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WW1 Zenith US Army Corps of Engineers Pocket Watch

  1. river rat Apr 22, 2021

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    Sort of been on a military WW1 timepiece spree. Since a lot of the military timepiece from WW2 to the 1990's some a-hole been buying them up for a investment instead of the passion a military collect has for them for there history. I found that WW1 stuff not under the a-hole radar who are ruining my hobby have under looked WW1 so I been finding deals. Was searching for a vintage zenith railroad wristwatch on eBay and this popped up in the search a WW1 issued US Army Corp of Engineers pocket watch I have not bought a pocket watch in years since I got a lot of US issued pocket watches from WW2. Those WW2 ones been going up in price on eBay at silly prices and never sell so now I avoid them would like to get the Waltham version of the Hamilton 4992B navigation pocket watch one day do got the Hamilton and Elgin version. But this is the first WW1 issued pocket watch in the collection. When I spotted this the price was so cheap from what I seen them sold in the past I jumped on it. A few photo's the seller's. Funny not much info on these WW1 pocket watches issued the the US Army Corps of Engineers there are a few brands of them. Really surprised not much in Whitney's book on military timepieces except a photo of this model with a little info on the movement nothing else. A lot of these I seen are missing all the lume mite be lucky mine still has a lot of the lume left.
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    It does have some cool hands the sub second hand is kind of cool how it is lumed that's what made me buy it. The movement from Zenith at this time seemed the same design just some large and some made smaller.
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    My Zenith special I bet the same size movement.
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    My WW1 issued Zenith US Army Signal Corps wristwatch smaller movement size as you see they all sort of look the
     
  2. DaveK Yoda of Yodelers Apr 22, 2021

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    That second hand is pretty dope :cool:
     
  3. TexOmega Apr 22, 2021

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    Please join us over at the pocket watch thread...

    Fantastic example



    Thought I would add these here.....


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  4. UncleBuck understands the decision making hierarchy Apr 22, 2021

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    U.S. Signal Corps on duty and wig-wagging at the precise time.
    Thanks, Omega!

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  5. river rat Apr 22, 2021

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    [​IMG] Photo of mine think there are about 6-7 different brands on these signal corps trench watches surprised some collectors have not go crazy and turn these into what the dirty dozen turned into. Nice Omega uncle Buck
     
  6. TexOmega Apr 22, 2021

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    Love these


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