WALTHAM ORD DEPT
NEW GENUINE MILITARY HANDS
FROM 1944 THROGH 1954
RE-ILLUMINATED
NEW SUB-SECONDS
LETS SAY 30.00 BUCKS XTRA
NEW CRYSTAL NO CHARGE IN STOCK
CASE RESTORED TO 80% WITH PLATING AND NON-GLARE FINISH
PART OF RESTORE
Q II P
NEW BRASS SPRING BARS NO CHARGE
DIAL RESTORED ILLUMINATED 24HR TIME IN RED
75.00
INTERIOR OF CASE BACK
THE LUG HOLES WERE SHOT
SPRING BARS WENT NEARLY THROUGH
SOLDERED HOLES
SANDED DOWN
REFINISHED
NO CHARGE THOUGH THIS IS USUALLY EXTRA
NOTE YOU MUST USE WIRE LUG STYLE STRAP
ANYTHING OTHER WILL NOT WORK
CLOTH WWII STYLE WIRE LUG STYLE WOULD BE GREAT
LISTEN TO THE ROCK
NO WAY TO TAKE BASE METAL AND WELD DRILL
AND EXECT NOT TO WEAR
AS IS WORKS GREAT
THE LUG HOLES WERE SHOT
SPRING BARS WENT NEARLY THROUGH
SOLDERED HOLES
SANDED DOWN
REFINISHED
THE LUG HOLES WERE SHOT
SPRING BARS WENT NEARLY THROUGH
SOLDERED HOLES
SANDED DOWN
REFINISHED
THE LUG HOLES WERE SHOT
SPRING BARS WENT NEARLY THROUGH
SOLDERED HOLES
SANDED DOWN
REFINISHED
RUNS GREAT!
BALANCE COMPLETE
LETS SAY 35.00
I BELIEVE IT WAS 27 OR 28 BUCKS
WITHOUT RETAINER SCREWS
SORRY FOR THE DELAY BUT THAT BENRUS JUMP HOUR WAS NOT SIMPLY A NIGHTMARE, IT BECAME A BATTLE BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL PARTS….
96 HOURS. AVERAGE IS 18. I SIMPLY WAS NOT GOING TO LET IT DEFEAT ME….. NUT NEXT TIME I WILL SEND IT BACK…. LATER FOR THE STORY AT MY BLOG http://rock.lsyf.com
YUP IT WORKED .
NEW BALANCE COMPLETE.
ASSEMBLE TO BRIDGE COCK
LUBRICATE
A FEW NUDGES HERE AND THERE
A FEW HAIR SPRING ADJUSTMENTS
AND SHE IS RUNNING PERFECT
DIAL IS RESTORED
WORKING ON CASE
7 15 2014
THIS IS AN AWESOME ORD DEPT US MILITARY WALTHAM
UPDATE
06 21 14
CASE COMPLETE
HANDS RE ILLUMINATED
DIAL READY FOR RESTORE NEXT WEEK
MOVEMENT OVERHAULED
WAITING FOR BALANCE COMPLETE
ONCE IT ARRIVES 3 HOURS AND
THE MOVEMENT WILL BE COMPLETE
you are a lucky investor. only 29999 [1 under 30,000] Waltham 6.0 b movements were made IN 1942. And though the walthams are the most difficult of the quad suppliers -elgin-bulova-hamilton-waltham— FOR THE a-11 and ord watches for the us military, it remains the rarest. 1942 WAS THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS MODEL.
the fact is, there are existing figures that should blow you away.. while Waltham designs were more difficult than any other brand to service/repair, such as the 5 part main spring barrel -notorious for failure – and their A-II hack lever that broke constantly– once running with proper service it will be a great time piece.
If worn all the time, this watch would require a service every 4 to 5 years. though i will use rolex synthetic lubes to extend that period.
synthetic lube is 60 dollars a gram ves 25.00 for 2 ounces of top grade natural oils….
and, on the good side, these facts mean that your time piece is one of the rarest of the military issue… that is fact. 29999 thousand 6/0 movements were made.
your serial number is 32098606
32084001 the first serial / the last serial 32114000
29999 how many made
32098606 your serial
14605 your watch was the 14605th off assembly line
official records
Start: End:
First: 32084001 Last: 32114000
Model: 1942 Name:
Material: A Grade: No. 10617,
Size: 6/0 Size: 6/0
Plate: Plate:
Jewelling: Jewels: 17
Balance: Bal: Breguet Spring
Style: military
though there were other runs for later 6/0 WALTHAM WATCHES, LIKE THE KOREAN WAR A-17… rest assured this one is rare….
