Junghans Pocket Watch Serial Numbers

First of all a big THANK YOU to Christian for bringing another watch back to life. I have been collecting Junghans watches for a while and came across this one on Ebay. Sold by a US seller I was able to buy this for a very reasonable Euro 35. The movement is an inhouse Junghans J82/1.

These were produced between 1951-1960. Sonora Carruseles Discografia Completa Descargar Google. Given the serial number this would be an early example. Amongst all the inhouse movements from Junghans this is at the upper end of the quality scale. (Like the J83, J84 and J85 families). The movement in its early version as seen here had a swan neck-like fine adjustment as most of these watches were sold with Chronometer certification. Cakewalk Home Studio 2002 here. In the fifties and sixties Junghans produced the third largest number of Chronometer certified watches after Rolex and Omega in Europe. Chronometer quality watches without certification would later be sold under the Junghans Meister series to stay competitive as the certification process was costly.
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This watch caught my eye because of the dial. The Junghans logo on this watch historically was used on Junghans pocket watches but not on wrist watches. I am not sure if the dial is a repaint but from a style perspective, logo, hands and movement all fit into the time period.
A lovely piece with a great solid movement. If Junghans was ever to produce there own mechanical movements this one would be a great one to revive.
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