The incredibly journey of a J84/S!

The incredible journey of a J84/S!

On the way through half of Europe.

I was recently given that beautiful Junghans J84/S or Junghans 684.70 with its case in the rare lantern shape and has a travel through half of Europe behind.

Although the movement has already been made ​​in May of 1957 the clock appeared ultimately only in 1959 in a Junghans catalog on page 10:

The Junghans-catalog of 1959

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Junghans Katalog 1959 J84; Coverpage; Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie

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Junghans Katalog 1959 J84; p. 2; Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie

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Junghans Katalog 1959 J84; p. 3; Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie

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Junghans Katalog 1959 J84; p. 4; Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie

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Junghans Katalog 1959 J84; p. 10; Source: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chronometrie

From Junghans in Schramberg the watch made its way to the capital of Finland. There, in Helsinki a watchmaker worked mainly on tower clocks for churches. Apparently he had an excellent taste, because he gave this Junghans his granddaughter who now lives in Switzerland.

After a few years in the Alpine republic this little watch made its journey finally going on (with a few weeks stopover at customs in Frankfurt) and landed fortunately as a donation to me.

Now it will be presented at junghans-vintage.de:

A classic form - the lantern

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Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70; Front

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Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70; movement

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Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70; crown

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Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70; back

The watchmaker's shop still exists and is now run by the cousin of the then donee: www.piekainen.fi

Pictures

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Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70

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Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70

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Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70

With thanks to the donor!

Here you can find the data to the movement: Junghans J84/S; Junghans 684.70