NOTE-THERE WERE OVER 33 MILLION 6/0 MOVMENTS IN VARIOUS STYLES MADE FROM 1940 THROUGH 1958. MORE THAN 3/4 ARE/WERE 6/0 POCKET WATCH MOVEMENTS. THESE ARE NOT INTERCHANGEABLE WITH WRIST MOVEMENTS. SOME OF THE WRIST STYLES CONTAIN INTERCHANGEABLE PARTS. PROBLEM ISM THOSE THAT SURVIVED ARE PARTS WATCHES HIDDEN AWAY IN OLD WATCH MAKER RUINS…
THE PROBLEM BEGINS WITH THE HAIR SPRING & BALANCE
I NOTED THAT IT WAS MAN MADE TROUBLES BECAUSE THE HAIR
SPRING COULD NEVER GET SO FOULED UP ON ITS OWN
WE NOTICE THAT THE ADJUSTMENT IS A QUARTER TO THE SLOW SIDE
THIS INDICATES IT WAS RUNNING FAST –THOUGH THIS ALSO COULD BE FROM
AN ATTEMPT TO REGULATE. WHETHER WE REQUIRE JUST
THE HAIR SPRING OR BALANCE COMPLETE WILL OCCUR AFTER STRIP DOWN
SOME PLAY UP/DOWN AND SIDE ON TOP
NOTE ABSENCE OF ANY SHOCK ABSORBER
DOUBLE CASED
NOTE INNNER MOISTURE AND MAGNETIC PROTECTOR
THIS WAS COMPLETE AND I RESTORED A SECOND WATCH
WHILE RESTORING THE SECOND TIME PIECE
I CAM ACROSS HE ABOVE WATCH ON EBAY
NOTE THE CASE RING ON RIGHT
I BELIEVE THIS WILL WORK ON THE GRANA. AS YOU READ THIS YOU
WILL NOTE I HAD TO MAKE A HOLDER.
THE ABOVE “GRANA” BROTHER WAS 66.00 ON EBAY
IF IT WORKS I WILL NOT CHARGE MY PATRON/
I WOULD RATHER HAVE THE ORIGINAL IF IT WORKS
AM WAITING FOR IT TO ARRIVE
KF GRANA 1937 – 1944
GERMANY WWII
WHAT WOULD IT BE WITHOUT ITS HISTORY. AMAZING IS WHAT IT IS. YOU HAVE TO PLACE YOUR SELF IN THE BOARD ROOM OF KF..
… THE WORLD HAS CHANGED. THE SWISS ARE LOOKING AT THE DOLLAR AGAIN. MANUFACTURERS SEE GERMANY RISING. THE 1936 OLYMPICS ARE SPLASHED ACROSS THE WORLD. THE DEPRESSION IS RESCINDING. ORDERS ARE COMING IN FOR STEEL, CHEMICALS AND IN THAT BOARD ROOM A YOUNG MAN STANDS AND INTRODUCES THE NEW TOP OF THE LINE KF GRANA..
THEY TALK ABOUT THE MOVEMENT AND A DRAWING SLIDES ACROSS THE TABLE AS THEY OOOH AND AAAAH..
FIVE DAYS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING ADVERTISEMENTS ARE BEING DESIGNED,, FROM PARIS, THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS TO HAVANA,CUBA, THE NUMBER TWO DESTINATION, SWISS KF GRANA LIGHT UP MAGAZINES.. ON STREET CARS ACROSS EUROPE KF IS EVERY WHERE…
SOON ORDERS ARE COMING IN FROM THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT….
YOUR WATCH IS SHIPPED…
AMONG 50 OTHER BRANDS, 22 BOXES STAMPED “SWISS KF GRANA” LINE THE WALL AS THE BORED YET BUSY 3 STRIPE ENLISTED GRABS ANOTHER 4 BOXES OF PHENIX WATCHES .. HE STOPS, HOLDING THE 4 BOXES HE HAD PICKED UP.. HE RECOGNIZES OTHERS WITH THE KF BRAND ON THEM ..
‘DID I NOT JUST SEE A KF ADVERTISEMENT ON THE STREET CAR?’
HE PLACED THE PHENIX BOXES DOWN AND, WITH EXTRA CARE, HE PICKED UP 4 KF BOXES -EACH HOLDING 12 GRANA WATCHES – AND PLACED THEM WITH EXTRA CARE ON HIS STAMPING BENCH.
