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cellar Wrote:It would be interesting to know the movement numbers of the two Mk 11 watches. I could not imagine that there were many (if any other) IWC Mk 11 that were delivered to the New Zealand IWC distributor, Messers Weiner and Co. of Wellington in 1956 so it should be fairly easy to find in the records.
I goggled A. Wiener & Co. LTD in New Zealand and went all the way down to street level to their addresses in Wellington and Auckland on goggle earth. It appears they are no longer in business. There are currently other businesses at the locations where they use to be in the 70s. As Cellar said, it should be easy for IWC to find out the movement numbers of those Mark 11s sent to New Zealand in 1956 and proceed from there. The case back, could have have a special engraving for the occasion, just a thought. I do not know where those Mark11s are, but I know where they should be - in the IWC museum.
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clepsydra Wrote in reply to:
cellar Wrote:It would be interesting to know the movement numbers of the two Mk 11 watches. I could not imagine that there were many (if any other) IWC Mk 11 that were delivered to the New Zealand IWC distributor, Messers Weiner and Co. of Wellington in 1956 so it should be fairly easy to find in the records.
1,913 Discussions and CommentsMember since Aug. 4, 2001
cellar Wrote:It would be interesting to know the movement numbers of the two Mk 11 watches. I could not imagine that there were many (if any other) IWC Mk 11 that were delivered to the New Zealand IWC distributor, Messers Weiner and Co. of Wellington in 1956 so it should be fairly easy to find in the records.
Those two Mark 11s may be Ref 2612s. and have a case number, which would make a search through the Archives much easier. IWC refers to these civilian Mark 11s in the Certificate of Genuineness it issues for the military Mark 11s where it sates that Mark 11s were also delivered ...in a civilian version (with a 7 digit case number and no additional engravings in the case back.) Like Cellar, I can't imagine there were many Mark 11s delivered to New Zealand in 1956. I am feeling reckless today :-)) , and I am willing to bet $1 that those were the only civilian Mark 11s sent to New Zealand, ever.
I goggled A. Wiener & Co. LTD in New Zealand and went all the way down to street level to their addresses in Wellington and Auckland on goggle earth. It appears they are no longer in business. There are currently other businesses at the locations where they use to be in the 70s.
As Cellar said, it should be easy for IWC to find out the movement numbers of those Mark 11s sent to New Zealand in 1956 and proceed from there. The case back, could have have a special engraving for the occasion, just a thought.
I do not know where those Mark11s are, but I know where they should be - in the IWC museum.
clepsydra
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Last edited: 30 October, 2011 - 22:05
That is exactly right...these watches are an important part of IWC history and deserve to be in the museum!
Best regards,
Jim
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Last edited: 13 March, 2012 - 15:03
Those two Mark 11s may be Ref 2612s. and have a case number, which would make a search through the Archives much easier. IWC refers to these civilian Mark 11s in the Certificate of Genuineness it issues for the military Mark 11s where it sates that Mark 11s were also delivered ...in a civilian version (with a 7 digit case number and no additional engravings in the case back.)
Like Cellar, I can't imagine there were many Mark 11s delivered to New Zealand in 1956. I am feeling reckless today :-)) , and I am willing to bet $1 that those were the only civilian Mark 11s sent to New Zealand, ever.
clepsydra
ad fontes...
Last edited: 30 October, 2011 - 22:05