Lars Schröder

One of the most important supporters of the Archive is Lars Schröder, who not only made many great donations, but who is, due to a number of similar interests, a great sparrings partner, not only for watches and movements.

Lars Schröder not only spent a number of watches and a lot of steel bracelets, but also a vintage solar powered calculator, probably one of the earliest one.

The following movements have been added to the archive:

In a next donation in spring 2020 there was an interesting Baumgartner 910:

A nice surprise package arrived in march 2021, with an FHF 60, a Timex M32 and a GUB 09-20, which this time was not sold by Quelle but by their opponent, Neckermann:

And already in july 2021, the next package came with a manual and a leather pouch for an HP-55, which contained next to spare parts like crystals, straps, crowns and buckles a Dugena 1076 aka Helvetia 870 aka ETA 2620R:

Next, in September 2021, there were two watches/movement which were also not yet in the archive, a PUW 361 and an ETA 853:

His next donation in october contained two interesting movements, a Brac 115 and a Sonceboz ES 54:

At the end of the year, there was a very interesting donation of a french movement:

In spring 2022, there was a very interesting donation containing an Otero 481:

A great pre-christmas donation was made in November 2022, consisting of some movements, which will be flagged as “exclusive on 17jewels.info”, because they are nowhere else described, and some great additions and accessories:

And also 2023, the supply of interesting movements does not stop, shortly after new years eve, I got a surprise package, which contained a NOS leather strap, a double hour wheel and a Junghans 667.01, the first large series movement from Junghans, which is a great addition to the movement archive:

A wonderful package with many interesting movements and new straps arrived in february 2023, consisting of an NOS China 2650G, an ESA 963.126 quartz movement from the 1970s, a Ronda 1011-21 in a Meister-Anker watch with original case, a nice AS 1012 with screw balance, a Lorsa 8F and FE 163 form movement:

A great easter surprise came next, a beautiful Eterna 175:

After the summer break, a new donation came, consisting of two new bracelets and a Parrenin 25 with an Antichoc S65 shock protection, a combination, which wasn’t yet in the archive:

And it continues… In october 2023, two fantastically preserved Anker watches found their way into the archive, both with working Förster movements, caliber 2075 and caliber 2080:

Another two watches were donated in August 2024: A Ronda 5111 with a KIF shock protection, pretty sure NOS, and a Timex M23 with also a NOS-like case. Maybe, I’ll find a dial with hands and a crystal for it:

In january 2025, there was a nice addition for the Otero movements, a watch with an Otero 337:

In march 2025, he donated an AM 453, a cylinder movement from the 1920s, which was not yet part of the movement archive. It’s very interesting, that although is marked accordingly, the gear train bridge is much different from the picture of the AM 453, you can find in the Ebauches catalogue from 1928!

Immer wenn eines der Werke offiziell ins Archiv aufgenommen und mit einem Artikel versehen wurde, wird es natürlich hier verlinkt.

Whenever one of the movements is added to they archive, it will be presented with an article and a link here.