Stopwatch anyone?

Post Reply
User avatar
MAX
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 1798
Joined: May 23rd 2013, 10:00pm
Location: Too Far South, Floriduh
Contact:
Contact MAX

Stopwatch anyone?

Post by MAX » May 12th 2024, 11:26am

Was my rich Uncles. He used it to time his Trotter horse and its rivals. Remember playing with it as a kid. Now used mostly to time food cooking on a grill. Wonderful old brand name. Back opens up but seems frozen and I dont want to damage it.
stopwatch 2 crop.jpg
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
NRPI and Shitheel here.

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

If I am to be insulted I must first value your opinion.
User avatar
MAX
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 1798
Joined: May 23rd 2013, 10:00pm
Location: Too Far South, Floriduh
Contact:
Contact MAX

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by MAX » May 12th 2024, 11:54am

stopwatchback crop.jpg
Well, I got the back open at only a cost of a few fingernails. Iit seems engine turned and engraved with metal swiss, serial number and the Whitnauer logo in the form of an arch. Too small to photograph. Inside caseback is polished, presumably a place to be engraved. Seems to wind, run and fuction perfectly but I know it was never serviced.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
NRPI and Shitheel here.

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

If I am to be insulted I must first value your opinion.
User avatar
Tartan1
Posts: 95
Joined: April 4th 2024, 5:46am
Location: Scotland, UK
Contact:
Contact Tartan1

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by Tartan1 » May 12th 2024, 11:57am

Lovely to view this and a nice story. I had around 12 at one point and like you as I posted them here and there in the background of watch wristies people were asking one by one if they could buy them. I think I have 3 or maybe 4 left now. I do enjoy them.
User avatar
MAX
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 1798
Joined: May 23rd 2013, 10:00pm
Location: Too Far South, Floriduh
Contact:
Contact MAX

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by MAX » May 12th 2024, 12:06pm

Tartan 1 - I know you have some beautiful watches left from your posts here.

Been wanting to cut down my collection but just too darn lazy and busy to do so. Lots of Med problems with the SO and she takes up sooo much of my time. No idea of value on this but I would entertain any offers. Didnt mean this to be a sales thread though.
NRPI and Shitheel here.

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

If I am to be insulted I must first value your opinion.
User avatar
Tartan1
Posts: 95
Joined: April 4th 2024, 5:46am
Location: Scotland, UK
Contact:
Contact Tartan1

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by Tartan1 » May 12th 2024, 12:41pm

I have seen the Wittnauer Stopwatches selling for anything from £25 to £500. I do not confess to understanding the process of valuation for these or having any knowledge of the models. Likely there is a forum such as Watchlords that has its share of discussion from collectors and hobbyists of the item.
User avatar
MAX
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 1798
Joined: May 23rd 2013, 10:00pm
Location: Too Far South, Floriduh
Contact:
Contact MAX

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by MAX » May 13th 2024, 5:53am

WISenheimer wrote: ↑
May 12th 2024, 2:59pm
 My default go to watchmaker restores lots of antique pocket watches and may have some insight into this and possibly a buyer (at wholesale pricing)

My Sumo GMT is supposedly arriving today, so I will be seeing him later this week to look at aftermarket straps. I will show him your pics and see if he has any insight.
Thank you WIS. That would be quite helpful. Dial seems perfect and crystal is unscratched as much as I can tell without a loop. Slight mark at the split seconds pusher.
Last edited by MAX on May 13th 2024, 5:59am, edited 1 time in total.
NRPI and Shitheel here.

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

If I am to be insulted I must first value your opinion.
User avatar
MAX
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 1798
Joined: May 23rd 2013, 10:00pm
Location: Too Far South, Floriduh
Contact:
Contact MAX

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by MAX » May 13th 2024, 5:54am

AlbertaTime wrote: ↑
May 12th 2024, 6:23pm
 Love the hands,
Yes! Stopped them that way so they showed up well.
NRPI and Shitheel here.

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

If I am to be insulted I must first value your opinion.
User avatar
WISenheimer
Posts: 312
Joined: May 6th 2024, 8:36am
Contact:
Contact WISenheimer

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by WISenheimer » May 13th 2024, 8:24am

MAX wrote: ↑
May 13th 2024, 5:53am
WISenheimer wrote: ↑
May 12th 2024, 2:59pm
 My default go to watchmaker restores lots of antique pocket watches and may have some insight into this and possibly a buyer (at wholesale pricing)

My Sumo GMT is supposedly arriving today, so I will be seeing him later this week to look at aftermarket straps. I will show him your pics and see if he has any insight.
Thank you WIS. That would be quite helpful. Dial seems perfect and crystal is unscratched as much as I can tell without a loop. Slight mark at the split seconds pusher.
Might be a few days, gotta get my GMT Sumo first and something is hinky with the fedex shipment at the moment
User avatar
MAX
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 1798
Joined: May 23rd 2013, 10:00pm
Location: Too Far South, Floriduh
Contact:
Contact MAX

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by MAX » May 13th 2024, 9:03am

WISenheimer wrote: ↑
May 13th 2024, 8:24am
MAX wrote: ↑
May 13th 2024, 5:53am
WISenheimer wrote: ↑
May 12th 2024, 2:59pm
 My default go to watchmaker restores lots of antique pocket watches and may have some insight into this and possibly a buyer (at wholesale pricing)

My Sumo GMT is supposedly arriving today, so I will be seeing him later this week to look at aftermarket straps. I will show him your pics and see if he has any insight.
Thank you WIS. That would be quite helpful. Dial seems perfect and crystal is unscratched as much as I can tell without a loop. Slight mark at the split seconds pusher.
Might be a few days, gotta get my GMT Sumo first and something is hinky with the fedex shipment at the moment
No rush, thanks. Hope your Sumo gets there OK.
NRPI and Shitheel here.

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

If I am to be insulted I must first value your opinion.
User avatar
WISenheimer
Posts: 312
Joined: May 6th 2024, 8:36am
Contact:
Contact WISenheimer

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by WISenheimer » May 14th 2024, 2:55pm

Showed my watchmaker your pics.

He said very nice high quality piece. Longines was at top. Wittenauer was next level down.

Noted the chronograph complication, the second second hand. Said this was called a split second timer, used to time horses, so you could time single laps, lengths, whatever, and leave the overall time running.

Said difficult to price, but ballparked it at 500-1k USD but you have to find the right buyer.

He came up with the horse part without any prompting from me. So maybe trying to find a buyer in horse community may be an avenue.
User avatar
MAX
Founding Member & Master of Time
Posts: 1798
Joined: May 23rd 2013, 10:00pm
Location: Too Far South, Floriduh
Contact:
Contact MAX

Re: Stopwatch anyone?

Post by MAX » May 15th 2024, 6:06am

WISenheimer wrote: ↑
May 14th 2024, 2:55pm
 Showed my watchmaker your pics.

He said very nice high quality piece. Longines was at top. Wittenauer was next level down.

Noted the chronograph complication, the second second hand. Said this was called a split second timer, used to time horses, so you could time single laps, lengths, whatever, and leave the overall time running.

Said difficult to price, but ballparked it at 500-1k USD but you have to find the right buyer.

He came up with the horse part without any prompting from me. So maybe trying to find a buyer in horse community may be an avenue.

Thanks for taking the time to ask about this. Dont have time to persue it right now but no rush anyway.
NRPI and Shitheel here.

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”

If I am to be insulted I must first value your opinion.
Post Reply

Return to “General Watch talk”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 5 guests