Dornblueth & Sohn M99.1

Dated: 2015

Reference: 99.1

Bracelet: Stainless Steel Bracelet

Case Size: 40mm x 10mm Thickness x 49.5mm lug to lug

Lug Width: 20mm

Case Metal: Stainless Steel

Movement: 99.1-M - Manual

Functions: Hours, Minutes, Seconds

Box and Papers: Inner/outer boxes, and warranty papers

Crystal: Sapphire

Bracelet size: 7.5”

Case has light normal wear with nothing notable. Bracelet has light scratches but nothing notable. Dial, hands, and crystal have no wear.

It all started on a gloomy November evening in 1959. The city of Chemnitz should be named Karl-Marx-Stadt for another 30 years, when the watchmaker Dieter Dornblüth from the village of Salzwedel, Saxony-Anhalt, designed his first own movement in a furnished room. For three years he went to the Erzgebirge to expand his horological knowledge. He had been occupied by an almost lost case for some time: a sterling silver pocket watch with an extra large eccentric second display and a sturdy movement of high quality. During his long repair job, Dornblüth became so fond of this pocket watch that he was rather sad when its owner came to pick it up on that particular November day. That same evening, Dornblüth sat down and started designing a sturdy wristwatch movement in the image of the pocket watch he just had to give away, without giving too much consideration to its height and diameter. He had just finished his plans and the first wheels sat in place on the plate already, when the freshly appointed master watchmaker was called to Kalbe, Saxony-Anhalt, to take over the abandoned watchmaker business of Elsa and Paul Beckmann.