GENTLY OPENING THE FIRST WOOD BOX, REVEALED SOMETHING GLOWING GREEN UNDER THE STRAW, 12 GLOWING GREEN GRANA WATCHES SOON REVEALED THEM SELVES.
EACH GLOWING BRIGHT RADIUM GREEN KF GRANA SEEMED FROM ANOTHER WORLD.. A GIFT OF THE GODS THAT ONCE RULED THE GERMANIC PEOPLES.. OTHER WATCHES WERE RADIUM ENHANCED, BUT THE KF GRANA WAS THE LATEST LOOK. BLACK DIAL, SUB REGISTER, PAINTED NUMBERS, STEEL CASED.. HE WAS STUNNED..
HE HAS NEVER OWNED A WATCH LET ALONE SEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL MECHANISM.. “YOU ARE ALIVE” HE SAID TO THEM AS HE PICKED UP THE FIRST ONE…
…THUS HE BEGAN HIS STAMPING…..
TWO WEEKS LATER, THE DAY ARRIVED WHEN 48 GERMAN OFFICERS GRADUATED TRAINING. THERE THEY STOOD, UNIFORMS PRESSED, CAPS SET WITH INVISIBLE LEVELS, AND THEIR BOOTS SLICK WITH SPIT AND POLISH. ASSIGNED TO THEIR VARIOUS DIVISIONS, COMPANIES, PLATOONS.. EACH ONE WAS HANDED A GLOWING 24HR RADIUM KF GRANA AND TOLD: “THIS IS GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, EXPENSIVE GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, WEAR IT WELL AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT”…
NEEDLESS TO SAY, MOST OF THESE MEN STOOD STUNNED. OUTSIDE OF A FEW WEALTHY OFFICERS, MOST OF THESE LEUTNANT, KAPITANLEUTNANT, HAUPTMANN AND OBERLEUTNANT HARDLY HAD LIGHTS IN THEIR HOMES LET ALONE SOMETHING TO TELL TIME BY.. EVEN AT NIGHT!
… THE DAY THEY SHOW UP FOR DUTY OTHER OFFICERS MILL AROUND TO LISTEN TO THE TALK OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BERLIN OR OTHER CITIES AND PLACES THE NEW OFFICERS ARE FROM. IT IS NOT LONG BEFORE ONE SEASONED OFFICER NOTES SOMETHING MORE THAN THE SPIFFY NEW UNIFORMS, THE POLISHED TO MIRROR BOOTS… YES, SOON ALL THE EYES FOCUS ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLACK DIALED RADIUM ILLUMINATED KF GRANA’ PEEKING IN GREEN FROM UNDER THE CUFFS OF THE NEW OFFICERS JACKETS AND/OR OVER COATS.
WHAT IS THAT? ONE OFFICER REQUESTS.. A GRANA SIR, MADE BY KF!
“KF YOU SAY? BEAUTIFUL… THE SWISS ARE ACTUALLY GERMANS….”
[THE GERMAN ANSWER TO AN ITEM MOST WONDERFUL YET NOT MADE IN GERMANY]
IN EVERY LANGUAGE, IN EVERY TIME, NOTHING IS DIFFERENT BUT THE OBJECTS WE BUILD, DESIRE, FIGHT FOR, REQUEST OR GIVEAWAY.
HUMAN EMOTION THOUGHT AND ACTION HAS REMAINED THE SAME SINCE MAN FIRST WALKED THE EARTH….JEALOUSY, GREED, DESIRE, JOY, HATE, LOVE ARE PART AND PORTION OF THE INITIAL SPARKS THAT CONTINUE TO CREATE OR ALTER OR BUILD OR DESTROY OUR WORLD.
ALL THAT OCCURS BEGINS THEREIN; NO MATTER THE LANGUAGE OR ACCENT….
PEACE AND WAR FROM WITHIN THE FAMILY UNIT TO THE NATIONAL UNIT EVOLVE FROM ALL THE SAME FEARS, DESIRES AND WANTS..EACH MOTIVATED BY PROPERTY.
THUS WE SHOULD THINK OF HISTORY MORE THAN SIMPLY A TIME IN THE PAST,
OR THE PAST OF OUR HISTORY.. WE MUST THINK OF IT AS THE FUTURE OF OUR TIME, FOR HISTORY DOES REPEAT ITSELF UNDER NEW NAMES AND PROPERTY.
