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WWII WITH AIRCORPS ESCAPE COMPASS CASE BACK *RE-ILLUMINATED WITH LUMINOVA 34 X 37 WITH 1945 OR IF YOU WANT
YOU ALSO RECEIVE WITH 19.00 US SUBSIDIZED DOUBLE BOXED 2 DAY AIR 26.00 INTERNATIONAL SUBSIDIZED REGISTERED FREE USA 800 438 6894 TOLL FREE SUPPORT ************************************************** MORE GREAT DEALS IN OUR EBAY STORE *******************************************************
http://www.compassmuseum.com/esc/esc.htm NOTE WE HAD PICS OF THE ENTIRE OPPS, FROM REMOVING CORROSION TO HEATING/REMOVING THE HIDDEN COMPASS. THEY WERE SOME OF THOSE LOST DATA
THE CASE BACK COMPASS WATCH OK. HERE WE GO. ROCK INVESTS IN LOTS OF WATCHES THAT HAVE “TRENCH WORK”, THAT IS ITEMS, WRITINGS, DECORATIONS, AND, ESPECIALLY, DI’S, MEDALS AND BADGES THAT WERE ADDED BY INDIVIDUALS AND NOT WATCH MAKERS. . THESE ITEMS DO NOT HAVE TO BE MILITARY. ALL SORTS OF ITEMS BADGES FROM CAUSES, GROUPS, MASONIC , MICKEY MOUSE , FRANK BUCK AND DIVISION ITEMS, CAN BE FOUND. THUS, WHEN THIS TIME PIECE WAS PURCHASED -ALONG WITH OTHERS — FROM AN ESTATE SALE WITH MILITARY ITEMS, HE NOTED THE CASE BACK WAS AN AIRCORP BADGE. THIS CASE BACK WAS HEAVILY WORN OUT AND LOOKED AS IF IT WERE UTILIZED BY AN AIRMAN OR MECHANIC IN THE PACIFIC. THIS ENICAR WAS WORN BY AN AIRMAN WHO SERVED IN THE ARMY AIRCORP 1943 THROUGH 1945 AND WAS NOT STATIONED IN THE PACIFIC, HE WAS STATIONED IN ENGLAND AND FLEW OVER EUROPE FOR TWO YEARS. FIRST NON-COMBAT THEN COMBAT. IN ANY CASE IT WAS NOT A MAJOR PURCHASE BUT COST A LITTLE MORE DUE TO THE CASE BACK. AFTER OVERHAULING THE 3RD ARMY WATCH, ROCK GRABBED THIS ENICAR AND, THOUGH IT LOOKED COOL AGED AND TARNISHED, AND CORRODING, HE REALIZED HE COULD NOT OFFER THE WATCH WITH ABILITY TO WEAR , SO HE UNSCREWED IT…. THE IDEA WAS NOT TO RESTORE THE BACK BUT TO HALT THE ACTIVE CORROSION WITHOUT HARMING REMAINING METAL WAS THE GOAL. AS THE BRONZE CASE BACK BEGAN TO SHOW ITS COLORS AND THE TOP COULD BE SEEN AS SEPARATE FROM THE STEEL CASE BACK. THE STEEL HAD TURNED DUE TO 60 YEARS OF BRONZE TRANSFERRING TO THE WHITE STEEL; FREEING WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE AN AIRMAN OR SOLDIER COMPASS THAT COULD BE OPENED WITH ANY FLAT METAL OBJECT TO LIFT THE AREA NON SEALED AND PULL THE DI UP REVEALING COMPASS– THOUGH CORRISION HAD EFFECTED IT, IT WAS STILL ATTACHED AND, WITHOUT A DOUBT, EXACTELY WHAT IS ON SEVERAL COMPASS SITES.
The Enicar Watch Company was founded 1913 in La Chaux de Fonds Switzerland when Artiste Racine (Jules Racine, Racine Watch Co, Gallet, Excelsior Park) spelled his name backwards and created Enicar; a brand once recognized for its high quality. From the mid 20’s Enicar began to focus on the production of both precise and robust military watches, which were soon recognized under the name “sport”. In the mid-forties Enicar developed its first chronograph models. In the sixties and seventies Enicar developed their firth automatic movements.
ENICAR S.A. registers the following trademarks: Enicar, Longeau, Etsira, Savillon, Pittfield and Alprosa. On October 1, 1913 Ariste Racine (1889 – 1958) and his wife Emma Blatt started a ‘Manufacture d’Horlogerie’ (brand name ‘AR’) in the Rue du Crêt 24 in La Chaux-de-Fonds** (Jura Mountains, Canton Neuchâtel, Switzerland). AR employed 1 watch maker and two external technicians. Ariste’s father was a well-known architect and his great grandfather a well-known watch face painter/designer. More members of the Racine family and in-laws in Switzerland and the USA were active in the watch industry . The economic situation in Switzerland during the W.W. I is hard. There are many bankruptcies and export is hampering. As the name ‘Racine’ was already a registered trademark since 1870 (by Jules Racine Sr.), they used the anagram of the family name. Ariste Racine registered his factory and the brand name ‘ENICAR’ on January 6, 1914.Although that brand name is used as his telegram address, only. In his first ad (see above) in November 1914 “Horlogerie Ariste Racine” is the common name. Ariste and Emma used the sun lounge of their home as their factory. They produced a great variety of lever watches with movements ranging from 4 – 17 Lignes*. One of their first exceptional products was a pocket watch with the possibility to integrate a compass or picture behind a second and smaller door . He registered 5 models of this design officially on February 3, 1915. La-Chaux-de-Fonds (aka ‘Watch Valley’) is a famous watchmaker’s center for centuries. Many companies, like Girard-Perregaux, Rolex, Omega, TAG-Heuer, Breitling, Invicta, Gallet, etc. started their life and some are still located in this town. It is also the birth place of e.g. Charles-Edouard Jeanneret (1887-1965), better known as Le Corbusier, the famous architect. His family was involved in the watch industry as well. And of Louis-Joseph Chevrolet (1878-1941), who emigrated to the USA and started (with two others) the Chevrolet Motor Car Company; in 1915 he sold his shares to William Durant, the founder of General Motors.
