Antique WWII Era Military Japy Freres Paratrooper’s Award Pocket Watch c1939

I am pleased to offer from my private collection this rare antique WWII Era Military Japy Freres Paratrooper’s Award Chronometer REGULATOR Pocket Watch c1939.

The watch has a fine enamel regulator dial with extra 24h red inidications,central seconds hand and 1 to 60 seconds red indications ,made for high precision in time counting. The watch is oversized-66mm in diameter. Silvered case depicting an enamelled Parachute and eagle. High grade movement, engraved with Japy Freres logo. Perfect working order.

JAPY FRERES history:

Japy freres was founded 1n 1806 by Frédéric with his sons Pierre (finances/ commerce), Fritz and  Louis (technicality, machine design)     Today JAPY FRERES watches and clocks are still around because of the devellopment by industrializion the  watch manufacturing industry.  They produced many watches and clocks, estimated in the millions during a good 150 years. Frédéric Japy (1749-1812) was a pioneer in the “art” of industrialization and manufacturing, not only  watches/ clocks, but of manufacturing in general.  Watches/ clocks were made individual, by hand, by one or more people and then assembled. Like Ford did with cars, starting production lines for cars around 1900, at one place concentrated, Japy started already during 1770-1780 the same by manufacturing pocketwatches and clocks in basic production lines at one place, concentrated at Beaucourt (his native town) in France. In very short time the production was more then double the usual way. In 1806 three of his sons (Pierre,”Fritz” and Louis) took over the bussiness and founded the trademark  “Japy Freres”. The “golden age” to the japy freres dynasty was during the 1850-1930 years, by manufacturing watches/ clocks that the “common man” could buy.   Japy Freres also created the machines or modified machines to do this. Because of production amount/ speed and lower prices Japy Freres got many contracts by different army’s to deliver watches and clocks. Japy Freres gave birth to the new standard for production: in his case this ment: watches, clocks, and later  on emaille dials, and other things.  Later on Frédéric’s  idea and interpretation of production lines became the industrial standard, as good as  world wide. After his death in 1812 the factory went through his family untill the late 1930’s, and ended there, as far it concerned watch/ clocks manufacturing.