The head on this bird is ugly. What are your opinions on this piece.
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This is one which maybe I can learn from , and I speak not as anyone with expertse in time pieces, but to me the eagle looks too detailed , similar to those found on leitz binoculars, wreath does make me think of leitz.
those I have seen for sale seem to have simple "birds" when compared to this one.
A "time" for Kriegsmarine time piece men to take a step forward.
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This is the one on ebay at the moment...
This type of intricate Eagle is usually seen on the Class I and II Deck watches (Lange, IWC, Cortebert etc). Timers such as this usually have less detailed Eagles.
It could have been etched by Special order Wartime, or could have been etched Post War. Very difficult to say which..
Cheers
Max
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Have you seen an eagles head like that. Looks like a duck.Comment
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Hello all, I'm not very comfortable with this engraving, is the first time that I have seen this kind of eagle on a stopwatch.
Here is a Handhart stopwatch wit hthe typical eagle that you can find in most of the watches, the other model, similar to that one, is a more simply eagle.Collector of Kriegsmarine and Küstenartillerie items
Regards
Eduardo
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This is a pic of one of the more intricate Eagles (on a Lange).
Your right about the head. Perhaps the engraver misheard Eagle and made it into a Seagul..
Max
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When is a bird not a bird.
My Belgian friend has seen a number of faked birds on binoculars his advice to me has always been " watch out for the pigeons".
Apart from the "beak" , compare the feathering with that on max's- similar but not the same - it just does not look "right" to me.
Sooner or later I will have to buy at least one or two decent watches.Last edited by behblc; 06-27-2007, 02:24 PM.Comment
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Here is a watch I picked up earlier.Comment
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Hi Dallas
Yes this is the classic style of Eagle found on a stopwatch!
One other thing that hasn't been mentioned. When looking at etchings on watches, you will notice that authentic etchings are the same colour as the case (or perhaps slightly darkened). On suspect ones, the etching is a brass colour (of course this only shows up on brass cases), as the new etching cuts through the finish on the case straight into the brass (or other metal below). This is something that I always look for and if rusty coloured it throws up the flags and I avoid.
In my haste to originally post, I forgot all about this. As the watch above has a brass coloured etching, to me it's just another reason to ask questions..
Cheers
Max
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Good point about the brass. btw, my Station Pointer came in. Not as nice as yours but it's fine. Someone tried to remove the eagle on mine but only removed a little paint. The eagle M is on there solid. My maker is cln.Comment
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Here is mine for reference purposes.Comment
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Nice Leonidas. I'll get me one of those one day...
This is a pic of the exact same Stopwatch. There's a definate difference in the Eagle design
Cheers
Max
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Km watch on eBay.
I have just found a watch exactly the same as the one shown by dallas , in the same red case on eBay , only difference - no eagle and the case - it looks so much like the case in the jpeg - so very similar.
Something wrong here ??
http://cgi.ebay.com/WWII-German-Krie...QQcmdZViewItemLast edited by behblc; 06-30-2007, 02:41 PM.Comment
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