Hallo friends, obviously this WWII wrist watch of the German Luftwaffe WWII was changed into a pocket watch by cutting off the lugs, turning the dial, adapting a pendent and repainting the case. Good work but not original! As the movement looks untouched and the case inside has no watch no and no ref Fl 23883, the watch may not have left the factory and not been issued at the end of WWII. If you dismount the movement you may see the traces of the lugs inside the case. This case change was often made after WWII, as a private you easier were this huge (55mm) watch in the pocket instead of on the wrist. See here original Laco B-Uhren on two pages of my book Vol I.! . Gruesse/Regards/Salute Konrad Knirim PS: Have a look at my books on Military Timepieces: . http://www.knirim.de
I think that is is a shame that someone did that to this wristwatch - turning it into a pocketwatch. If someone is going to put to much work into a military timepiece I would have hoped that they would have tried to keep it as it should be instead of turning it into something it should not be.
Since the back is not marked, and since the data is not engraved in the box on the inside of the back I would go with Konrad's guess that the original wristwatch that this was made from was never issued by the factory. I might go a step further and suggest that this could even be something made up from spare parts.
Konrad's photos of the way this watch is supposed to look are excellent - I always admire his wonderful timepieces whenever I see them.
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