Lot 40
A mid 20th century mahogany two day marine chronometer made with anchor escapement for the German Airforce, circa 1942 Wempe, Hamburg, number 2506
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£4,000 - £6,000
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Find your local specialistA mid 20th century mahogany two day marine chronometer made with anchor escapement for the German Airforce, circa 1942
Wempe, Hamburg, number 2506
The two part case with glazed upper section, punch numbered to the inside, the lower section similarly numbered and set with brass side handles, brass contact points and sliding lock, the signed and numbered 3.75 inch silvered Arabic dial with sector for the state of winding and subsidiary dial for running seconds, the hands set through the side of the case with an elongated key set in the box and wound in the traditional way through the underside of the numbered gimballed bowl, the movement with going barrel to a freesprung blued steel helical hairspring with diamond endstone and cut and compensated bimetallic balance to a lever escapement The case 19cms (7.5ins) wide.
The two part case with glazed upper section, punch numbered to the inside, the lower section similarly numbered and set with brass side handles, brass contact points and sliding lock, the signed and numbered 3.75 inch silvered Arabic dial with sector for the state of winding and subsidiary dial for running seconds, the hands set through the side of the case with an elongated key set in the box and wound in the traditional way through the underside of the numbered gimballed bowl, the movement with going barrel to a freesprung blued steel helical hairspring with diamond endstone and cut and compensated bimetallic balance to a lever escapement The case 19cms (7.5ins) wide.
Footnotes
Used by Luftwaffe in the Second World War, this design of gimbal carries the chronometer bowl by means of a rubber ring cushioning the escapement from the vibration of the aircraft.
Chronometer number 2389, by Wempe, is illustrated and discussed in Konrad Knirim's Militäruhren, Pomp, 2002.
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