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Second World War D.....H number Pocket Watches

Later on in the second world war The General Watch Co started to provide the German Army with Helvetia Wrist and Pocket watches marked DH and a serial number to the rear of the case.

​The Helvetia DH pocket watches are all manufactured to an identical standard. They have black dials with luminous numerals and hands.

They are fitted with Helvetia 32A movements the same as used in the earlier Huber pocket watches and the GSTP pocket watches supplied to Britain. The movements were fitted with incabloc shock protection as opposed to Helvetia’s own shock protection or the Shocprotec used in the earlier Huber watches supplied to the German Army.

The watches were supplied in nickel cases that had three indentations in the back which allowed it to be tightened with a key that was standard across all suppliers of DH pocket watches.

​The cases do not contain any Helvetia serial or case numbers. The DH markings on the back of the watches appear to have been engraved with a pantograph rather than punched like most of the DH wristwatch numbers. The style of the engraving is however the same as the Type 4 DH wrist watches. I believe this is because some civilian cases were pressed into use for these Type 4 cases and the DH numbering needed to be added to the cases after delivery from the manufacturer and the same method was used as was used for the pocket watches.