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Wakmann Incabloc Triple Date Chronograph 71.1309.70, 1960s
- Maker / attribution
- Wakmann (maker)
- Date
- 1960s
- Historical period
- Modern Mechanical Horology (1945 – 1969)
- Country of origin
- Unrecorded in source
- Object type
- Wristwatch
- Dimensions
- Case 37 mm
- Stock no.
- WKCRTD60
- Credit line
- Dealer listing, Craft & Tailored (WKCRTD60)
- Catalogue title (original)
- 1960s Wakmann Incabloc Triple Date Chronograph 71.1309.70 (English)
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Record summary
Catalogued by Craft & Tailored (dealer), Los Angeles (stock number WKCRTD60), this is a wristwatch by Wakmann, dated 1960s. The Atlas places it in the Modern Mechanical Horology period (1945 – 1969) of its Wristwatches collection. Recorded dimensions: Case 37 mm. The record is illustrated with 6 photographs.
Assembled from the source record's structured fields. Dates and attributions are given as the source states them; where a field is missing the Atlas leaves it blank rather than estimating.
Catalogue description
Dealer description — Craft & Tailored
This Circa 1960 Wakmann s unique, cool, and has more complications than you can shake a stick at. Poised and ready to turn heads when on the wrist, it is a very attractive and legible watch due to the panda style chronograph dial. The 37 mm case wears extremely well. You can also trust the reliability of its chronograph movement as the Valjoux 730 caliber used here is based on the manual-winding Valjoux 72, a movement you need no introduction to if you appreciate a vintage Rolex Daytona. Stock # WKCRTD60 Brand Wakmann Style Triple Date Chronograph Model Ref. 71.1309.70 Serial N/A Size Men's Material Stianless Steel Dial Black "Reverse Panda" Millimeters 37mm Bracelet Hand Made Letaher Strap CASE & BRACELET The case of this Wakmann Triple Date Chronograph is in wonderful and original condition. The case back is fully intact showing the Wakmann sailing ship and reference numbers clearly. The watch will come supplied with a handmade leather strap. DIAL & HANDS Excellent black triple date chronograph dial with white sub dials and white date ring showing no blemishing or marks. The sub dials have very light and even aging consistent with models from this era. The tritium lume plots and hands are fully intact and show very minimal degradation when viewed under U.V. Light. ACCESSORIES
Historical context
Modern Mechanical Horology (1945 – 1969)
Tool watches for divers, pilots and astronauts; electric watches anticipate the electronic age.
The classic era of the mechanical wristwatch: dive watches, chronographs for motor racing and space flight, GMT watches for jet travel, slim dress watches, automatic calendars, and the rise of Japanese manufacturers alongside Swiss, American, German and Soviet industries.
Read the period in the timelineMore wristwatches from this periodEarlier: Golden Age of Mechanical Watchmaking
Atlas type guide
Chronographs and split-seconds watches
A chronograph is a watch with an additional seconds hand that can be started, stopped and returned to zero independently of the timekeeping. Louis Moinet built an early example in 1816 and Nicolas Rieussec a recording 'chronographe' in 1821; Adolphe Nicole's heart-shaped reset cam (patented 1862) made the modern return-to-zero possible. Split-seconds (rattrapante) chronographs add a second hand that can be stopped for intermediate times; flyback chronographs restart instantly.
Chronographs were essential tools for doctors (pulsometer scales), artillery (telemeter), engineers and sport. In wristwatches, Valjoux, Venus, Lemania and later the automatic chronographs of 1969 (Zenith El Primero, the Chronomatic Calibre 11 group and Seiko 6139) are milestones.
What to look for
- Push-pieces on the case band or a single button in the crown (monopusher).
- Subsidiary registers for minutes and hours; tachymeter, telemeter or pulsometer scales.
- Column wheel versus cam control visible in the movement.
- Calibre markings of specialist makers (Valjoux, Lemania, Venus, Landeron).
Dating clues
- Pocket chronographs with heart cam reset: after 1862.
- Wrist chronographs: from c. 1910; two-button designs from the 1930s.
- Automatic chronographs: from 1969.
General guidance written by the Atlas editors about this kind of object. It is not a statement about this particular piece; for that, rely on the source record above and on physical examination.
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