Cortébert Pilot watch 495

Case : An oversized and massive case, chrome and stainless steel back case

Diameter : 44 mm

Dial : Black glossy dial with radium hands and numerals

Movement : Cortébert 495

Band : Leather pilot band

Conditions : An amazing oversized Cortébert, 44mm a huge wristwatch!  It must be a special order for an air force or other military company. The movement is not signed but the caliber Cortébert 495 is never signed, the ratchet wheel is very special on this movement and always blank. The case is not signed but with a serial number. In any case it’s not a marriage watch from a pocket one, the chrome plated case was specially made for the movement and it’s clearly from the 40’s. It’s a beautiful big watch with a perfect dial.  A wonderful radium’s patina is uniform, a timepiece not for the small wrists (not my wrist on the last picture but the photographer’s one, a solid guy!)