{"product_id":"882","title":"No. 882 \/ Minerva Pocket Chronograph - 1940s","description":"\u003ch3 id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663752067206_1937\"\u003eIWC\u003cbr\u003ePocket Chronograph\u003cbr\u003eColumn Wheel \/ 1940s\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-00b11ca4c5bdce512448\" data-block-type=\"47\" class=\"sqs-block horizontalrule-block sqs-block-horizontalrule\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-5877d5c3c9311a78dcc2\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1663724676695_1452\" class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1587044655922_7366\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1614084520234_11427\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-10eee2e3d2fcc266fd6f\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1610288123503_12083\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-b129d8b292b45c46414e\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-722e41bbde36b7bc8ed5\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1597661669368_13895\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-9a1e78a35275fb4a7319\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1617088113752_15089\" data-block-type=\"2\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"sqs-block-content\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIntro\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eThis Minerva pocket chronograph from the 1940s is a stunning survivor. Its white porcelain dial glows beneath elegant blue hands, while inside beats a high-precision column-wheel movement—the mark of serious chronograph craftsmanship. But what sets this piece apart is its story: the caseback is engraved \"CBC,\" marking it as a professional timing instrument used at CBC TELEVISION CO.,LTD, a broadcaster based in Nagoya, the heart of Japan's third-largest metropolitan area. A genuine tool watch that once kept the rhythm of live television—and a tangible piece of Japanese history.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eStory\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eFounded in 1858 in Villeret, Switzerland, Minerva earned a formidable reputation as one of the rare manufactures designing and building its own high-precision chronograph movements entirely in-house. Its hand-finished, column-wheel calibres were trusted for professional and sports timing, and remain prized by connoisseurs today. In 2006, Minerva was placed under Montblanc, preserving its historic Villeret workshop as a home of haute horlogerie and allowing its rich legacy to live on. 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