THE GRANA AND OTHER WRIST WATCHES FROM SOME OF THE BEST IN THEIR DAY WATCH COMPANIES WERE SUPPLIED TO GERMAN OFFICERS AND NON COM ENLISTED. MORE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY.. INCLUDING THE US. TOWARDS THE END OF WWII, MANY GERMAN SOLDIERS SURVIVED BECAUSE OF THE KF GRANA AND OTHER WATCHES THEY WORE, AND OTHERS DIED BECAUSE OF IT. MANY RUSSIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN SOLDIERS TOOK THESE WATCHES FROM SURRENDERING GERMANS, AND SHOT EVEN MORE FOR THEIR WATCHES.
YOUR WATCH SURVIVED THIS TERRIBLE HISTORY WHERE MANY OF THE MEN WHO WORE THESE WATCHES MURDERED NEARLY AN ENTIRE PEOPLES…
YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME PIECE . WHEN I COMPLETE IT IT WILL BE AS IT WAS NEW YET HAVE WITHIN IT THE ABOVE TRUE HISTORY
Certina, Kurth Frères SA
Grenchen, Solothurn
1888:
Founded as Gebrüder Kurth by Adolf and Alfred Kurth in
Grenchen. Production of ebauches and watch parts, with just three employees.
1897
: Finishing of a new factory building
1906:
Introduction of the brand Grana for complete watches (from Latin Granacus = Grenchen)
.
1934:
The Swiss Law for Protection and Regulation of the Watch Market
(Uhrenstatut) didn’t allow the supply of complete watches and
ebauches simulateously. While e.g. Eterna responded with the separation
of the movement activities under the name ETA, Kurth Frères gave up the ebauche supply, and engaged stronger in
watch manufacturing, and sold complete movements mainly to customers in Switzerland and the U.S.A.
1939:
Registration of the brand Certina. Initially it was intended for economical volume models,
while Grana was reserved for top models. But it soon proved to be too expensive
to hold two brands on the market, and so the brand Grana vanished.
1944:
Introduction of the model line Labora, representing economical but rugged watches.
1955:
Renamed to Certina, Kurth Frères SA.
1958:
Production start of the famous DS line, although it was
officially lounged in 1959. DS = double security represents extremely heavy duty watches.
1971:
Certina is foundation member of the General Watch Co. (GWC) initiated by the ASUAG;
further members: Edox/Era, Endura, Eterna, Longines, Mido, Rado, Rotary, Technos.
1982:
Merger of the ASUAG with the SSIH (among others Omega, Tissot), initiated by Nicolas G. Hayek. This trust developed within few years
to the SMH (Société Suisse de Micro-Électronique et d’Horlogerie SA), which was renamed to Swatch Group in 1998.
1940 GERMAN D-H ARMY WATCH CASE
NOTE DIAL IS TOO SMALL FOR CASE
EDGES DO NOT FIT BEHIND CASE EDGE
CASE WILL BE HAND DETAILED
FINISH TO SUPER HIGH LUSTRE
THEN BLASTED TO FIELD FINISH
AWESOME
STAINLESS STEEL
D SERIAL H
[SERVICE WATCH ARMY (HEER)]
MANY GERMAN WWII WATCHES HAD THE AS 1130
KNOWN AS THE
Wehrmachtswerk (army movement)
ISSUE BEGAN MID 1930!
CASE FACK WILL BE HAND FILED SANDED BLASTED AND POLISHED
TO BE AS IT WAS. NEW SEAL ALSO
GRANA WAS THE KF [LATER THE CERTINA BRAND) HIGH END BRAND
THIS GRANA KF WATCH DIAL HAD RADIUM NUMERALS
NOTE THE SECONDS REGISTER AT BOTTOM
IT WAS CUT INTO DIAL
SEE THE BRASS SHOWING THROUGH
I WILL RESTORE THE DIAL AS IT WAS AND LOOKING LIKE IT WAS
WITH NEW AF-LUMINOVA PHOSPHORUS AND ZINC ILLUMINATION
HANDS WILL BE RESTORED BLUED BLACK ANF ILLUMINATED
MOVEMENT RING KEEPS MOVEMENTS IN CASE
THIS GRANA WOULD NOT HAVE HAD A CHEAPER STYLE HOLDER
RATHER TWO SCREWS WOULD HAVE HELD THE MOVEMENT IN A STEEL RING
THIS MOVEMENT RING IS ABSOLUTELY WRONG
ALL MOVEMENTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN HOLD LEDGE
REQUIRE THE INSERT STYLE FLAST SIDE STEEL RING WITH SLOTS PERFECTLY PLACED
THE MOVEMENT IS PLACED INTO THE RING
THE MNETAL TABS DROPED IN, ONE ON EACH SIDE
THEN SREWS PLACED AND TIGHENED
IT BECOMES ONE PIECE
I WILL HAVE TO FIND ONE?????
