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Old 01-12-2011, 08:42   #1
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Interesting item on Ebay

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Old 01-12-2011, 09:35   #2
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Does that mean, "property jump school tolz"? I know eigentum means property, the Ju Sch I'm not really sure about.

The item looks like one of the submarine watches which were used to time torpedo's.
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Why would a Swiss watch sold to a German in the 1940s say "Swiss Made" on it in English?

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Why would a Swiss watch sold to a German in the 1940s say "Swiss Made" on it in English?

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The US Tariff Act (section 304,19 U.S.C. § 1304). set our import standard in 1930.

Not sure when Europe or other countries started using the "made in XXX" tag for country of origin??
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Old 01-13-2011, 07:18   #5
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Does that mean, "property jump school tolz"? I know eigentum means property, the Ju Sch I'm not really sure about.

The item looks like one of the submarine watches which were used to time torpedo's.

Its trying to say it is property of the Junkerschule, Bad Toelz. The SS ran an officer course there that ended in 1945. The engraving does not look like anything from the period to me and the abbrieviation is not what one would expect.
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Old 01-13-2011, 07:38   #6
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A very knowledgeable collector that was in 1/10 circa 83-86 sent the link to me. I find the watch very plausible. The runic SS has been hidden and the abreviations for JunkerSchule Toelz also seem correct. Unfortunately this type of stuff is so rarely seen it is hard to say but typically "schoolhouse" stuff is not faked.

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So would this be used as a stop watch for running or something of that nature?
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SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz was established in 1937 and was the officers' training school for the Waffen-SS. It was the SS equivalent of Britain's Sandhurst and the USA's West Point. I would bet pocket watches were issued the same way as wrist watches are military issue today. Pocket watches were popular in that time, my grandfather carried one until he died in 1968.


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