So I bought this off eBay, cheap. Doesn't work (stem winds, gears move, spring tightens, but just recoils when you stop winding, so I am guessing the thingie that keeps it wound is broke...sorry, not a watchmaker...
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Story is that it was taken from a German POW who surrendered at the end of the war...I wanted one to put with my German collection as an example, liked the looks and the band, so I took a chance...
Once I got it, I checked it carefully....seems like it is a German WWII watch....
The band, which is really cool, is marked on the clasp "Edelstahl" (Stainless steel), D.R.G.M. (which proves it is pre 1945), VZA- or V2A-, and a tiny hallmark of "HW"....
Nothing on watch face but two stars...nice fire blued hands...
Nothing on movement inside...
Inside of caseback is a tiny engraved 4/40 (manufacture date?), "Krupp Edelstahl", and 51033 (s/n?)....
Just out of curiosity anyone know who the maker might be?
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