Kriegsmarine clock

[partisan]

This clock comes from La Spezia, a base of italian navy (and German) during ww2...
It has a black mat color (on the brass) and work very good. On the back, it has the number 9354...
What do you think?











Thanks!

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[coastaldefence]

Nice original piece, congratulations

[amiklic1]

Looks good to me.
Honest uncleaned piece of history

[partisan]

Thank you very much...

[Diver]

Nice!

[partisan]

Can anyone tell me why some of these clock have a serial number on the dial, while others (like this one) not?

Perhaps only different eras and periods?

Thanks

[AndyC]

Very nice original KM clock



Andy

[Raffaello Carola]

Hello Gaetano,

compliments very nice KM clock
saluti
Raffaello

[Loke]

Can anyone tell me why some of these clock have a serial number on the dial, while others (like this one) not?

Hi, nice clock! None serial-numbered clocks are amongst collectors and dealers commonly believed to have been used in staff-headquarters, while the numbered ones were to be found on vessels.

Loke

[48RMC]

Hi, nice clock! None serial-numbered clocks are amongst collectors and dealers commonly believed to have been used in staff-headquarters, while the numbered ones were to be found on vessels.

Loke

Interesting theory never heard of it

[frank savage]

Hi there!

As I write in an italian forum, I'm quite sure that the 'internal' circle was repainted for a post-WWII use. It is more lighter colored, less the area engraved with the eagle, 'darker' and aging as the rest of the dial, and probably discover by somebody. But I don't know if worth to discolor it, due the lost of aging and patina ...

Cheers!

[John R.]

I personally do not see a big issue with cleaning this clock. However, I would have it done professionally. In other words, take it to a master clock/watch man and have him take apart the entire chronometer, clean it, including the face without ruining the German markings and the internal mechanisms. Who knows what shape they are in.

There is no patina to this. It has been in use long after the war probably and is just dirty IMO.

The watch man has cleaned faces of watches far more valuable than this one and far more difficult to clean. This should not be a hard job for him. I have done this with stopwatches for example. If you do nothing, they just rust away.

John

[frank savage]

I don't know... for sure the dial under the painting has been protected from the aging at least for more of 60 years than the rest!

[all1knew]

Hi, nice clock! None serial-numbered clocks are amongst collectors and dealers commonly believed to have been used in staff-headquarters, while the numbered ones were to be found on vessels.

Loke

That theory would certainly go along with where he found it!



William Kramer

[partisan]

Hi, nice clock! None serial-numbered clocks are amongst collectors and dealers commonly believed to have been used in staff-headquarters, while the numbered ones were to be found on vessels.

Loke

That theory would certainly go along with where he found it!



William Kramer

It come from italian shipyard (La Spezia) and I'm sure it was mounted on board of a vessel...


Certanly my clock is a pre 1940 manufactured (1937-38)

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