Important Watches & Jewelry
New York, Dec 08, 2016
HEUER - BUNDESWEHR - FLYBACK CHRONOGRAPH Heuer, "Bundeswehr, 3H." Made for the German military circa 1966. Fine, water-resistant, stainless steel military wristwatch with black bezel, round button Fly-back chronograph and register.
Three body, brushed, case back with 4 screws and engraved: Bundeswehr 6645-12-146-3774, graduated bidirectional revolving bezel, concave lugs. Black with luminous Arabic numerals, outer minute/ seconds divisions with 5-minute/seconds Arabic markers, subsidiary seconds and 30-minute register dials. Luminous white baton hands. Cal. 230, rhodium-plated, 17 jewels, straight- line lever escapement, monometallic balance, shock absorber, self-compensating flat balance spring.