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With Breitling 639 Base
This Bomber stopwatch mechanism was considered specialized equipment utilized by many European Airforce
in the 1920’s and ’30s. Producers included **Breitling, Minerva, Leonidas, Universal, Zenith, and **Geismar
The French Lip company created a different movement then those above that had a similar look and use.
**GEISER UTILIZED A BREITLING CHRONOGRAPHS AS THEIR BASE MOVEMENTS
BOTH
C. 638 AND C. 639
Matte steel, triple body with case and double backs, 4 lugs, rotating bi-directional revolving notched bezel with fixed inner triangle/arrow index
marker for target timing, hold-button to interrupt timing, co-axial start / stop and reset button in the winding crown, reverse timing,
snap-on inner outer case back, heavy wire lugs 1/5th second divisions for30 seconds per revolution and 5-second Arabic markers ,frosted
gilt, straight-line lift escapement, monometallic balance, flat balance spring selfcompensating.
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BELOW YOU WILL NOTICE LUGS, THAT IS FOUR TO BE PRECISE.
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ON THEIR LEG USING THE LEATHER STRAP ABOVE
THE GULLIES ON THE BEZEL WERE PLACED THIS WAY TO MAKE TURING THE BEZEL–
WHICH TURNED THE INNER POINTER– SUPER EASY AND FAST.
WHEN IT IS MOUNTED ON YOUR THIGH YOU CAN USE ONE HAND TO RAPIDLY
PUT THIS BABY THROUGH HER PACES. START STOP, REVERSE, CHANGE
THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROW AND READ IT. AFTER 10 TO 15 TIMES,
YOU CAN MASTER TIME ITSELF
THE BREITLING 638 IS THE BASE. WHICH MEANS THE ADDED FUNCTIONS, SUCH AS
REVERSE OPERATION WAS ADDED BY THE COMPANY PRODUCING THESE BEAUTIES
NOTE OUTSIDE COVER HAS
“B”
“638”
BREITLING 638 CHRONO MOVEMENT
Though the appearance of the flyback function was made when the Breitling company
made the first watch in 1923, it used a separate chronograph button to stop and reset
rather than these functions being controlled by the winding-crown.
However the patent of the flyback chronograph belongs to Longines with its first flyback
chronograph dating back to 1936. In fact, the US used a Longines dual register Chrono
with button in crown for the A-7 Pilots watch. go hereTimeFraud Search A-7).
In 1934 the Breitling again hit the mark. They began producing chronographs with a
second chronograph button with the function of returning the seconds hand to zero.
Thus it became possible to measure short intervals of time using the add function.
Yet, the fact is. it was discovered that chronographs equipped watches meant for pilots that had
the flyback function and single button, like the A-7 of the 1930’s, were much
easier and efficient from the point of view of time saving and ease of use if these
pilots watches would instantly start, stop and/or restart with one push of one button not three!
As a “Bomb Timer” or “Chronograph with Return” it runs in normal positions [clock wise] then, with a simple pressing of the crown,
the timer runs in reverse. Thus user can reverse timing– as in running backwards . This model seems to date FROM 1935 to
1940 models. In fine condition, this unusual awesome time piece is an oversized, chromium-plated, 30-second timer/chrono with memory index.
Chronograph “flyback” or “flyback”.
The Chronograph with flyback function has a special feature compared
to a conventional chronograph. The flyback, allows one to reset current
timing and to revive the timer instantly by pressing and quickly releasing the reset button.
This beauty not only does all above but will reverse timing
This flyback chronograph is a complication watch which uses a single push
button for stopping, resetting and restarting or reversing the chronograph function of the watch.
