This is arriving in the mail soon. Having a hard time finding much info on it. Will be happy to post pics and serial #s and whatnot when it's arrived in a few days. But figured I'd toss it out here and see if anyone can tell me anything about it already. Found an old thread where someone had a similar one supposedly valued at $2200 which sounds a little extreme...
All I know so far is that it's an unbranded movement.
So far I've found two in the wild. One looks a lot like mine (with unbranded movement as well) and the other had a "PHENIX" branded movement. Found some information on the company itself, but not much on the watches nor movements... I will get some good shots of it next week when it shows up and see if that helps. No clue if they sourced some movements from other manufacturers or not.
Militaries (in general) tend to be tight-fisted with money and obsessive about records, so any "true" military issued timepiece will usually have some form of custom serial number applied somewhere. 24hr pocket watches were sometimes used as deck watches on ships and in early airplanes (often in protective gimbaled boxes).
The eagle has landed! Pictures forthcoming in the next day or two, gotta setup the macro gear. The movement is unmarked except for the below I attempted to draw. All I can find is that it points to Waltham Watch Company but have not seen that exact format on anything of theirs. Help!
No, it's pretty much the proportions in my crude drawing. Though looking with a loupe, the star is missing a stroke, so more like this.. I suppose that could just be a defect in the stamping(?) though:
Verrryyy ugly iphone shot for right now. The dial is absolutely pristine. The case has a couple small dings around the edges, otherwise very nice (some brassing on the back). Ticks loud and strong!
Of course! I had not seen the microlisk previously though I have been ogling Phenix watches. So that makes it a Phenix movement. Now the question is, is it a regular production one or a modified one for a smaller run considering these seem pretty rare? It's pretty easy to turn a 12H movement into a 24H one right?
You'll note that Ranfft's lists four calibers (400, 785, 900 and 930) that have the same characteristics, with the difference not known between them. The bridge layout is likely one of those differences.
Yeah, it looks like someone sheared off the dial screws entirely, which is very very odd. I'd be concerned about the dial; they may have "glued" it in place or used dial dots to hold it. It also looks like the stem release screw is missing? Not sure how that's even possible without parts of the setting mechanism being loose or missing entirely. The case has Swiss silver export marks and German import and fineness marks.
Yeah, not sure what the deal is with the stem release screw. Everything works as expected, winding and setting, and the crown is not loose in any way. I think I'll let my watchmaker have a look at it and see if those issues can be addressed without too much trouble.
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