The original inspiration…
The UN Marine Chronometer model line enjoyed numerous iterations. I quite like some of the first pieces. All I believe were inspired by the original Ships Chronometers from the mid-20th Century. I found one of these at a dealer in California 25 years ago....
Wow 🤩
This is a truly fantastic piece! My wife is very wary of allowing me to branch out into pieces not fitting a wrist, so not doing that for now 😁
Very much so 😂😂😂
Took me a while to get the legs off and then back on over my wrist 😁🤷🏻♂️
Very nice and in great conditions indeed, congrats ! I am a "collector" of marine chronometers, and I have 3
Hamilton Type 22 (with a pocket watch movement), hard to date but probably from the 40's but unsure about military issuance, similar to this one (sorry no pictures, source web): A kirowa russian, quite recent, let us say 70's full set, like this one (sour...