PROTONA. A WATCH-FORM RECORDING DEVICE WITH SURVEILLANCE MATERIALS

SIGNED PROTONA, "MINIFON P55", NO. 513, CIRCA 1955

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PROTONA. A WATCH-FORM RECORDING DEVICE WITH SURVEILLANCE MATERIALS
Signed Protona, "Minifon P55", No. 513, circa 1955
Comprising a microphone concealed within a steel chronograph watch-form case with leather strap and steel buckle, a cord that runs from the microphone to the plastic and metal recording device with two reels and stop, rewind, play back and record buttons, leather case for recorder, plastic and metal play back speaker, two plastic earpieces, batteries and wall plug, instructions booklet in German, all within a brown leather briefcase, all pieces signed

Lot Essay

The present lot allows the user to wear the microphone as a watch and put the cord up the sleeve and into the recording device, presumably concealed beneath a coat. The speakers and earphones then allow the user to listen to what has been recorded.

This interesting lot permits a small view into the high-tech spy world of the late 1950's and 1960's. It is interesting to see the size of the instruments and how in the fifty years since this lot's production such surveillance equipment has become so much smaller and more discreet.

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