Artcurial presents a rare Type D “Kampfschwimmer” throughout their “Panerai only” auction in Paris, december eighth (LOT 5). The watch is recorded since December 2009 within our database and seems within the same condition as five years back.
Aside the normal features on inner case back engravings and Rolex Cal. 618 / Type 1 movement, Type D watch seems having a light yellow-colored plexiglas along with a alternative crown. The matte, dull appearance from the case, produced by wearing the watch on the lengthy period without sprucing up, produces a special “patina”, that is typical for vintage watches of the age.
Unique and incredibly interesting feature of the watch is its individually engraved case back, which bears a mix of owners’ initials and also the indication of a probation insignia (sawfish within an s-formed rope with two entered swords without anyone's knowledge). The s-formed rope might be additionally a hint around the first owner’s title, building the first “SW” using the additional factors from the engraving.
The 47 mm cushion formed case of the watch shows obvious indications of put on, especially around the bezel. The plexiglass seems in the provided photos to become a not so deep version, which isn't untypical on these watches, because the plexilgass is generally among the parts most abundant in put on-and-tear markings. The blued steel hands continue to be completely full of luminous material and also the anonymous sandwich dial shows the normal particulars and color shades in amounts and markers.
The “sawfish in rope with two swords” symbol signifies the effective participation in two missions, that was hardly ever granted fit of the shoulder patch to put on the navy uniforms’ sleeve. You will find a detail summary of the seven different award amounts of German special navy models within our book “History2” on-page 804.
This particular watch belonged to Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911-1986), a common German submarine commander throughout WW2, published to Lorient, St. Nazaire (U-96) and Brest (U-256) from 1940 to 1944. He spent as many as 327 days at ocean in 10 patrols.
In the finish of the 2nd World War, Lehmann-Willenbrock was commander from the eleventh flotilla in Bergen/Norwegian. After twelve months in captivity he required part on salvage works within the Rhine rivers to recuperate sunken ships, around 1946/1947.
This salvage work ended through the support of former frogmen and might have been a means for Lehmann-Willenbrock to make contact with a frogmen’s watch, once we personally don not begin to see the evidence that the watch was worn by Lehmann-Willenbrock throughout his active duty like a U-boat commander or commander from the eleventh flotilla in the mid 1940s or 1945 (the time by which German “Kampf schwimmer” models used these watches).
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