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Joe DiMaggio's Watch Up for Auction: The Yankee Clipper's Electro-Chron

Many of you must be asking "what is an electro-chron?"  Well it is a watch made by Wittnauer (Longines) in the 1960s and 70s.  It featured an "electric" movement that actually happens to be one of the very first in the world to require a battery.  It actually even came with …

Imported: 9. Dec 2008 (17:20), Wristwatch News, Reviews, & …

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