Ariste Racine advertising Military Watches Despite worldwide political problems Racine’s production in 1914 increased due to the successful export to Russia and because of their first important customer, the Japanese merchant Tenshodo-san. Tenshodo founded his business in 1879 in Tokyo; he imported Swiss watches since 1889; in 1913 he was already the sole agent for Narudan, Tissot and Zenith watches. Racine opened in 1914 a radium lab as well. Radium was used on the hands of the (alarm) clocks and watches, making them readable in the dark. Soon their home became too small as business was booming. La Chaux-de-Fonds was the center of Swiss watch makers, resulting in a shortage of good and free technicians. Racine rented a part of the house of his mother in Longeau/Lengnau (northeast of Biel, Canton Bern) in 1916. He named that branch of their business ‘Longeau Watch Co.’ Despite the W.W. I and frequent strike actions in Switzerland sales are flourishing. In 1918 Ariste and his wife Emma bought his mother’s house and land next to it; Longeau became the official seat of the new company. Oskar Racine, Ariste Racine’s brother, is joining the company – still named Longeau Watch Co. – in that same year. Oscar’s own business – a shaft factory in Biel – was closed in May 1930. From 1920 the company started to make its own movements. Until then they used mainly movements of Adolphe Schild (AS). On April 11, 1932 the company becomes ENICAR Société Anonyme (equiv. to Ltd.), with a nominal capital of 50,000 Swiss Francs. In January 1931 the branch at the Plainpalais in Geneva is closed. In 1934, after securing Military Contracts with the Germans for Longeau Watches, Ariste Racine Jr., son of Ariste and Emma, enters the company and as by October 30, 1939, becomes general director *******************************************
KEEPING WITH THE RADIUM THAT WAS UTILIZED BY RACINE SINCE 1914 THIS WWII ENICAR WAS RE-ILLUMINATED. BOTH NUMERALS AND HANDS
EVEN STRAIGHT SHOT PICTURE DIAL IS AS IT WAS
DIAL CRYSTAL CASE AND CROWN
CASE IS AN INCREDIBLE 90%
CASE BACK CLEANED THE STRAP IS A BALLISTIC NYLON,
THESE PHOTOS SAY IT ALL
THIS ENICAR HAS IT ALL
runs awsome
super clean
crown original
DIAL IS STUNNING NOTE THE REILLUMINATION CASE BACK HAS
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TOP ROW IS THE COMPASS IN THIS WATCH
ON ORIGINAL FRENCH STRAP 1944
WE LOST MOST PICTURES OF THIS ENICAR ABOVE IS THE BRASS COMPASS HOLDER
AFTER APPLYING HEAT TO BREAK 4 IT WAS THEN WE REALIZED THIS BABY WAS VIABLE
WE REASSEMBLED THE COMPASS
DIAL IS AS IT WAS
CASE IS AN INCREDIBLE 90%
ORIGINAL NICKEL CHROME FINISH
NOTE CASE STYLE
Features Data CONDITION **************************************\
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PLEASE WRITE OR CALL 800 438 6894 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS!! UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE all watches offered by GSW have been SERVICED. Some required REPAIR AND RESTORATION! Normal Servicing of Mechanical Watches by an EXPERT PROFESSIONAL will run between $180.00 to 580.00, depending on the complication of the movement and that is WITHOUT parts that may be required. SERVICING means DISASSEMBLING THE ENTIRE WATCH AND MOVEMENT, CLEANING SAME, OILING, LUBING AND REASSEMBLING, timing and Sealing. RESTORATION is a separate service from SERVICING and may include CRYSTAL, DIAL, HANDS, CASE, LUGS and BAND. So, WHEN YOU VIEW VINTAGE AND CLASSIC WATCHES OFFERED BY OTHER VENDORS/DEALERS, the question is: WAS THE WATCH SERVICED? All watches, from mechanical to quartz devices, require periodic cleaning and inspection. GSW provides both cleaning and repair services with our main specialty that of restoring and repairing classic & vintage watches. GSW has established parts accounts with the oldest watch parts houses in the world as well as a network of watch dealers and repair centers around the world. GSW also provides dial restoration services. In addition to servicing new, vintage & classic watches, we also service high grade wristwatches. Think of your watch as you would a fine automobile, it is worth maintaining as it will increase your pleasure of ownership and also enhance the resale or trade-in value. If you plan on passing your watch on to the next generation, skilled periodic maintenance will be greatly appreciated in the future. Visit our studio gallery online for info on restoring or repairing your watch and call for discounts from our advertised pricing! |
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