NEW and extremely rare!
UMF-RUHLA NVA Kampfschwimmer (Combat Swimmer) Automatic - Model 2024
The 1928M-1 is equipped with a blue ceramic bezel and an orange dial. In the dark, the hands, indices and numbers on the bezel are fluorescent and easy to read!
Automatic movement NH35 from Seiko (Japan) with 24 jewels, 21,600 half-oscillations/hour, rotor winding on both sides, diashock shock protection, second stop, quick date setting and approx. 41 hour power reserve.
This popular NVA Kampfschwimmer line is the most well-known watch from Ruhla since production resumed.
Behind UMF-RUHLA from Ruhla, Thuringia are the passionate watch lovers Martin Wein and Michael Sonnenberg as well as an extremely motivated team!
The motto of UMF-RUHLA is "We dare more and be brave" - this new watch is definitely proof of that!
The technical data:
Case diameter: 42 mm ( 45mm with crown )
Height: 14 mm
Dimensions: Lug to Lug width 46 mm
Weight 183 grams with metal strap
Glass: Sapphire watch glass (slightly curved)
Case back: laser engraved, the limitation number of 499 pieces is engraved on the side of the back
Bracelet: Stainless steel with folding clasp,decorated with the UMF-Ruhla logo, lug width 22 mm
Bezel: Ceramic, 120 clicks
Caliber: Seiko NH35A with date
Water resistance: 200 m / 20 bar
Luminous material: Super-Luminova
Limited to 499 pieces.
Delivery from Poljot24.de with solid UMF-Ruhla metal strap and with additional RIOS1931 rubber strap "Kansas" in black.
With UMF-Ruhla case & certificate.
Discover here here all our watches made in Ruhla: Bauhaus, UMF-Ruhla & Zeppelin watches from Germany!
Background Info:
UMF-RUHLA, a legend lives on!
The origins of the UMF watch factory in Ruhla/Thuringia go back to 1862, according to tradition. Since 1880, the company has focused on the development and production of pocket watches. In 1897, 4,000 watches were already being produced per day. In 1949, the company recorded its highest production volume to date. In April 1985, the watch company developed a cabin clock for the first German jet airliner, and subsequently for other airliners.
The UMF "Ruhla electric Kal. 25" was the first electric wristwatch in the GDR in 1963 and was presented as an in-house development at the Leipzig Trade Fair. Watches with this caliber were built from 1963 to 1991.
On September 25, 1962, the 100th anniversary of the UMF watch and machine factory was celebrated. Deserving employees received a copy of the UMF special edition "100 years".
On March 1, 1967, the Ruhla, Glashütte and Weimar watch factories merged to form the VEB Uhrenkombinat Ruhla. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the state-owned company was broken up into several parts and privatized by the Treuhandgesellschaft. The VEB Uhrenwerk Ruhla initially became the company "Uhrenwerke Ruhla GmbH".
In 1990, around 90% of the old factory and production buildings were demolished. One of the well-known industrial monuments and administrative buildings from the great watchmaking era of 1929 was largely preserved: the six-story reinforced concrete skeleton structure with clinker cladding in the Bauhaus style was built in 1929 according to designs by the Schreiter & Schlag architectural firm.
Then, as now, it served as a production site for watches from Ruhla. On the ground floor is the Ruhla Clock Museum, which shows the contemporary history of the clock industry in Ruhla.
