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! RAREST WATCH IN THE WORLD ! WRISTWATCH RECOVERED FROM THE WW2 HIROSHIMA BOMB

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Clothing Type: WATCH Era: 1914-1945
Conflict: World War II (1939-1945) Type: Personal Gear
Country/ Organization: Japan


!! ONE OF THE RAREST WATCHES IN THE WORLD !!
 
ONE WATCH YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER ONE THE SAME!ONE OF THE MOST POIGNANT MOMENTS IN HISTORY, WHEN THE FIRST NUCLEAR BOMB WAS USED ON THE HUMAN RACE (THE WORLD WOULD NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN).
AT 8:15 AM ON AUGUST 6TH 1945.THIS WATCH WAS RECOVERED FROM THE PREFECTURAL PROMOTIONAL HALL HIROSHIMA.THE PERSON THAT RECOVERED THE WATCH SAID THAT THE PERSON IT HAS BEEN ON WAS LIKE A SHADOW ON THE GROUND, THIS WAS THE ONLY THING LEFT OF THEM.IT SHOWS THE PRESSURE AND HEAT THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE BLAST BECAUSE THE GLASS IS MELTED TO THE DIAL OF THE AT THE TIME OF THE BLAST.8:15 AM
AUGUST 6TH 1945IT IS IN A LOVELY CASE WITH INFORMATION, AN HAS ORIGINAL SALE PAPERS ETC ON THE BACK, ALL SHOWN IN THE PICTURES.ON THE BACK IT TELLS YOU;
A WRISTWATCH HEAD RECOVERED FROM THE PREFECTURAL PROMOTIONAL HALL, HIROSHIMA, AUGUST 1945. SHOWING SCORCH MARKS THROUGHOUT, THE HANDS STOPPED AT 8:15 ( THE TIME AT WHICH THE BOMB WAS DROPPED). WITHIN THE RECESSED FRAME COMPLETE WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHIC PRINT OF THE PREFECTURAL HALL. '  THIS IS A FANTASTIC PIECE AND WOULD DEFINITELY BE THE JEWEL IN ANY MILITARIA COLLECTION, AS YOU WILL NEVER SEE ANOTHER!