water. For normal use, there were more simple wrist and pocket watches of German and Swiss origin, Alpina, Minerva, Berg, Zentra, Cortebert, Solvil...

Marked "KM" on the dial. The Navy artillery used pocket chronographs with the "KM" for "Kriegsmarine" on the dial. By Konrad Knirim (Germany)'NAWCC Bulletin' Dec. Recommendations for the owner of antiquarian watches. All Antique watches are mechanical.

Many repairs will not be cheap, as most likely they will require replacement of non-standard parts (unlike most late model watches). Antique watches should not be beaten or dropped - because repairs may be expensive. Antique watches are generally NOT waterproof. This is because waterproofing was not in general production until the middle of the 20th century for most watches. Therefore you should protect your antique watch from exposure to moisture.

If your watch becomes wet it should be dried off quickly. Carefully open all covers and use a hair drier to blow dry the movement, dial, covers, crown. This will reduce the amount of rust. If your watch becomes wet with any kind of salt water you should immediately immerse or spray your watch with fresh (no-salt) water to remove all the salt from the works before drying the watch completely. Any salt left in the watch will combine with moisture in the air to rust metal components of the movement, case etc.

Winding any mechanical watch tight may break the mainspring. If you can avoid it do not wind the watch hard. When adjusting the hands of your watch, move them in a clockwise direction only.

Counter-clockwise adjustments may damage the movement. If you must adjust counter-clockwise make it for small adjustments only i. Be careful and gentle when adjusting the movement speed (faster or slower). Don't make sharp movements, and don't touch other components in the movement especially the pendulum mechanism. Every 2-3 years it is necessary to service and oil vintage watches.

IF the watch is dirty - allow the watch to run down, don't wind it again until you have it serviced by a qualified watch repair expert. Dust will absorb and remove important lubricants and cause the movement pieces to wear down. To clean the case, dial and crystal you should use a cloth that does NOT leave fibers as these may get caught up in the movement. Check with your Watch repair expert to get an appropriate cloth.

Keep your antiques watch away from magnets. Strong magnetic fields may affect the accuracy of your watch since some vintage watches were made with iron based components in the movement. Most Cases and Covers are fine components and will not handle abuse well. The watch should not be shaken, beaten, or stressed.

Antique watches generally experience an error of up to 5-7 minutes a day. Any accuracy of +- 5 minutes is very good.

Vintage watches are very delicate and I package to the highest degree to prevent damage. High altitude flights can be hard on watches due to extreme temperature changes. This can cause the oil viscosity to decrease (gum up) and prevent a watch from ticking the balance moving freely etc. It may need to be oiled when it arrives regardless of its recent servicing (if applicable).

Although this is only a very slight possibility it can occasionally happen. The item "DOXA Vintage WWII Era Military NAVY Kriegsmarine Large Wristwatch" is in sale since Wednesday, September 23, 2020. This item is in the category "Jewelry & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Watches\Wristwatches".

The seller is "originaldeal2009" and is located in Kiev . This item can be shipped worldwide.

Water Resistance: Not Water Resistant
Number of Jewels: 15 Jewels
Handmade: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: Switzerland
Department: Men
Watch Shape: Round
Style: Casual
Case Color: Silver
Caseback: Exhibition
With Booklet: No
Case Material: Stainless Steel
Dial Style: 12-Hour Dial
Movement: Mechanical (Manual)
With Original Packaging: No
Band Material: Leather
Type: Wristwatch
Features: Acrylic Crystal
With Service Records: No
Seller Warranty: Yes
Case Finish: Polished
Band Type: Two-Piece Strap
Vintage: Yes
Year Manufactured: Pre-1920
Dial Color: Silver
Band Color: Brown
Display: Analog
Lug Width: 22 mm
Brand: DOXA
Case Size: 47 mm