The flyback function has also is titled
Retour-en-vol
(French: retour – to return; en – on; vol – flight)
JAPANESE RUSSIAN WAR WWI RED CROSS
1936-1945-JAPANESE-IMPERIAL-SEIKOSHA-MILITARY-TIMER.htm
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http://goldsmithwatchworks.com/SEPT-2013/FRIDAY/BREITLING.htm
http://goldsmithwatchworks.com/JULY-2013/23-9/WWII-MT-STAUFFER-JAPAN-MILITARY-RATTRAPANTE-TIMER.htm
SHOULD HAVE TAKEN BEFORE PICS
THIS
GERMAN-SWISS
MADE
M.T. STAUFFER
“NEW JOCKEY CLUB”
JAPANESE MILITARY RATTRAPANTE
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THE RESTORATION
32 HOURS OF ROCK’S TIME WAS SPENT BETWEEN
OVERHAULING THUS
STAUFFER COMPLICATED MOVEMENT
AND
RESTORING HER CASE, DIAL AND ILLUMINATION
A ROCK QUOTE
“I ALWAYS ATTEMPT TO KEEP AN ANTIQUE TIME PIECE LIKE
THIS ONE AS CLOSE TO LOOKING USED AS POSSIBLE”
ROCK
A ROCK INFO
“THIS STAUFFER OPERATES LIKE IT SHOULD. SOME
PARTS THAT WERE UNAVAILABLE WERE MADE OR CONVERTED.
OCCASIONALLY SHE MAY REQUIRE AN EXTRA PUSH OR CLICK HERE OR THERE.
BUT THEN AGAIN, IT CAN OCCUR ON A NEW ONE. “
NOTE THE JAPANESE MILITARY ENGRAVED HINGED CASE BACK
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AGAIN, A FAR CRY FROM WHAT IT WAS AFTER 83+ YEARS
THE CROWN WINDS THE MAIN
THEN ONE DOWN CLICK OF THE CROWN
CAUSES TWO MAIN HANDS TO ROTATE AND BEGIN COUNTING TIME
THE SMALL SUBSIDIARY DIAL AT CENTER TOP COUNTS ROTATIONS
ANOTHER DOWN CLICK OF CROWN STOPS BOTH MAIN HANDS
ANOTHER DOWN CLICK OF CROWN RETURNS BOTH MAIN HANDS TO CENTER TOP
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WHEN PRESSED THE RECTANGULAR BUTTON LEFT OF CROWN
OPERATES THE SECOND MAIN HAND BEHIND THE FIRST TOP MAIN HAND.
ONE CLICK STOPS THIS HAND, TO MANUALLY RECORD TIME
ANOTHER CLICK MAKES THE HAND CATCH UP TO THE TOP MAIN HAND
WHERE IT RESUMES COUNTING WITH MAIN HAND
YOU CAN STOP AND START THE SECOND HAND AS MANY TIMES
AS THERE IS IN EACH ROTATION
HERE THE SECOND HAND STOPPED PAST 30
WHILE MAIN HAND CONTINUES
WHERE THE TOP SUBSIDIARY DIAL HAND RECORDS THE TOP HAND ROTATIONS
HERE ROCK CLICKED THE RECTANGULAR BUTTON LEFT OF CROWN
TO MAKE THE SECOND MAI HAND RESUME WITH THE MAIN HAND
HERE ANOTHER CLICK WILL STOP IT
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YOU NOTED THE BROWN CIRCULAR DOTS?
THERE WERE MORE, BUT NO PIC OF IT
THEY ARE RADIUM DOTS
PLACED FOR MILITARY USE
THE OTHERS WERE WORN OFF
SOME WERE JUST CIRCLES WITH NOTHING
ROCK WILL RECREATE THESE THE WAY IT WAS
IN 1930′-1940′
THE ILLUMINATION USED BY ROCK IS AF SUPER LUMINOVA
A NON TOXIC PHOSPHORUS PIGMENT COMBINED WITH LACQUER
THE PROBLEM WITH COLOR IS THE PIGMENT COMES IN
WHITE
GREEN
BLUE
RED
ORANGE
WE NEED A TAN TO BROWN COLOR AND INVESTING IN DIFFERENT COLOR PIGMENT
WOULD COST A TIDY SUM AND MIXING COLORS SIMPLY DOES NOT
PRODUCED THE RESULTS WE REQUIRE
ABOVE ROCK MIXED LACQUER AND WHITE LUME
HE WILL ADD A PAINT MIX HE DOES NOT OFFER THE RECIPE TO
LACQUER WILL NOT MIX WITH PAINT. WATER OR OIL WOULD SEPARATE
HERE IS MODEL PAINT. ROCK WILL BURN THIS FOR A MIXTURE
HERE WHITE LUME LACQUER AND THE TAN POWDER IS MIXED
WALLA
ROCK APPLIES THE LUME
AND MAKES IT LOOK LIKE IT WAS 80 YEARS AGO
YET WITH AN AGED LOOK THAT WILL
INCREASE OVER TWO YEARS INTO
WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE AFTER 80 YEARS
HERE WE TEST AGAIN TO INSURE HANDS WILL PASS EACH OTHER
AND THAT WEIGHT IS NOT A CONCERN ON FLY BACK
TOTALLY AWESOME
NOTE HANDS ALIGN PERFECTLY EVERY TIME
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BRING IN THE LIGHT
OK… 12 MOVEMENT PARTS EITHER HAND MADE OF SCAVENGED
YET A CRYSTAL SHOULD BE AVAILABLE? FORGETABOUTID
YOU HAVE TO USE A PERIOD CRYSTAL!
