the divorce collection is with Bonhams in London....

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many members here.....
did ask for more details rgd. the 16.12. auction. there are only 2 subs and one old tudor chrono for you guys. but many extremely rare military watches. unfortunately I had no access to the watches before the send off to bonhams as part of my divorce settlement court ordered forced sale of assets and therefore I`d rather clarify a few details. I will try to assist with local UK friends in pick up after payment and 3. party shipment into countries with fierce customs in a way, the declarations are NOT stating " watches" ; Values aso. all I can do now, is to explain more details. the auction house was somewhat light on specifics so far..... we are still waiting on factory confirmations for some watches to go with the purchase.

So here are the lots, that might need a few additional explanations. That is lot 33-69. All working fine.
Lot 33: 100% original and factory restored in the 90`s
34: perfect original condition. Factory restored in the 90`s.
35: maybe the rarest issued heuer ever. Believed less then 50 pcs. issued to the Belgian pilots in the former colony, Congo. Look up the heuer site: onthedash.
36 . perfect original
37: perfect original. Portuguese delivery.
38: prototype comes with Omega Museum correspondence by Mr. John Diethelm. One of the Omega Historians. hands are black ; not blued. early execution without swan neck and a fixed bar case with centered 2777, not the mil. Ones -1 or -2, where the 2777 is not centered. New prototype case as well. but different from the later railmaster case.
39. very, very rare RCAF version 1 pusher base calibre 15 TL. All signed omega. Correct hands and dial.
40. all correct.
41: early Portugueser cal. 74. Repainted dial; but done in a perfect way !! the crown is a replacement. Could not find the right crown.
42. only 2 known still to exist. 8 were issued for testing purposes to the Royal Australian Navy. Passed the test, but because of the price, the 2 crown Droz was chosen. This example here is pictured in the best Book on military watches by Konrad Knirim:” British Military Timepieces “, page 748.
43. perfect PAF with omega confirmation. Excellent dial turning brown. 100% original.
44. civil version 1945
45a. very rare 1 pusher White dial chrono.
45b.caliber 20 F in the longest stainless steel case, omega made. Only the silver cases were longer; most for Russia.
45c. this is the original russian Speedmaster….
46a. this early pie pan constellation is pink gold capped, with pink gold hands, pink gold markers and pink gold crown. 100% original 2 tone dial. Perfect condition.
47a. 100% original israelian clearance diver. The stampings are 100% correct. Perfect condition incl. original band and spotless dial and hands and original screw down crown.
47b. el primero mvmt. Perfect condition.
47c. seikos Speedmaster , was in outer space as well.
48a. 1956 mil. Longines. 100% correct.
48b. this is the rarest JLC MK 11. It has the white 12 on the dial instead of the later lume triangle. This is a beauty and only a few left worldwide. Issued RAAF. All original.
48c. 1. Version Royal Australian Navy 1 pusher mil. Chrono. Correct unsigned dial from the 1. Version. Very rare example.
49. factory re-issue Lindbergh with the old mvmt. And complete with leather case, timber aeroplane and all docus.
50. before Heuer bought Leonidas, Leonidas made flyback mil. Chronos as well. different case and mvmt(cal. 222) this one is for the Italian airforce; stamped in the back.
51. One of the rarest big longines chronos, ever made.oversized Lindbergh type. Mid. 1940`s and issued 1949 to the Israeli airforce ( stamped in the back) and used in the first war. Less than 10 known worldwide. 60 minute counter from the middle.
52. Pearl Harbour Seikosha with Seiko museum correspondence. Associated with the Kamikaze pilots.
53a. rare symmetric black dial case. Correct stampings and perfect 100% original.
53b. Hanhart WW2 Bomber pilots flyback chrono. Issued 1942. Excellent and 100% original.
53c. Omega Pilots Oversized 1934 with spotless enamel dial. Everything screwed together and 100% original. This is a museums quality watch. Very rare with uncracked enamel dial!
54. 100% original omega bullhead.
55. Vintage Icon Tudor chrono caliber valj. 72. 100% unmolested incl. orig. band and packaging.
56. big blue in 100% original condition. The bezel insert starts to lift ; can be done easily and kept original.
57. perfect 600`er.
58. military IWC ocean BUND with all extras incl. the rare BUND box in white plastic from the factory. They were not sold with the watches, when decommissioned. Red 3H dial. 100% original.
59. Blancpain BUND ; monster case and crown at 4. Stampings rubbed, but all there. Good dial and hands. Never repainted.
60. Porsche US Air force Tiger Squad in anodized black incl. band and paperwork.
61. Omega “ Berlin” model from 1936 ( after the berlin Olympic games 1936). 100% all original. Black anodized dial over silver. Base cal. 33.3. you all now that one……again: this is Museums quality !
62. seamaster 300 Early execution with the correct small arrow hands. Original bezel insert; lightly rubbed numerals.
63. first model IWC Ingenieur auto without date. Perfect AMAG.
64. junghans early 1950`s caliber 88. Civil version.
65. Omega grail speedmaster.
66. speedy 2998-3. Correct big bubble hand; original to this watch ! lume has developed a different shade on hands and plots. Does not look redone. Old bezel; not a replacement, as far as I know. Was bought in the 90`s from the biggest swiss omega collector. This is the one, that Christies could not get for the speedmaster auction. They wanted mine, but it was part of the divorce court order….all numbers correct. Perfect working.
67. ed white transitional early 1963 with the old dial from -002 and previous models. Comes with service warranty. Mvmt. Is 2052…..
68. 1980`s rolex seadweller 1665. All original.
69. 1958 rolex submariner 6536-1. All original high gloss and gilt writing dial. 100 m. correct and nice case and dial and hands and band. This watch was bought from a collector in munich, who was the first owner. He hated the fiffly crown and had an rolex AD in munich, barer str., fit a big crown and tube from rolex. He kept the original tube and crown and added another NOS tube in case, he wanted to convert it back to small crown. Comes with both now. If that affects the value, I might withdraw it from the auction. I had no access to the watches before delivery to Bonhams.
So, that`s it. If more questions arise, let me know. Kind regards. achim