Laco Navy Watches Cuxhaven 862104 42.5mm Handwinding Railroad Classic Watch
Brand: Laco
Color: White
From the classic pocket watch to the modern wrist watch With this navy watch, Laco combines function and design of two seafaring classics: the 1940s pocket watch and a model resembling the watches of the crew on board of the "U1" submarine. Manual wind movement, dial and casing are essentially just as they were in the watches' predecessors. However, the modern wrist watch "Made in Germany" has been made to have a more optically pleasing appearance. One special feature is the prominently large transparent base which allows you to see the elegant clockwork. Seafaring has hugely shaped the development of accurate timepieces. The pocket watch originally served as a means of exact time measurement and to determine geographical distances independently from landmarks. From a visual perspective, the features officially decided upon by the German naval observatory have become popular because of their clear readability - for example, matt-black Arabian numerals and the railway-themed minute circle have been characteristics of Laco pocket watches for ages. This is shown by both the model produced for the German Navy in the 1940s and the modern "Wilhelmshaven" edition. Similar details can in turn be found in the submarine watch with the Unitas clockwork 6498 - a wrist watch which was made in limited edition in collaboration with Deutsche Post in the mid-2000s. The advent of the new navy watch enables Laco to close the circle and present a modern wristwatch which combines the qualities of the two prototypes. For example, it includes a sturdy stainless steel casing, a subsidiary seconds display in the number 6 position, numerals and indices treated with afterglow Superluminova C3 paint and a wind-up calibre. The Laco 98 clockwork is based on the Swiss ETA 6498.1. Its high-grade components such as the thermally blued screws and various decorative cuts are visibly highlighted by the sapphire glass base.
Handwinding movement refined Laco 98. Basic movement ETA 6498.1 Elabore 17 Jewels.
Stainless steel case with a polished and sandblasted finish. Fluted bezel. Flat and anti-reflective sapphire crystal. Screwed case back with extra large sapphire crystal opening.
White in enamel optic, railway minute circle, arabic numerals and indexes with luminous material Superluminova C3, second at 6H.
Hour hand and minute hand varnished in black, filled with Superluminova C3.
Brown leather strap, stainless steel buckle.