CELLULOID WAS THE CRYSTAL OF THE DAY
THEY GET YELLOW OVER TIME
BUT ROCK HAS ANOTHER SECRET RECIPE TO RESTORING CELLULOID
YES, SOME BUFF IT RAW TO REMOVE THE DEEP YELLOW
THAT OCCURS AT THE TOP LAYERS
INTERACTION OF TIME PLUS UV RADIATION
HERE IS A MIXTURE THAT TURNS THE CRYSTAL INTO A RUBBERY CRYSTAL
CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO FIT IT BEFORE IT DRIES
AT THE CONCLUSION THE CRYSTAL HAS SOME YELLOW WHICH WE WANT
BUT IS AS STRONG AND PLIABLE AS IT WAS 80 YEARS AGO
BAM! FITS PERFECT
FINISH S EXCELLENT
LOOKS 100 YEARS OLD
PERFORMS BETTER THAN MODERN ACRYLIC
NOTE. UPON CLOSE EXAMINATION
HANDS HAVE RUST
DIAL LOOKS AGED LIKE IT SHOULD THROUGH CRYSTAL
ILLUMINATION DOTS HAVE BEEN PRESSED TO OFFER AN AGED LOOK
CASE HAS BEEN RESTORED, YET EDGES CORNERS WERE LEFT AS WAS
OFFERING THE LOOK OF AN OFFICERS
600.00 [ IN 1930/1940 DOLLARS ]
JAPANESE MILITARY RATTRAPANTE
THAT WAS WELL CARED FOR YET USED IN THE SERVICE OF THE MILITARY
READY FOR ACTION
AGAIN
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WOW
….IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT
THE CASE FINISH WAS A MESS
TO RESTORE WITHOUT CAUSING A LOSS OF LAYERS
ESPECIALLY THE
ANCHOR KANJI AND ARABIC NUMERALS
WAS A DELICATE JOB
AGAIN, WIDE AREA OF INNER HINGED
MOISTURE/DUST COVER HAS HIGH POLISH
BUT
NOTE THE EDGES OF MAIN CASE
NOTE THE BOW INNER SIDES
NOTE THE EDGES OF THE OUTER CASE
LEAVING SOME OF THE WEAR AND TEAR IS MOST IMPORTANT
!!!!!!YET THE CASE IS RESTORED!!!!!!!!
INNER DUST/MOISTURE HINGED BACK
IS FACTORY SWISS FINISHED
WANT ONE? BE PREPARED TO PAY A HEFTY PRICE
THE AREAS LEFT WITH WEAR ARE PERFECT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE THERE
NO MATTER HOW WELL KEPT AND PROTECTED
IF IT WAS AN ITEM THAT PARTICIPATED IN WAR FARE!
