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IWC 9k Gold Dress Watch
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Mint condition IWC 9 karat gold automatic wound dress watch dating from the late 1950’s. The watch has recently been fully serviced. It also comes on a Hirsch strap with gold colour deployant buckle. IWC have been making specialised and high quality watches in Switzerland since 1868. Many of the IWC vintage watches are now prized collectors items. They are a company who continue to produce high quality and unique watches for a more demanding current market. The IWC on a wrist bears a bold statement about the wearer of one – unique, precise attention to detail, demanding of the very best on offer. This is an excellent example of what IWC has to offer which is a beautiful hand wound dress watch showing the design and quality that have made the company so famous. The dial is typical of the design of the era of the watch with a minimalist and sparse dial design, making it look elegant of minimal fuss. It has gold applied numerals and baton markings with gold hands and gold sweep central seconds hand and a curved dial and has the original winding crown. Has a quick set date at the 3 position. The automatic movement is in outstanding condition and is an IWC original calibre. The watch keeps remarkable time for a watch of it’s age which is to approximately 12 seconds per day. Outstanding watch and a proud feature in any collection. Dimensions are: width is 34 mm excluding crown and 36 mm including crown Lug to lug is 42 mm, Thickness is 10 mm. Ref IWC 52. Price is £995 or US $1,990 |
Longines Hand Wound Wristwatch – 9 karat
gold – heavy case – original box
 
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Mint condition Longines hand wound wristwatch with heavy case in 9 karat gold. The watch (including the strap) weighs in at 43 grams which is approximately 1.5 ounces. Usually gold watches are about nearly half this weight. It is well constructed, with excellent hand wound 17 jewel Longines calibre 280 movement making it a no nonsense, no compromise, durable watch meant to last a lifetime and longer. This one has a very attractive silver dial with a 9 karat gold case and case back. The case back is a snap on back. The dial is silver and in excellent condition with gold applied batons sweep central second hand. Has a large Longines winged logo and name "Longines" at the upper centre. Has the original Longines signed winding crown with the winged logo. The watch comes on a genuine Longines brown crocodile leather strap with gold colour genuine and Longines signed pin buckle. It comes with the original box which is a rare find. Altogether in excellent condition and a nice collectors piece. Outstanding watch in excellent condition. Dimensions are 34 mm excluding crown, 36 mm including crown and 42 mm lug to lug and 9 mm thick. Ref: VIN 440. Price is £375 or US $740 |
Sandoz Triple Date Moon Phase
Chronograph
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Very rare and excellent condition Sandoz Swiss made triple date moon phase chronograph. They don’t come with many more features than this one. This is a superb gents wristwatch with complications to make the giants of watch making look humble. Sandoz in their day wire a famous Swiss watch company and this is one of thief finest and uses a Venus movement. The movement is in beautiful condition and very complicated looking as it would need to be for a complicated watch like this. The case is 9 karat gold plated with a stainless steel back. The case has got a little wear from regular use. The dial is in excellent condition, with no signs of age. The complications include date of month, day of week, month, phase of moon, chronograph with 3 minute elapsed timer and 60 second elapsed timer, hours minutes and seconds. The day of month is printed in the outer chapter and the blue hand points to this. The red sweep hand is the chronograph sixty second elapsed timer. The day and month are visible through apertures in the dial, as is the moon phase which is visible through a dial aperture. It has a telemeter scale which is shared with the seconds scale. It has gold applied numerals and gold hands, attractive flat pushers and is quite a thick watch to account for the complications in the movement. It comes on a replacement matching strap. Outstanding watch. Dimensions are: width 37 excluding crown, 39 mm including crown, lug to lug 40 mm, thickness 15 mm. Ref VIN 439. Price is £1,195 or US $2,390 |
Roy King hand Wound Wristwatch –
Solid Sterling Silver, gold plated
