I came across this today, and I wonder if anyone knows anything about it? Obviously quite early, but interesting to see the 24 hour dial, which I thought generally dated to WWII - this looks earlier to me. Seller's pictures obviously too soft to make out any calibre number, etc. Any info?
Hi, Not unusual for a Watch from this period. 24h dials existed on pre WWI Pocket watches and also on wristwatches from around 1915-1920. Here for example in the 1917 catalog : And a couple of examples from my collection : (classical dial with inner 24h in red ink) (same with fixed lugs) (wrong hands on this one but unusual dial with the 24h outside the minutes railroad) (variation with 24 h indication in the minutes railroad) On all dials with inner inscription, the number 18 is printed in the second subdial where the 5, 6 and 7 are not.