AND
THIS TIME PIECE DID SEE ACTION
AGAIN
NOTE HANDS WORKING
BUTTON LEFT OF CROWN SENDS THE LOWER
MAIN HAND TO PERFECT POSITION
OVERHAULED
2 TWO ADJUSTMENTS
7 JEWELS
M.T. STAUFFER
SWISS
ILLUMINATION IS LIKE IT WAS
I DID NOT NOTICE ID SUBSIDIARY HAND HAD ILLUMINATION
LOOKING LIKE IS IS AGED
RETURN TO CENTER
ADDRESS UNKNOWN
RETURN TO CENTER
WORKS ALL DAY LONG
LOL
PERFECTION
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
CHANGING MAIN SPRING ON JUNGHANS
READY TO WEAR
FULLY RESTORED & OVERHAULED
EXCELLENT CONDITION
RARE
1939-1945
SEIKOSHA
MILITARY
Navy Air Chronograph
POCKET WATCH
NOTE:
PICTURES SHOWING A RED CENTER SECONDS HAND
AND NUMERAL ILLUMINATION DOTS MISSING WERE TAKEN
LAST NIGHT, FRIDAY 6/7/2013 BEFORE ILLUMINATION
AND A BLACK SWEEPS HAND WERE INSTALLED BY ROCK
ON SAT 6/8/2013
AND
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BEFORE YOU READ ON LOOK AT THE DIAL BELOW
AND
THE MOVEMENT BELOW IT
THE DIAL WAS ONCE THE EXACT COLOR OF OUR DIAL RESTORATION AND ILLUMINATION DOTS WERE USED. THE HOUR, MINUTE, SUB-SECOND AND COUNTER HANDS ARE CORRECT – SEVERAL VARIATIONS WERE USED. THE CENTER CHRONO-SECONDS HAND SHOULD BE BLACK AND IT SHOULD FOLLOW THE DESIGN OF HOUR & MINUTE HAND. WE SAW ONE SEIKOSHA NAVY AIR CHRONOGRAPH WITH 24 HR MARKERS THAT HAD AN OPEN DIAMOND TIP WITH CLOSED DIAMOND TAIL. AT THE END OF OUR RESTORATION, WE WERE FORCED TO USE A SIMILAR BLACK SWEEPS AND AN ORIGINAL JAPANESE 24HR POCKET WATCH/TIMER DIAL IMPRINTER –TO IMPRINT THE RED 24 HOUR CHAPTER – WHICH PLACED THE “18” BELOW THE CENTER OF THE SUB-SECONDS HAND. OTHER THAN THAT, IT CAME OUT STUNNING!
JAPANESE WWII NAVEL AIR CHRONOGRAPH ON MILITARY WATCH FORUM
Seikosha Cased Longines Chronographs
CLICK BELOW FOR NEW PAGE
GERMAN MILITARY WATCH FORUM
4TH DOWN
Classic Seikosha Navy Air Chronograph, with 24hour markers.
LONGINES: “We have sent 1 movement alone on the 28th June 1941 to Messrs. Hattori, who were our agents in Japan at that time. It is a movement caliber 18.72 chronograph”
NOTE
I HAVE LONG ASSERTED THAT MANY SIGNED SEIKOSHA MOVEMENTS IN CLOCKS, WATCHES, TIMERS AND CHRONOGRAPHS WERE/ARE IN FACT SWISS OR AMERICAN MOVEMENTS; THAT SEIKOSHA UTILIZED THESE SWISS AND AMERICAN MOVEMENTS, SOME WITH MODS, OTHERS AS THEY WERE.
IN FACT, I RECEIVED ALL KINDS OF NEGATIVE COMMENTS FROM FORUM MEMBERS AND FAMOUS, PUBLISHED MILITARY WATCH BOOK AUTHORS WHEN I WROTE ABOUT THIS FACT 6 YEARS AGO.
THE ABOVE LINK IS JUST ONE OF MANY WRITE UPS THAT HAVE APPEARED DEMONSTRATING THE FACTS AS I WROTE THEM 6 YEARS AGO!
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OMG
LOOKS LIKE THIS MOVEMENT WAS ONCE
SUBMERGED HALF IN HALF OUT OF SALT WATER.
IT DEFINITIVELY EXPERIENCED A TOUGH TIME
TO SAY THE LEAST
I RECEIVE HIGHER PRICE WHEN EVER I CAN SHOW WATCHES THAT EXPERIENCED YEARS OF WAR FARE.
