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An Elegant Silver ' Dimier Brothers & Co - DBS' Cased Trench Watch - Sterile Dial - Blued Steel Hands - Wire Lugs
The Trench watch (wristlet) was a type of watch that came into use by the military during World War I, as pocket watches were not practical in combat. It was a transitional design between pocket watches and wristwatches, incorporating features of both.
The very first watch that somebody adapted to wear on a wrist is unknown. The first series of purpose-made men’s wristwatches were produced by Girard-Perregaux in 1880 for the German Navy. During World War I numerous companies, including Omega, Longines, and others produced wristwatches for the military. These watches were of a virtually identical style with an enamel dial, wide white numerals, and a luminescent radium hour hand. Often they did not bear the name of the manufacturer, though the movement, originally designed in the 1890s for ladies pendant watches, was marked "Swiss".
What’s On Offer
This is an attractive WW1 period, trench watch with a white enamel dial, which surprisingly has no hairline cracks, crisp Roman numerals with the 12 o'clock marked in blue, and a seconds subdial. The elegant blued steel pointed lollipop hands oversized onion crown combined with the fairly substantial dial diameter really give this watch contemporary proportions despite its obvious vintage. This watch could be styled with various straps to offer different looks, a real unique piece that is sure to be a talking point. The watch is in very good condition given its age and has a rather elegant aesthetic. Although the watch is in working order and keeps time, we have not tested or serviced it so would recommend a service will be required, and we are selling the watch "as is".
The case is marked internally, DBs and this is the registered sponsor's mark of Dimier Brothers & Co., a large company importing Swiss watches into Britain in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and also exporting to Switzerland leather straps made in England for wristwatches. Dimier Brothers & Co. had offices in London and, under the name Dimier Fréres & Co., in la Chaux-de-Fonds. They had no manufacturing capability, they were purely an import/export company.
Additional information
Made from
Case: Silver
Dial: White
Crystal: Plexi
Bracelet: Leather
Technical specifications
Winding: Manual
Movement Type: Mechanical
Caliber: Unknown
Jewels: 15j
Waterproof: n/a
Power reserve: unknown
Purchase details
Condition: Good
Model Reference Number: Trench Watch
Date of issue: WW1
Guarantee: Sold as seen
Dimensions
Width: 34mm
Lug width: 18mm
Lug height: (lug to lug) 41mm
Wrist size: Adjustable