KMII
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Reliable numbers might be hard to come by...
It's generally not easy to get precise numbers for the industry and Minerva, being a relatively niche player throughout makes this no easier. But it's a combination of three aspects. First of all not that many wrist watches were produced in the time frame by them (many stop watches, as you said), they are not sought enough to create an active market (there's little financial gain in trading them), and finally may seem to have found more or less permanent owners - all of this making it somewhat more difficult to source one. But with a bit of patience, still possible 
Question about Minerva's production numbers from the 1930 to the 1970s
I love Minerva watches old and new. My PE teacher was using a Minerva stop watch to time our 60 and 100m sprints. When searching the dedicated sources, I keep noticing that there are not too many vintage watches around. Does anyone have a reliable estimat...
Sorry
I do not have production numbers. Nicolas is searching a 1858. I searching a Minerva which i like. I consider a Montblanc, if i do not find any Minerva. Fingers crossed we find the watches. On chrono24 the perfect Minerva for me is there. But quite expens...
Reliable numbers might be hard to come by...
It's generally not easy to get precise numbers for the industry and Minerva, being a relatively niche player throughout makes this no easier. But it's a combination of three aspects. First of all not that many wrist watches were produced in the time frame...
I have had about 5-6 Minervas and still own a stopwatch or two
But I didn't really know what the watches were, and flipped them to other people quickly as they didn't speak to me. This would have been about 15 years ago. Cazalea I kept the nice ostrich strap though ...