THUS WE ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE WHAT WE SEE AND WHAT WE FIND ONLINE AND IN OUR MANY MILITARY RELATED BOOKS [450] WHEN WE RESTORE A WAR TEMPERED TIME PIECE.
THE GREATEST DIFFICULTY WAS THE COLUMN WHEEL MOVEMENT ABOVE IS IT’S TERRIBLE CONDITION. YET, AS TESTAMENT TO IT’S PRECISION PARTS, MATERIALS AND ASSEMBLY, THIS BABY STILL CHUGGED ALONG.
UNLIKE DISCOVERING A PRISTINE EXAMPLE THAT NEVER SAW THE WEAR AND TEAR OF COMBAT, THIS JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVY PILOTS CHRONOGRAPH COME FROM AN ESTATE THAT HAS AN INCREDIBLE COLLECTION AND INVENTORY OF COMBAT WATCHES.
WATCHES THAT BELONGED TO SOLDIERS, AIRMEN, MEDICS, NURSES, DOCTORS AND OTHER MEN AND WOMAN THAT WERE IN THE THICK OF ACTION FROM WWI THROUGH VIETNAM.
THE MAJORITY CAME FROM BATTLE FIELDS OR PRISONERS OF WAR!
NOW, READ BELOW TO SEE THE BUTTERFLY THAT MORPHED FROM THE WORM!
ROCK
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THIS WWII JAPANESE NAVEL AIR CHRONOGRAPH
WAS OVERHAULED TO AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL CONDITION
AS WE COULD MANAGE
WITH
RESTORED COLUMN WHEEL MOVEMENT
CLEANED/POLISHED NICKEL CASE
NEW CRYSTAL INSTALLATION
ALL ORIGINAL HANDS BUT ONE
THIS
WWII SEIKOSHA JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVAL AIR CHRONOGRAPH
IS A MUST FOR ANY COLLECTOR OF
JAPANESE IMPERIAL ERA MILITARY ITEMS
SPECIAL ATTENTION WENT INTO
RESTORING THE ORIGINAL ILLUMINATION
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NOTE ALL SMALL PICS BECOME DISTORTED
WHEN REDUCED
ALL PARTS INCLUDING THE DIAL
IN THIS
WWII JAPANESE IMPERIAL NAVEL CHRONOGRAPH
WERE
COMPLETELY WORN OUT
COMPLETELY WORN DOWN
COMPLETELY COATED WITH FILTH
WE NEW IT HAD
PARTICIPATED IN YEARS OF GRUELING WARFARE
THEN
YEARS OF WASTING AWAY
WE BEGAN WITH THE DIAL
WHICH WAS WAS RESTORED
DUE TO THE FACT THIS TIME PIECE IS BOTH RARE AND HIGHLY
COLLECTABLE, THE ABOVE RESTORE ACTUALLY INCREASES THE APPRAISAL VALUE
NOTE:
PICTURES SHOWING A RED CENTER SECONDS HAND
AND NUMERAL ILLUMINATION DOTS MISSING WERE TAKEN
LAST NIGHT, FRIDAY 6/7/2013 BEFORE ILLUMINATION
AND A BLACK SWEEPS HAND WERE INSTALLED BY ROCK
ON SAT 6/8/2013
RE-ILLUMINATION AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY
SWEEPS SECONDS IS BLACK
RUNNING CHRONO
RUNNING CHRONO
RUNNING CHRONO
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A SMALL RUN OF THESE POCKET WATCHES WERE MADE IN GERMANY BY ALPINA HONORING HITLER.–\FEW SURVIVED FEWER STILL ACTUALLY RUN DUE TO PARTS THIS ALPINA WAS/IS NOT SIMPLY A FASHION OR HONOR WATCH THE FACT THIS ALPINA HAS A MILITARY HACKED SWEEP SECONDS HAND AND THIS RARE MILITARY GRADE ALPINA ALSO HACKS PULL CROWN STOPS SWEEPS SECONDS SO IT CAN NE ZULU TIME LIKE THE USAA HACKING A-11 G |
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