106th Auction

2022/5/21

Lot 167

Walter Storz
STOWA

An aviator's large navigation watch of the German Luftwaffe, with indirect centre seconds and hack feature

Sold

estimated
3.0005.000 €
Price realized
4.200 €
specific features
Case
Matted grey, push back, contemporary extra long aviator's leather strap.
Dial
Black, centre seconds, luminous hands.
Movement
Manual.
Case no.5247
Cal.Unitas 2812
Diam.55 mm
Circa1943
Ctry.Germany


The watch is stamped BAL, which is the abbreviation for Betriebs Aufsicht Luft (Air Operation Supervision); it belongs to the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (Reich Ministry of Aviation).