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Number …..111912.FN61Y0.04 Item: 1937-STEEL-CASED-GERMAN-
MIMO-Girard-Perregaux- MIMO-GP-AS-1130-Wehrmachtswerk |
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| Description of item:
VINTAGE 1937 STEEL CASED GERMAN MIMO BY Girard-Perregaux WITH MIMO/GP AS 1130
Wehrmachtswerk ( german army movement). CONDITION IS EXCELLENT. .Estimated Retail Replacement Value $649.00 |
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1937
STEEL CASED
GERMAN
MIMO
BY
Girard-Perregaux
WITH
MIMO/GP
AS 1130
Wehrmachtswerk
( german army movement)
WITH
NEW VINTAGE
REPRODUCTION
SPUN + WEAVED
NYLON
WWII DRAB BROWN
MILITARY STRAP
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Constant Girard was far ahead of his time [no pun intended] when
he developed the wristwatch as early as 1880; by 1930, sales of wristwatches exceeded the
sales of pocket watches for the first time.
In 1928, Otto Graef, a German watchmaker and owner of MIMO (an International Maker of Gold
Watches) bought out GIRARD PERREGAUX.
In 1930, sales of wristwatches exceeded sales of pocket watches for the first time. SO
POPULAR WERE Otto Graef WRIST WATCHES THAT Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin used a
GIRARD-PERREGAUX watch to time the aeronautical trials of his airships.
BY THE MID 1930'S, GIRARD-PERREGAUX/MIMO WERE DESIGNING AND
SELLING MILITARY WATCHES TO THE GERMAN AND BRITISH GOVERMENTS AS WELL AS OVER THE COUNTER
ACROSS THE GLOBE.
By 1940, The Second World War WAS WELL ON ITS WAY AS
GIRARD-PERREGAUX/MIMO CONTINUED TO SUPPLY TIME PIECES AROUND THE GLOBE.
After World War II Otto Graef demanded that all service-issue watches given to German
Military Men and those that had not left the factory were to be destroyed so they would
not flood the commercial market.
THIS IS A STUNNING AND RARE
MIMO
ANTIMAGNETIC
MILITARY WRIST WATCH
WHAT MAKES IT RARE IS THIS
MODEL'S MOVEMENT
A GENUINE
AND
THE EARLIEST
AS-1130 BASED
Wehrmachtswerk
MOVEMENT
DESIGNED BY
Otto Graef
GIRARD-PERREGAUX
WITH
MATT BLACK DIAL
OUTLINED
RAISED LUME NUMERALS
RE-ILLUMINATED
WITH
AF-Luminova
WHITE SUB-SECONDS REGISTER
WHITE CHAPTER RING
AND
ORIGINAL RADIUM
CATHEDRAL STEEL HANDS
THE FIRST EVER USED ON THE
1130
BLACK DIALED
MIMO MILITARY WATCH
NEW VINTAGE
REPRODUCTION
SPUN + WEAVED
NYLON
WWII DRAB BROWN
MILITARY STRAP
ANOTHER AWESOME FACT
AS THE
AL
STAINLESS STEEL
CASE
CASE WAS PATENTED
IN THE U.S.A.
AND
SWITZERLAND
GREAT LUME
ONE CHANGE
WAS THIS CASE HAD
WIRE LUGS.
THEY WERE BROKEN
SO ROCK PULLED THEM OUT
IY WOULD ONLY TAKE
TEN MINUTES TO REPLACE THEM
IF YOU EVER WANTED THEM
BUT
THIS NOW ALLOWS THE USE
OF ANY TYPE STRAP.
WIRE LUG STRAPS ARE LIMITED
WITH
SPRING BARS
THE SKY IS NOT THE LIMIT
ALSO, MOST OF THESE UTILIZED SPRING BARS
SPUN + WEAVED
NYLON
WWII DRAB BROWN
MILITARY STRAP
SPUN + WEAVED
NYLON
WWII DRAB BROWN
MILITARY STRAP
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THE CENTER MOVEMENT ABOVE
IS WHAT POWERS THIS MIMO
MIMO-GP
2140 30
1130
Features
manual wind
sub second
Data
9 jewels
f = 18000 A/h
power reserve 38h
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CONDITION
- EXCELLENT-
WATCH WINDS SETS & RUNS IN ALL MODES
ALL FEATURES WORK
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WITH YOUR INVESTMENT YOU RECEIVE:FREE
A ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY
D) 899.00 PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE **APPRAISAL
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