Stienbeck Kamerawerk Camera Watch From 1949

One sold for well over $2,000 over 10 years ago. The best part is the history. Meaning that it was actually popular back in the early 1950s among hobbyists and real detectives. Cool piece of watch and camera history. Here are some words directly from the eBay auction page:"1949 Steineck KamerawerkTutzing, West GermanyLens: f2.5, 12.5 mm Steinheil, two aperture settings.Shutter: Single speed, self-capping.Construction: Metal body, Red leather strap.Format: 8, 6 mm diameter exposures on a 25 mm diameter disc of film.Focusing: Fixed.Attributes: Curved mirror view-finder with pointer. Exposure counter.The film is loaded into the removable back of the 'watch' and made light-tight by a rotating plate. Attaching the back to the camera rotates this plate and moves a circular aperture to lie behind the lens. When the release trigger is pressed a second plate in the camera rotates until an aperture is behind the lens, the shutter then operates.Still in Japan now, but I need to keep up the blogging else my loyal readers may violently demand I continue to write. I miss being at the computer, no worries about long pauses in content. While on my trip a reader pointed out this eBay auction for an interesting piece of watch and photographic history. It is the Stienbeck Kamerawerk A-B-C Camera watch from 1949. A fully functional worn on the wrist made over 50 years ago. I will republish a bit from the auction details to give you some of the nuts and bolts of this interesting item the banks on our love of spy gear, watches, and what looks to be a bit of the ol' steampunk aesthetic.I would call it a spy camera watch, but it was not meant to look like a regular watch. It was just a special wrist mounted camera that looked a lot like a watch. While it is hard to find the right film for it, it was made so that film from regular 35mm rolls of film could be used to make film for it. The watch for sale should still work, and is certainly a very cool collectors item.