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Roy king was a leading British watch designer and jeweller, with customers ranging from Saudi princes to The Beatles and Tom Jones. Roy King began his career at the age of 14 as an apprentice goldsmith and diamond mounter in Hatton Garden. By 21 he was foreman of a workshop, creating one-off pieces which readily found buyers (including members of the Royal Family) through Bond Street jewellers. Much of his work in the 1930s was also as an uncredited manufacturer for names such as Rolex, Cartier, Asprey and Garrard. After the war, King began to design and make watches under his own name. In 1961, the Roy King workshop swept the board at the British Modern Jewellery Exhibition, winning two first prizes, as well as one second and one third prize. The winning pieces are now in the permanent collection of Goldsmiths' Hall. During the 1960s, the workshop produced many designs using a variety of unconventional methods to satisfy the most avant garde tastes. King's "bark finish" design for bracelets sparked a craze: when George Harrison married Patti Boyd in 1966, she wore one of King's bark finish wedding bands. This one is made circa 1974 when he started making watches in sterling silver. It is a solid watch with a good heavy and solid case made from 925 solid sterling silver which is then gold plated. It is heavy in weight and the watch weighs a total of 44 grams. It is in an attractive retro style with elongated and tiered case with white dial and Roman numerals. It is a hand wound Swiss made movement and acrylic crystal. The crown is original to the watch and signed Roy King. It comes on a crocodile leather strap and has the large and original buckle also very heavy and also made from gold plated solid sterling silver and is stamped as such. The case back is solid and contains the silver hallmarks. Unusual and collectible English wristwatch. Dimensions are: width 23 mm excluding crown, 24 mm including both crowns, lug to lug 38 mm, thickness 8 mm Ref. VIN 444. Price is £445 or US $895 |
AS Automatic Wrist Alarm
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Very rare and excellent condition AS automatic wrist alarm with Swiss made AS 5008 movement which is fully automatic with 21 jewels. The watch mechanism and the alarm mechanism are both automatic winding. Usually on automatic wrist alarms, the alarm mechanism needs to be wound by hand but this one is fully automatic. AS is a company who are famous for their alarm movements and over the years just about every major watch brand who has made an alarm watch has used the AS mechanism. AS is the Adolf Schild company, whose movements are still manufactured today and used in some of the highest quality Siss and German watches. This one however is an AS prototype. AS were not famous for producing branded watches, they just produced the movements and there are very few AS branded watches around. The case back is stamped with “prototyp” The design is typical of the late 1960’s to early 70’s. The case is solid stainless steel with an iridescent blue dial and applied silver baton markers. Apart from being fully automatic, the watch also features a day and date – the day wheel is in German. Also it has a stopping second hand for accurate time setting. The movement is in outstanding condition and was recently serviced and the watch keeps time to within 5 seconds per day. It comes on a replacement black leather strap. Outstanding watch. Dimensions are: width 40 mm excluding crown, 41 mm including crown, lug to lug 41 mm, thickness 14 mm. Ref VIN 441. Price is £395 or US $795 |
Dolmy
Hand Wound Vintage Chronograph
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Vintage Dolmy hand wound wristwatch dating to late 60’s to early 70’s. This a handsome looking vintage wristwatch in excellent condition with some fading and patina to the dial in keeping with its age and adding to the overall vintage feel. The watch is a sports style watch with technical functions on the dial and a chronograph. The hands are printed on the dial in black, with luminous filled hands, still with reasonable luminosity. The watch has got a tachometer scale which is printed in black in the outer chapter ring, the seconds track is in a different is on the outer part of the dial. The chronograph and tachometer functions are operated with the chronograph hand. It has a steel case, with large crown, round pushers and a lovely Valjoux 7765 hand wound movement – one that was commonly used in vintage watches of this period. It comes on a replacement black leather strap and is in overall excellent condition and a nice vintage collectible. Dimensions are width is 39 mm excluding the crown, 41 mm including the crown, 40mm lug to lug and 14 mm thick. Ref. VIN 442, price is £275 or US $545 |
Roamer Stingray Chronograph
