Archive of category "Switzerland"
Lighter Handy, 1940, owned by members of the team minesweeper YMS-370
Name: Handy
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, silver plated
Year: 1940
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 30-100
Lighters with wartime history are fairly common, but this - one of the most interesting findings. This Swiss Lighter Handy, almost completely analogous Dunhill Rollalite in design (I even can imagine that it did exactly Dunhill: in the end, was the model Dunhill Handy , other designs, but with the same name). Lighter is made of silvered copper and then - this is the inscription 'S.800' on the mechanism of silicon (by the way, looks and feels like she is completely silver, but copper yellowness on shabby corner gives silvering). Generally, the feelings in your hand, it seems like a lighter watch: so perfectly fit all the details and so neatly and securely all done (which is expected for Swiss products :). When you open the lid tilts a spring just as good as new, and this despite the fact that the lighter at least 70 years!
But history tells us inscriptions on the lighter. It belonged to a member of the team minesweeper YMS-370. The history of this ship is quite brief. Ships Series YMS (Auxiliary Mine Sweeper) were so small (displacement was only 270 tons), which had no name - only a serial number. Total in 1941 was built 481 ship series YMS, they were almost identical in their construction. The latest series of YMS ship was in service with the US Navy until November 1969.
YMS-370 was laid on 23 January 1943 at the dock of Wheeler Shipbuilding Corp and launched on 7 August of the same year. After serving only 3 years old, he was decommissioned 19 June 1946 and finally sawed for scrap in 1948. But within a short time of service, he had visited in many Asian countries, which are referred to on this lighter, Philippines, China, Japan, Korea ... In the last two photos - the ship itself and its team in the last year of service. To some of these sailors and officers in the photo belonged to this unique and lighter. Who were you, an unknown CDH?
17-07-2010 Tags: Roller Categories: 1940 , Handy , Switzerland 17 comment (-ev)
Lighter Swiza, 1930
Title: Swiza
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: Brass
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 20-50
Little wonder the Swiss engineering, rare lighter Swiza 1930s, maybe an older brother, and even the pope popular model Dunhill Rollalite :) Mechanics made with amazing thoroughness and clarity, particularly interesting cunning mechanism replacement flint. To replace the need to simultaneously pull two tiny rychazhochka then horizontal vane moves down towards the flint.
13.07.2010 Tags: Roller Categories: 1930 , Swiza , Switzerland 9 comment (-ev)
Dunhill Unique Sports clock, 1929-1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London
Title: Dunhill Unique Sports
Type: gasoline Lighter with Clock
Material: silver
Year: 1929
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-4000
10.05.2010 Tags: windproof , liftarmy , clock , silver Categories: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Unique with cloisonne enamel, 1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: silver, cloisonne
Release year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-3000
10.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , silver Categories: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Rollagas in gold case Cartier, 1960
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill London, gold case by Cartier
Title: Dunhill Rollagas
Type: gas lighter
Material: Gold
Year: 1960
Country: Switzerland / France
Approximate cost: $ 500-1000
10.05.2010 Метки: газовые , золотые , роликовые , флиптопы Рубрики: 1960 , Cartier , Dunhill , Франция , Швейцария 9 comment (-ev)
Dunhill with blue enamel and hours, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill
Type: gasoline Lighter with Clock
Material: silver, enamel
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-8000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , clock , silver Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland 3 comment (-ev)
Dunhill Unique with enamel, 1925
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: silver, gilding, enamel
Year of release: 1925
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-5000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Метки: лифтармы , позолоченные , серебряные Рубрики: 1920 , Dunhill , Швейцария No comments yet
Lighter Juvenia clock, 1920
Title: Juvenia
Type: gasoline Lighter with Clock
Material: silver, enamel
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 2000-5000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , clock , silver Categories: 1920 , Juvenia , Switzerland No comments yet
Silver Dunhill Unique clock, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: gasoline Lighter with Clock
Material: silver
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 3000-7000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , clock , silver Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Table Dunhill Unique clock, 1930
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: gasoline lighter desktop clock
Material: silver
Year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-6000
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , desktop , clock Categories: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Unique enamel and hours, 1920
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: gasoline Lighter with Clock
Material: copper, brass
Year: 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-6000
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , clock Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Gold Dunhill clock 1927
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill
Type: gasoline Lighter with Clock
Material: Gold
Year of release: 1927
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 5,000-10,000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold.
07.05.2010 Tags: gold , liftarmy , clock Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Unique statuette, 1928
Manufacturer: Alfred Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Unique
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: silver
Year: 1928
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 4000-10000
Lighter from the collection of David Gold. The production model Dunhill Unique statuette in the body, possibly a prototype piece.
07.05.2010 Tags: liftarmy , silver Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland 2 comments (-ev)
Lady Lighter Dunhill, 1920
Title: Dunhill
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass, gold-plated, ivory
Year: end of 1920
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ xxxx
This ladies model lighters, which are collected in one body: that is lighter, watch, box for powder, pen and platelets for records of ivory (so-called 'ivory tablet'). Lighter from the collection of David Gold. Difficult even to estimate the cost of such rarity and copy, but certainly not less than four-digit dollar amount :)
07.05.2010 Tags: ladies , gold-plated , with the clock , fliptopy Categories: 1920 , Dunhill , Switzerland No comments yet
Dunhill Handy, 1930
Manufacturer: Dunhill
Title: Dunhill Handy
Type: gasoline lighter
Material: copper, brass
Release year: 1930
Country: Switzerland
Approximate cost: $ 80-150
27.04.2010 Tags: liftarmy Categories: 1930 , Dunhill , Switzerland One comment