Laco Tank Art Deco - WWII N.O.S 1940s

A magnificent example from the German manufacturer Laco, dating from the 1930s-1940s.

Founded in 1925 in Pforzheim by Frieda Lacher and Ludwig Hummel, Laco initially specialized in manufacturing dials before producing its own precision movements from 1933 onwards.

The brand gained historical renown during World War II by becoming one of the five official suppliers of observation watches (Fliegeruhren) for the German air force.
Along with Stowa, IWC, Lange & Söhne in Glashütte, and Wempe in Hamburg.

We are looking at a N.O.S. model.
It has never been worn or distributed. It was part of a watchmaker's stock, some of which was intended for German forces.

A watch whose age, however, results in tiny micro-defects due to its transport and storage for nearly 100 years.

Mechanical hand-wound movement: LACO 580
Movement serviced, optimal amplitudes and deviations.

Case dimensions: 41mm (lug to lug) / 23.5mm (with crown)

Brushed steel case, intact
Clipped stainless steel case back
Curvex-type case.
Original glass.

Champagne dial
Rose gold Arabic numeral indices.
Rose gold sword hands.
Railway track minute markers
Small seconds at 6 o'clock.

New brown leather strap with buckle. Steel pin buckle.

Watch in exceptional, even unprecedented, condition. Both aesthetically and mechanically.

Sold alone.