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My only Lange - a Fliegeruhr
Hi all,
I only have the one Lange (not officially mine but I am in charge of it!). Its an interesting one (to be fair - all Langes are, but this one is curious from a historical perspective).
It's a WW2 era Fliegeruhr, FL23883, Observer's watch, model number FL23883. You will see the heritage of the IWC Big Pilot . It is HUGE, 55mm - coming with an oversized strap designed to be worn over the arm of a flying jacket.
The funny story about this watch is that my Dad was a collector of pocket watches and unusual wristwatches, some very nice ones. This was in the collection. My Dad is now in a rest home due to age and illness, and my sister and I were cataloguing his watches and came across this one, which I recalled my Dad telling me was a Luftwaffe pilot's watch from WW2. I took the watch to a watch maker who promptly took the case off the back, and exposed those beautiful words for all to see - "A Lange and Sohne".
It needs a polish and maybe a service (runs just fine though, the watch maker friend said he didn't need to service the watch, it was ok) and sadly it has a rather vulgar plastic oversize strap. One day I'll source an oversized leather strap (maybe shell cordovan), get the archive papers from Lange and and repost for your interest!
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My only Lange - a Fliegeruhr
Hi all, I only have the one Lange (not officially mine but I am in charge of it!). Its an interesting one (to be fair - all Langes are, but this one is curious from a historical perspective). It's a WW2 era Fliegeruhr, FL23883, Observer's watch, model num...
That is a rare one!
Hey there, Thanks for sharing this not often seen beauty with us! You are very fortunate in that your dad has kept this piece for however long, and now you have the pleasure of being in charge, and probably one day he'll leave it for you too! When you hav...
Thanks a lot for the presentation of this historical piece
And we would like to see more pics, especially of the movement! ;) Thanks a lot! Fx