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New old stock and mint and new looking Roamer Stingray hand wound chronograph Roamer began life in 1888 when a watchmaker named Fritz Meyer opened his own workshop to produce cylinder escapements in Switzerland. Fifteen years later, his venture had grown into a fully fledged company manufacturing their own complete movements. By 1923, the company was turning out one million watches a year and in 1932 it had 1,200 employees. In 1940, its inventive engineers had developed and patented an exceptionally astute watertight system. The company continued to prosper and became especially famous for the Anfibio range of water resistant watches which today have become collectors items. The Anfibio watches were famously issued to the to various armies and police forces including the Rhodesian army and the South African police. They were also very famous for their “Stingray” watches which were originally marketed as entry level, but very hardy and tough watches, which were fun to own, but built with good quality materials and movements. This one is similar to the Stingray, it is the Stingray and in excellent condition, which is also a strong and durable Roamer watch. The case is substantial and strong stainless steel with original signed crown and signed case back. Has attractive dial colour scheme, with mat black dial and red and white accents. Hand wound Valjoux 7733 movement, all functions operate correctly and keeping time. Date window at 3 position. Excellent all round watch on high quality replacement strap. Purchased as new old stock form Gisbert Joseph, as such comes with letter of authenticity from them. Dimensions are 42 mm excluding crown, 45mm including crown and 47 mm lug to lug and 15 mm thick. Ref: VIN 443 £ POA |
Enicar Sherpa Graph Chronograph Valjoux
72
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Excellent condition 1960's Beautiful Enicar manual winding watch with Valjoux 72 movement - renowned as being the best Valjoux movement ever made. It comes on an original Enicar bracelet with Enicar signed clasp, but may not be original to the watch as the end pieces appear to be incorrect for the watch. Enicar watches were made to extremely high standards as many of them originally went to export to China where there were few watch making skills, so a watch needed to be durable, reliable and strong, so it would not required to be fixed. Stainless steel case and the back has the Enicar large Oyster and pearl logo, with an individual serial number. The watch is a classic design with lovely contrasting features. It has a plain bezel making it less busy. The watch is simple and to the point, with a robust movement – reputedly the same movement, the Valjoux 72 that was put in Rolex Daytona’s. The button at 2 starts and stops the chronograph and the button at 4 resets the chronograph. The chrono 60 second hand is the sweep hand, the sub register at 3 is the 30 second timer, the 12 hour timer is at 6 and the continuous seconds at 9. The crown and dial is marked with the Enicar logo. A stunning classic in great condition. Comes on a replacement strap. Dimensions are 40 mm excluding crown, 44 mm including crown and 49 mm lug to lug, thickness is 14.5 mm. Ref: VIN 438. Price £945 or US $1,895 |
Enicar Sherpa Graph Chronograph
Valjoux 72
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Excellent condition 1960's Beautiful Enicar manual winding watch with Valjoux 72 movement - renowned as being the best Valjoux movement ever made. Keeps time to 5 seconds per dayEnicar watches were made to extremely high standards as many of them originally went to export to China where there were few watch making skills, so a watch needed to be durable, reliable and strong, so it would not required to be fixed. Stainless steel case and the back has the Enicar large Oyster and pearl logo, with an individual serial number. The watch is a classic design with lovely contrasting features. It has a plain bezel making it less busy. The watch is simple and to the point, with a robust movement – reputedly the same movement, the Valjoux 72 that was put in Rolex Daytona’s. The button at 2 starts and stops the chronograph and the button at 4 resets the chronograph. The chrono 60 second hand is the sweep hand, the sub register at 3 is the 30 second timer, the 12 hour timer is at 6 and the continuous seconds at 9. The crown and dial is marked with the Enicar logo. A stunning classic in great condition. Comes on a replacement strap. Dimensions are 40 mm excluding crown, 44 mm including crown and 49 mm lug to lug, thickness is 14.5 mm. Ref: VIN 432. Price £945 or US $1,845 |
Enicar Chronograph Valjoux 72
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Excellent condition 1960's Beautiful Enicar manual winding watch with Valjoux 72 movement - renowned as being the best Valjoux movement ever made. Enicar watches were made to extremely high standards as many of them originally went to export to China where there were few watch making skills, so a watch needed to be durable, reliable and strong, so it would not required to be fixed. Stainless steel case and the back has the Enicar large Oyster and pearl logo, with an individual serial number. The watch is a classic design with lovely contrasting features. It has a plain bezel making it less busy. The watch is simple and to the point, with a robust movement – reputedly the same movement, the Valjoux 72 that was put in Rolex Daytona’s. The button at 2 starts and stops the chronograph and the button at 4 resets the chronograph. The chrono 60 second hand is the sweep hand, the sub register at 3 is the 30 second timer, the 12 hour timer is at 6 and the continuous seconds at 9. Attractive dial colour scheme with mat balck dial, silver sub dials with black and red hands. The crown and dial is marked with the Enicar logo. A stunning classic in great condition. Comes on a replacement strap. Dimensions are 37 mm excluding crown, 39.5 mm including crown and 41 mm lug to lug, thickness is 12 mm. Ref: VIN 433. Price £895 or US $1,790 |
