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Recently we have seen here the movement #22 here, a very low number. I think it is not possible to beat that number with a lower movement number.
So I tried to get together some watches with a serial number below 1000 for a "meeting".
Finally I could organize for a meeting 6 of them:
the # 158, an Lep. Elgin I c.32, just a moevement, missing the balance bridge and the balance. the # 314, an other Lep. Elgin I c.32 The # 518, a Sav. Elgin I c.33 The # 616, a Lep. Elgin I c.34 with hidden winding wheels The # 760, a Keywind movement The # 803, again an Lep. Elgin I c.32
There would have been others just missing the nomination (#1001,#1023,#1481,#1699,#1931)
P.S.: There is a small error on the title, I know
There is no time in the now it's time for a watch.
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Ralph,
It's good to have a bunch of old timers together. I can resemble that remark. LOL. thanks for sharing your passion. Next time we meet as we did in Düsseldorf, we have to spend more time together...the old and the younger.
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Ralph.. It is the first time, after viewing the collection of the late Friedrich Wagener years ago, to see several watches from the 32-34 calibers and you show 5 of them. That is really amazing! Extraordinary collection. Kind regards, Adrian, (alwaysiwc).
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alwaysiwc Wrote:Ralph.. It is the first time, after viewing the collection of the late Friedrich Wagener years ago, to see several watches from the 32-34 calibers and you show 5 of them. That is really amazing! Extraordinary collection. Kind regards, Adrian (alwaysiwc).
Adrian ...... is this the legendary meeting resp. exhibition of the Friedrich Wagener collection including all the milPWs (KM, RN, Bund) in Kamen about that you have told me and that I have missed because I wasn't active in the forum at that time?
Ralph, congratulations to this gorgeous collection. Simply "himmlisch" fantastic!
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Hallo Hajo, I met Friedrich Wagener twice. The first time was when he had organised an IWC exhibition in Kamen, Germany, very nearby his home. The collection he could show was composed of the most extraordinary and rare IWC, both pocket and wrist watches that I have ever seen. It was organised by the cooperation of a few German and Swiss IWC collectors, among them Thomas Koenig, Hans-Georg Aberle, Rolf Birkenkämper, Hannes Pantli, Konrad Knirim, Albert Tanner and of course Ralph Ehrismann. Among the watches there were several that were not exposed in the IWC museum Schaffhausen, at that time. The exposition had as a title : "Gutes aus Schaffhausen" : "Excellence from Schaffhausen" or if you want "Probus Scafusia". It was held in the fall of 2004 in the jewelry shop of goldsmith Telgman, a friend of Friedrich Wagener. Not only watches were there, also a lot of documents and photographs, telling the stories about some special pieces. Shortly thereafter I was invited by Friedrich at his home. He kept his IWC collection in a bank safe. But because I came, he took his abundant and valuable collection at home and I had the afternoon of my life! During a few hours I saw and learned about IWC watches nearly as much as one can learn from the literature. It was clear that many watches and many stories were not present in literature and Friedrich knew all about them. I do not know what happened with his collection after Friedrich passed away, but I guess that the most important pieces have been transferred to his watch friends. If so, the inheritance created by Friedrich Wagener for his beloved IWC, remains in good hands.. Kind regards, Adrian, (alwaysiwc).
So I tried to get together some watches with a serial number below 1000 for a "meeting".
Finally I could organize for a meeting 6 of them:
the # 158, an Lep. Elgin I c.32, just a moevement, missing the balance bridge and the balance.
the # 314, an other Lep. Elgin I c.32
The # 518, a Sav. Elgin I c.33
The # 616, a Lep. Elgin I c.34 with hidden winding wheels
The # 760, a Keywind movement
The # 803, again an Lep. Elgin I c.32
There would have been others just missing the nomination (#1001,#1023,#1481,#1699,#1931)
P.S.: There is a small error on the title, I know
There is no time in the now it's time for a watch.
It's good to have a bunch of old timers together. I can resemble that remark. LOL. thanks for sharing your passion. Next time we meet as we did in Düsseldorf, we have to spend more time together...the old and the younger.
Bill
tonny.berteloot@pandora.be
Kind regards,
Clemens
I'm viewing now on a mobile device - cant wait until tomorrow to see the on the PC and big screen so as to see more detail
Thanks for sharing this end of year surprise with us.
Best regards
Mark
Last edited: 16 April, 2013 - 00:36
Thanks Ralph, I say jealously.
Regards, Michael
mfriedberg@iwcforum.com
Dick L.
whichwatch at roadrunner dot com
Andrew
andrew.thomas1@mac.com
It is the first time, after viewing the collection of the late Friedrich Wagener years ago, to see several watches from the 32-34 calibers and you show 5 of them. That is really amazing!
Extraordinary collection.
Kind regards,
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc).
Adrian ...... is this the legendary meeting resp. exhibition of the Friedrich Wagener collection including all the milPWs (KM, RN, Bund) in Kamen about that you have told me and that I have missed because I wasn't active in the forum at that time?
Ralph, congratulations to this gorgeous collection.
Simply "himmlisch" fantastic!
Best regards
Hajo
Fair Winds and Following Seas
Last edited: 9 January, 2013 - 09:24
I met Friedrich Wagener twice. The first time was when he had organised an IWC exhibition in Kamen, Germany, very nearby his home. The collection he could show was composed of the most extraordinary and rare IWC, both pocket and wrist watches that I have ever seen. It was organised by the cooperation of a few German and Swiss IWC collectors, among them Thomas Koenig, Hans-Georg Aberle, Rolf Birkenkämper, Hannes Pantli, Konrad Knirim, Albert Tanner and of course Ralph Ehrismann. Among the watches there were several that were not exposed in the IWC museum Schaffhausen, at that time. The exposition had as a title : "Gutes aus Schaffhausen" : "Excellence from Schaffhausen" or if you want "Probus Scafusia". It was held in the fall of 2004 in the jewelry shop of goldsmith Telgman, a friend of Friedrich Wagener.
Not only watches were there, also a lot of documents and photographs, telling the stories about some special pieces.
Shortly thereafter I was invited by Friedrich at his home. He kept his IWC collection in a bank safe. But because I came, he took his abundant and valuable collection at home and I had the afternoon of my life!
During a few hours I saw and learned about IWC watches nearly as much as one can learn from the literature. It was clear that many watches and many stories were not present in literature and Friedrich knew all about them.
I do not know what happened with his collection after Friedrich passed away, but I guess that the most important pieces have been transferred to his watch friends. If so, the inheritance created by Friedrich Wagener for his beloved IWC, remains in good hands..
Kind regards,
Adrian,
(alwaysiwc).