WWII Kriegsmarine stopwatch

[nathanshults]

I have a WWII torpedo timer in my collection and I was wondering what a fair asking price was. I'm not sure of the value of it. Any help would be appreciated.

[John R.]

I do not have a reference book on KM stopwatches, but for now, I would say this looks period and not like the fakes seen on ebay and elsewhere.

I will let this run for a couple more days then move it to the correct forum, the Equipment Forum.

It is not a torpedo timer as you say, but could have been used to time the run of a torpedo but also for many other uses, mainly navigation. There would be no way to determine what type of ship this was used in.

Does it work?

John

[John R.]

Can someone help Nathan if they have a reference book for the makers of these stopwatches. Thanks, John

[Max]

KM Timer

Hi Nathan

This Hermann Bark is a period timer, so there is nothing to worry about on that score.

They were a quality timer and could have had many uses on both shipping and land based units. The movement should have the nice 'Geneve-Stripe' design, which look very nice.

Great piece..

Cheers!

Max
www.atlantik-pirat.com

[John R.]

Thanks Max and nice website. Since we are talking about stopwatches, I will post mine. Heavily used but in perfect working order since I keep it serviced. John

[John R.]

Reverse. By the way, if you can find somebody that is qualified to service these watches, I have found it runs around $175.00. Not a bad price to pay to keep the watch in top working order. John

[John R.]

maker

[John R.]

Back to the question of value, I put it at 500-700 US dollars. Like to hear what others have to say. Maybe $700 is the right price for it. He has told me in a PM it is fully functional. John

[Max]

KM Timers

Hi John

Another nice timer and seldom seen maker..

Value wise, I personally wouldn't pay as high as $700, but if someone wanted it bad enough...
Of course if it was in the hands of a dealer, then I'm sure that they would be asking a similar price.

If I was looking for one of these (as I don't have this timer, I wouldn't turn it away), I would be wanting to pay a price somewhere between $350 and $450. That's just me though

Thanks for the comments on the site John

All the best

Max
www.atlantik-pirat.com

[John R.]

I think I have to agree on the prices, 350-450 would be nice, but no dealer is going to sell an original for that. More like 600-700 with 700 maybe average, but, I have seen them up and over 1000 on a dealer site.

Actually, you rarely see these anymore, do you?

I see what looks like brand new stopwatches with various KM stamps on the back out of eastern europe, like Prague, and some more beat up ones in the UK, but I think these are reproductions or they are orginal stopwatches with smooth reverses and a jeweler has just stamped the insignia on the back--the numbers seem suspicious to me when I compare them to the numbers on known originals.

I will check some sites now, but I have not seen one in a while.

Yes, the watch I have is rare, but I have around 1000 in it now due to servicing although it did work (most of the time) anyway when I obtained it. If you notice, if you warm up one of these with your hands, its warms the oil inside the watch and they start to work. If you let it alone and it gets cold, then they like to stop. Naturally, these are 70 years old almost, not too many watches work as well as these after that period of time without servicing. John