Longines Hand Wound Wristwatch – 9 karat
gold
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Mint condition Longines hand wound wristwatch. It is well constructed, with excellent movement making it a no nonsense, no compromise, durable watch meant to last a lifetime and longer. This one has a very attractive silver dial with a 9 karat gold case and case back. The case back is a snap on back. The dial is silver and in excellent condition with gold applied batons sweep central second hand. Has a large Longines winged logo and name "Longines" at the upper centre. Has the original Longines signed winding crown with the winged logo. Longines caliber 6952 hand wound movement, comes on replacement leather strap. It has the original signed crown and the watch runs very well. Watch dates to approximately 1980’s. Outstanding watch in excellent condition. Dimensions are 34 mm excluding crown, 36 mm including crown and 39 mm lug to lug and 7 mm thick. Ref: VIN 436 Price is £275 or US $550 |
Ebel Automatic Wristwatch
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Excellent condition Ebel dress watch with automatic winding 24 jewel calibre 214 movement. It has a very attractive silver dial with polished gold applied baton markings. It has a minimalist and sparse dial design providing a clean cut and subtle appearance, with minimally marked dial. Also has a large silver applied Ebel logo, and long and elegant hands. It is working very well and keeping good time. Has an attractive, sender gold plate case with stainless steel screw on back and original Ebel signed winding crown, which is original to the watch. Has a date at the 3 position The date has alternate black and red numbers, the even days being black and odd days being in red. This is a wonderful example of a vintage Ebel with a great deal of character and appeal to it. Dimensions are 34 mm excluding crown, 36 mm including crown and 42 mm lug to lug and 10 mm thick. Ref: VIN 437. Price is £225 or US $460 |
Hamilton
Automatic Chronograph
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Used, but excellent condition Hamilton automatic chronograph. Hamilton are steeped in history and started out as a US company but now owned by Swiss watch making giants, the Swatch group, who own Omega, Tissot and Longines, to name but a few. It is an attractive and retro looking watch which is more reminiscent of the early 1960’s designs with its cushion case and pinched lugs. It does however date to the early 1980’s The watch is neatly dimensioned and a well proportioned watch. It is a decent sized watch, with blue dial and minimalist features. The case is polished stainless steel. It is 3 ATM water resistant. The case is polished steel and has a tachometric on a fixed internal bezel. It has a nice hand/baton combination which is in white and contrasts nicely against the blue dial. The chronograph hands are n yellow. The watch has a day and date feature at the 3 position, and the day is in French. It comes on a replacement Milanese style bracelet with folding clasp which is suitable for up to 7 ½ to 7 ¾ inch wrist. The movement is an automatic winding 25 jeweled Swiss made Valjoux 7750. Outstanding value for money wristwatch. Excellent condition, but case back has pitting to it. Dimensions are: width 39 excluding crown, 40 mm including crown, lug to lug 41 mm, thickness 14 mm. Ref: NWW 478. Price is £495 or US $890 |
Rima Hand Wound Vintage Chronograph
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Vintage Rima hand wound wristwatch. This a beautiful looking vintage wristwatch in excellent condition with some fading and patina to the dial in keeping with its age and adding to the overall vintage feel. The watch is a dress style watch but with technical functions on the dial and a chronograph. The hands and numerals are in gold colour contrasting nicely against the silver dial. The watch has got a tachometer scale which is printed in black in the outer chapter ring, the seconds track is in a different colour which is white, then the central part of the dial is silver giving the dial a two tone, ringed effect. The chronograph and tachometer functions are operated with the chronograph hand. It has a steel case, with large crown, flat pushers and a Landeron 248 hand wound movement – one that was commonly used in vintage watches of this period. It comes on a replacement brown leather strap and is in overall excellent condition and a nice vintage collectible. Dimensions are width is 36 mm excluding the crown, 38 mm including the crown, 41mm lug to lug and 12 mm thick. Ref. VIN 437, price is £295 or US $590 |
