Caliber 12'''

Caliber Junghans J54

Butterfly Schwenningen

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Junghans 12''' Schwenningen butterfly; collection Schmotte

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Junghans 12''' Schwenningen butterfly; collection Schmotte

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Junghans 12''' Schwenningen butterfly; collection Schmotte

  • Type: Mens Watch
  • Manufacturer on dial:
  • Trademarks / imprint:
  • Number of jewels: none
  • Escapement: pin lever
  • Balance: Körner-Unruh
  • Shock protection: none
  • Particularity: no jewels
  • Beats per hour: 18.000 A / h
  • Dimensions: 12'''
  • Production time: from 1928
  • Functions: Hand winding
  • Indication: hour, minute; sub second at 6
  • Dial: white; inside floral embossing, patinated; luminous numerals 1 - 12 (radium); circulating black printed minute track with 24 h numerals and "railway" lines
  • Hands: Skelleton, radium luminous material, partly missing
  • Second hand: thread; small counterweight
  • Case: octagonal
  • Diameter case (mm): 30
  • Case material: Brass, chrome-plated or nickel-plated, three-part
  • Back: pressed; brass, chrome-plated or nickel-plated
  • Bracelet: none

Many thanks for making the watch available to B. Schmotte!

 

Remark

In this watch, neither on the movement plate nor on the dial is the Schwenninger butterfly. It is probably one of the earliest watches to have left the Schwenningen Junghans halls.

Caliber Junghans J54

Butterfly Schwenningen

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Junghans 12''' Schwenningen butterfly

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Junghans 12''' Schwenningen butterfly

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Junghans 12''' Schwenningen butterfly; collection Schmotte

Another version of the Junghans 12''', this time with the Schwenninger butterfly on the dial and movement plate.

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