OR MAKE ONE
THE MOVEMENT & DIAL ARE SMALLER THAN THE OPENING IN THE CASE
IT FALLS THROUGH WHERE CRYSTAL FITS.
THE STEM IS THE ONLY ITEM HOLDING THE
MOVEMENT/DIAL FROM HITTING CRYSTAL
NOTE THE HEIGHT OF EDGE OF MOVEMENT
AND THE STEM
NOTE THE AWESOME KF BRANDING
1950–1955
Kurth Frères SA
Grenchen. Solothurn
KF321
NEW CROWN/TUBE SEAL WILL BE FITTED
NO GUARANTEE APPLIES TO STEM/CROWNS
NOTE THE RIGHT SIDE IS UP AND HELD UP BY STEM
WHILE THE LEFT SIDE IS THROUGH THE CASE TO CRYSTAL
THE SPACE BETWEEN INTERIOR CASE WALL AND MOVEMENT TOOLARGE
USING THE CASE HOLDER SIMPLY PUSHES MOVEMENT T FURTHER WHEN CASE BACK IS SECURED
WHILE THIS IS A LATER MOVEMENT
IT IS APPROPRIATE TO THE TIME PIECE
AND ONLY ONE MODEL UPGRADE OFF
THUS
MOVEMENT OVERHAULED
SERVICED
NEW MAIN SPRING WILL BE ADDED FOR FREE
NEW PROPER SPRING BARS ARE REQUIRED THESE ARE WRONG
THE HOLDER IS RESTING ON THE DIAL SIDE LEDGE
YET THE MOVEMENT EDGE NOR DIAL ARE OVER THE LEDGE
SO HOLDER IS ACTUALLY HOLDING NOTHING
IT IS MY PRO ESTIMATE AND CONCLUSION THAT THIS MOVEMENT IS NOT
ORIGINAL TO THIS CASE OR PERIOD.
KF DID MANUFACTURE WATCHES FOR GERMANY BEFORE WWII ACTUALLY COMMENCED.
THE PERIOD THAT D H WAS BEING IMPRINTED 1935 THROUGH 1941
AFTER THE WAR BEGAN, THE SWISS WERE NEUTRAL AND CONTINUED TO DELIVER WATCHES?
MORE AND MORE WATCHES WERE ISSUED W/O THE D H
THOUGH THE DIAL MAY ALSO BE 1950/55 .
IT IS EXACTLY AS THE 193O’S ISSUE
THE MOVEMENT SIZE DID NOT CHANGE
THIS MEANS THE STEEL RING SYSTEM WAS USED
SO, THE DIAL IS FOR THIS CASE. BUT A
STEEL RING WITH SLOTS AND SCREWS WITH METAL STUBS THAT
FIT INTO SLOTS, ALLOWED THE MOVEMENT AND DIAL TO FIT THE CASE
Certina 261/3
Features
stem wind and set
sub second
Data
17 / 18”’, Dm= 38.0 / 40.4mm
H= 5.0mm
15 jewels
f = 18000 A/h
power reserve 30h1-2)
NO INCABLOC
ca. 1930: K.F.262, Swiss Made, 15 Jewels
WITH INABLOC
ca. 1945: K.F.262 – K.F., 262; Incabloc
Kurth Frères SA
GRANA
FINISH WAS THE HIGHEST OF ITS DAY
EVEN INTERIOR CASE BACK DETAILED
NOTE THE HIGH WALL WHICH PUSHED ON RTHE STEEL RING?
LOCKING IT TO CASE
REPLACEMENT MOVEMENT TOO SMALL FOR CASE
CASE IS WWII GERMAN D-H
MOVERMENT IS POST WAR REPLACEMENT
FANTASTIC MOVEMENT WITH AWAESOME FINISHING
THESE WERE KF TOP GRADE MOVEMENTS
THIS IS THE 1950 VERSION WITH INCABLOC SHOCK DEVISE
WHICH WAS FIRST ISSUED IN 1945
1950
Certina 321
kf-321
Data
12”’, Dm= 27.0mm
H= 3.9mm
15/16 jewels
f = 18000 A/h
power reserve 42h
NOTE DOUBLE SCREW CROWN WHEEL
SWISS BARS
INCABLOC SHOCK DEVICE
WOW
UNDER DIAL PLATE SHOWS EXTRA FINE ROLEX STYLE FINISHING
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