Tudor Manual Winding Wristwatch – 9k gold
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Mint condition Tudor manual winding wristwatch. Tudor needs no introduction as it is the company started by Rolex to produce quality wristwatches without the price tag. Initially controlled and made by Rolex, but now a company in their own right. This watch is a wonderful example in mint condition inside and out. It dates to the late 1972 but looks a few years old. The dial and hands are excellent and the case has a few light marks from normal wear. The winding action is sturdy and tight and changing the time is also tight and feels new. The dial is silver with gold and gold applied baton markers and gold hands, slender and narrow watch with narrow winding crown. The case is in typical fashion of a late 1960’s or early 1970’s wristwatch which is square with rounded off corners and a sunburst pattern to the front to the case. The lugs are short square to compliment the case shape. The watch was originally a presentation watch for long service. Often presentation watches are treasured items and well looked after such as this one. The case back is engraved with “Presented by Fewsters ltd in 1972 Mr L Robson in recognition of 20 years service”. It comes on replacement leather strap but also with the a genuine Rolex signed (but faded signature) strap without buckle and appears to be original to the watch. It comes with the original box, warranty paper, and hang tag. All round lovely looking and very desirable watch, but not at a Rolex price. Dimensions are 32 mm excluding crown, 34 mm including crown and 38 mm lug to lug, thickness is 9.5 mm. Ref: VIN 416. Price is £450 or US $875 |
Zodiac Swiss Formula - Divers Wristwatch
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Excellent condition and new old stock looking Zodiac Sea Wolf automatic divers watch water resistant to 20 ATM. This is more slender divers watch compared to the usual Zodiac divers watches. The watch and is a wonderful example of a cult classic automatic divers watch. Zodiac began life in Switzerland in 1882, and they have been one of the few Swiss companies to keep pace with the hugely changing technological demands of horology. Today, Zodiac celebrates its rich Swiss watch making tradition with fresh designs that address a selected range of contemporary and retro tastes, while maintaining their classic elegance. This is a more contemporary Zodiac piece, and is made to modern standards and specifications with a quartz movement. The case construction and dimensions are very close in design to the Tag Heuer F1 watch. It would not be surprising if the came case was sused. The dial is light in clolur and pale grey. It has a date at the 3 position. Has luminous dial markings and hands. It has a uni directional ratchet operated rotating bezel with red print to the first 20 minutes and white print thereafter. The crown is screwed down and it is 200 metres water resistant. Comes on a good quality brand new and un sized rubber divers strap with push button folding clasp and fliplock safety buckle. Dimensions are 37 mm excluding crown, 39 mm including crown and 41 mm lug to lug, thickness is 9 mm Ref: VIN 423. Price is £195 or US $395 |
Le Jour Hand Wound Chronograph
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Excellent condition Le Jour manual winding chronograph with Valjoux 7734 hand wound movement. This one dates from the 1970’s and is in a typical early 1970’s style. The case is large and solid gold plated metal. It comes on a matching bracelet which is a flexible band of steel with a rubber material on the inner side that contacts with the skin to make it comfortable to wear, and it is a surprisingly comfortable watch to wear. It is certainly an eye catching watch. It has a gold dial with black contrasting sub dials. It has gold applied baton hour marks. The subsidiary seconds are at the 9 position, the forty five minute elapsed timer is at 3. The sixty second chronograph elapsed timer is the large sweep hand. The dial is well balanced, attractive and clean. Many would regard it as an awful and out of style watch which is gaudy garish. In fact there are many out there who would regard it as beautiful. It is wonderfully retro looking and so late 1970’s that it is wonderfully retro and due to this, very stylish. Excellent value for money vintage with a matchless engine in it. The width is 38 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown. The thickness is 13 mm and the lug to lug distance is 41 mm. Ref. VIN 431. Price is £295 |
Gallet Automatic Chronograph
