Zenith Trench Watch. Zenith 1915 lovely antique vintage officers ww1 military trench watch working. Nr mint zenith automatic watch.
From the fabled land and sea zenith trench watch to other beautiful crafted ww1 trench watches from the 1914 to 1918 period watches from 1917 watch watches from world war one military watches ww1 watches ww1 trench watches watches from ww1 omega ww. The earliest use of the term trench watch that i have seen is an advert in the sketch magazine dated 15 dec 1915 by j w benson of ludgate hill and old bond street london. A ligne is a douzième or 1 12 of an old french inch which itself is 1 0657 of an english inch.
The watch measures 35mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the fixed wire lugs.
The earliest use of the term trench watch that i have seen is an advert in the sketch magazine dated 15 dec 1915 by j w benson of ludgate hill and old bond street london. Swiss and french watch movement sizes are usually given in lignes pronounced line. In the context of watches the measurement douzième usually means a twelfth part of a ligne also sometimes called a point. Au 200 00 0 bids au 21 00 shipping.