My New Kemmner Bundeswehr

[twanger]

One of 3 that arrived yesterday (yea!). Took a long time to hunt one down.

 

[thedoover]

Thats pretty sweet looking. I like it. Very Sinn-like to me.

 

[elconquistador]

Great watch from a great manufacturer. Roland is a stand up guy.
BTW all German sports watches seem to be Sinn like. B&R as well. Germans are known for their precision not their imagination.

 

[twanger]

From what I understand, Sinn took over the contract after Heuer. I think they may have even used the left over Heuer case stock in the beginning of their run. Bell and Ross put a couple of models out, but they were made by Sinn too. The Kemmner is constructed like the gen Bundeswehrs. Ray Wong has a sterile version on ebay, but it's a screw down case back, and from what I have heard inferior. Kemmner's "real" company I have heard supplies some big/ expensive names' cases. The think the Kemmner brand is something Roland does on the side. Anyway, I love the watch. Quality through and through. This model was a limited run. I got lucky. Roland still has a few on the side.

 

[thefever]

That's really cool. Nice and tactical.

 

[tommy_boy]

Nice catch. Very nice. I'm envious.

 

[frigpig]

Venus hand wind under the hood?

 

[zewatch]

From what I understand, Sinn took over the contract after Heuer...

+1

Great watches !


ZW

 

[twanger]

Venus hand wind under the hood?

Seagull TY1901, 23 jewels, 21.600 A/h. This movement is a copy ofVenus 175. Keeping time within 5 seconds a day so far.

 

[twizynorthwood]

I have a Kemmner Seahorse and Octopus GMT. Roland is always good to deal with.


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[focus66]

Why bundeswehr? This isnt an officially issued dienstuhr i think? I dont know if there is even any service branch to which they provide watches with the personal equipment!? Maybe in the early years and only for flying personnel, but nowadays...?
I never served in the bundeswehr because i signed up for a seven year term as a firefighter (when i was eightteen, back in 1999, there still was general military service duty for every male, but firefighters was a way to avoid that and i found that to be more interesting) but lots of my friends had to serve there and definitely noone was issued a watch....

 

[LHOOQ]

Why bundeswehr? This isnt an officially issued dienstuhr i think? I dont know if there is even any service branch to which they provide watches with the personal equipment!?

Heuer issued these watches (SG 1550, with a big "BUNDESWEHR" engraved on the caseback) to Luftwaffe pilots from 1967 to the end of the 1970s. As far as I know, currently serving pilots get chronographs by Tutima, though I'm not sure how the disappearance of Lemania 5100 movements is going to affect that.

stamsd: Congrats on the Kemmner!

 

[Eunomians]

Nice watch! I've been intrigued with the variations & homages made over the years (Sinn, Guinand, Ray Wong, Kemmner, etc).Here's my Bund-issue Heuer