The cross surely looks like a genuine Zimmermann and I think it is. I have heard of Zimmermanns without the flaw but one needs to be very careful with such a statement since sometimes people don't know where to look. But that doesn't apply to Tom.
The wreath, the rivets, the pin and the hinge are (from what the pictures show) original Zimmermann so this one seems to be one of the very, very few w/o the 11 o'clock flaw. The extremely rare L/52 I could observe had the flaw, so this is even earlier - logic tells me that it must be one of the very first made. Interesting enough, it has already the flaw in the "9".
Very nice piece!
The wreath, the rivets, the pin and the hinge are (from what the pictures show) original Zimmermann so this one seems to be one of the very, very few w/o the 11 o'clock flaw. The extremely rare L/52 I could observe had the flaw, so this is even earlier - logic tells me that it must be one of the very first made. Interesting enough, it has already the flaw in the "9".
Very nice piece!
), and now had the dotted. I'm sorry if I am confused. I don't see any evidence of a dotted date on the photos of his 'heavy'.
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