Tutima. A rare and early nickeled brass pilot’s flyback chronograph wristwatch

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The following two watches, lots 211 and 212, are rare flyback chronographs made by Tutima, the name derived from the Latin adjective “tutus”, meaning “safe” or “protected”. The firm was a brand of Glashütte’s Uhrenfabrik AG (UFAG) and launched the first German two pusher chronograph wristwatch with flyback function in 1941, the movements used the UROFA (Uhren-Rohwerke-Fabrik Glashütte AG) calibre 59. At the end of 1945 production ceased when the manufacture was transferred to Moscow in order to produce chronographs for the Soviet Air Force. Examples of Tutima chronograph watches are illustrated in Military Timepieces by Konrad Knirim, pp. 365 - 372, and in Military Wristwatches by Michele Galizia, pp. 132 – 135.We are indebted to Konrad Knirim for his valuable assistance in researching these watches.

Tutima. A rare and early nickeled brass pilot’s flyback chronograph wristwatch

Signed “T” for Tutima, Uhrenfabrik AG Glashütte, no. 211’145, circa 1943

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Tutima. A rare and early nickeled brass pilot’s flyback chronograph wristwatch
Signed “T” for Tutima, Uhrenfabrik AG Glashütte, no. 211’145, circa 1943
MOVEMENT: manual, UROFA cal. 59, 17 jewels
DIAL: black, luminous Arabic numerals and hands, two sunk subsidiary dials for constant seconds and 30 minutes register
CASE: nickeled brass, stainless steel screw back marked Boden Edelstahl – Wassergeschützt (high quality steel case back, waterproof), brass revolving ribbed bezel with red marker, fixed lug bars, two round brass chronograph buttons in the band, large brass crown, 39 mm. diam.
SIGNED: dial and case signed, case and movement numbered

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