While on vacation...
I came across this Ulysse Nardin Marine Chronometer at a museum and was shocked. I'd never seen one and assume they're fairly rare, though I wouldn't know. The museum didn't have any detailed information about it in particular, but they did explain what i...
Not that rare; I have a Glashutte Original
Mine is quartz, not mechanical but its purpose and casing is the same — accurate timekeeping in marine environments without outside influence (cellular, GPS) sources. Cazalea ...
UN Marine chronometers are not that rare, I had found a chart showing the Serial Numbers and the production dates, unfortunately I can't find it anymore. I will search my archives and try to share
On top of my head, 1852 should have been produced around WWI, to be confirmed !
You had " time only " and even Split Seconds.
From the 20's and 30's. Here is a split seconds from 1929. ...
Finally found the document here-below:
Source Web, I can't remember where I got it from Top right corner table (sorry it is in German), but states that #8512 is rather from +/-1958 (my 1st assumption was completely wrong !), and you can guess from the table that around 10,000 were made, so tha...
Got it, thanks for the table.
Wouldn't this one be 1852 and therefore just before July 1924?