Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Two Manual-wind Chronograph Wristwatches, c. 1950, a Pierce with copper colored dial with tachymeter and telemeter outer tracks, 60-minute subsidiary dial at 12, and constant seconds at 6, luminous hands and numerals, 17-jewel caliber 134 manual-wind movement; and a John Wannamaker with silvered dial, concentric turned subsidiary dials, and a 17-jewel Landeron 48 caliber movement, dia. 35 and 37 mm.
Provenance: Collection of Bernhard W. Stoeber.
Estimate $300-500
both currently, setting and running, chronographs functioning as intended, Pierce chron hand not setting back to 0.
Items may have wear and tear, imperfections, or the effects of aging. Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.
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Bernhard W. StoeberJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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