GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE CHRONOGRAPH BY TUTIMA all-leather bodied Saxon enlisted ranks

all-leather bodied Saxon enlisted ranks helmet with all matching brass fittings

The 10cm length of the sweatband has come loose from the main bod

Delmenhorst is close to the city of Bremen

The 3rd SS Totenkopf Standarte was formed in Augumn 1939 and later became the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division

the Prussian State cockade is missing

GERMAN WWII LUFTWAFFE CHRONOGRAPH BY TUTIMA all-leather bodied Saxon enlisted ranksDuring WWII, the Luftwaffe only had two manufacturers of chronographs, Tutima of Glashutte and Hanhart from the Black Forest area. Out of the two makers, the Tutima watches are the most difficult to obtain. Our example is numbered 207161, the number sequences are shown in the excellent work Military Watches & Clocks by Konrad Knirin, published in 1998, all written in German, page 214. The face has all the numbers clear but toned, the name Glashutte