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Very good condition Gallet automatic chronograph with Valjoux 7750 automatic chronograph movement. It is an attractive, sporty and distinctive looking watch and is typical of styling of the watches made in the 1970’s and early 1980’s. The watch is very sleek and stylish with sporty and distinctive looking dial. It has a retro case which is large and bold with substantial sides and lugs. The dial is mat black with nicely contrasting grey sub dials with white markings and hands. It has a tachometric scale around the edge which does have some marks to it at about the 8 position. This is reflected in the price. Contrasting red central sweep second hand. Day and date a the 3 position, these are quickset by the crown. Twelve hour sub dial at the 6 position, thirty minute elapsed time at the 12 position , subsidiary seconds at the 9 position, and the red central sweep hand is the 60 second elapsed time. Good and decent solid looking retro wristwatch. Dimensions are: Width is 42 mm excluding the crown 45 mm including crown, 45 mm lug to lug and 15 mm thick. Ref VIN 405 Price is £395 or US $745 |
Delfin Chronographe – Hand
Wound Chronograph
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Good condition Delfin Chronographe hand wound chronograph. It is a large and purposeful high quality watch, specifically designed for timing sporting events at the Olympics. It is large and square, so that it can be hand held and easily operated. The case is solid stainless steel. The dial is marked for sports timing. The outer tachometric ring has divided up and each segment in different colours from white, to yellow, to red to blue and the final incrament in red again. This contrasts nicely against the mat black dial. The hands and sub dial surrounds are gold in colour. The 60 second elapsed timer is the central sweep hand. The 45 minute elapsed timer is at the 3 position and subsidiary seconds at the 9 position. The movement is a Valjoux 7734. Altogether very bright and colourful watch that is extremely well designed and thought out in terms of the dial markings and the modifications to the movement to create a specialist sports timing instrument. Outstanding watch and excellent value for money as this is a real collectors classic.. The width is 36 mm excluding crown, 39 mm including crown. The thickness is 13 mm and the lug to lug distance is 45 mm. Ref. VIN 435 Price is £295 0r US $590 |
Chronographe Suisse Manual Winding Chronograph in 18 k gold
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Good condition Chronographe Suisse manual winding chronograph. Beautiful looking watch with lovely and striking copper and gold dial design. It is a dress watch but with some technical functions to it. The dial has some fading to which is more prevalent to the 6 position. The subsidiary seconds are at 9, and the thirty minute elapsed timer is at 3. The sixty second chronograph elapsed timer is the sweep hand, which is blued steel. It has a tachometric scale on the outer chapter and a sixty second scale on the inner chapter marked out in 1/5th second iterations for accurate timing. The dial colourings are neatly contrasting against each other. The number markings are gold with other dial markings, with gold watch and chronograph hands. Lovely 18 karat gold case hallmarked on the case back with long and narrow lugs, flat and square pushers with narrow wheel style winding crown. Lots of weight and it is a large watch, striking and beautiful watch. Dimensions are 38 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown and 46 mm lug to lug, thickness is 12 mm Ref: VIN 417. Price is £295 or US $595 |
Bulova Ambassador – Automatic Wristwatch
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Bulova are still in existence today but their heyday in the 60’s and 70’s when they became one of the most prolific and eminent makers of the “new age” quartz and digital watches. They have always been innovative and good at what they do. During the 70’s they also had some of the most wonderful 70’s designs conceivable. This one however is a little more subdued and dates to the 1960’s It is a Bulova Ambassador automatic wristwatch which has a slim case, classic design and good movement. This watch is a high quality, traditional looking dress style watch, with lovely case and dial design. The dial is showing some fading and is a silver colour. It has printed Roman numerals and slender silver hands. The case is stainless steel and it has got small discreet lugs as well as a small and discreet winding crown. The movement is a Swiss made automatic movement. The acrylic crystal is in good condition and it comes on a good quality replacement brown lizard strap. Dimensions are. Width excluding the crown is 34 mm, width including the crown is 36 mm, lug to lug is 36 mm and the thickness is 8 mm. Ref VIN 425. Price is £95 or US $195 |
Vintage Regulator Hand Wound
Wristwatch
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Very unusual and good condition vintage hand wound regulator watch. Regulators are not common watches and less often seen in vintage watches. The regulator face is a striking and unusual watch, which is distinctive an unique looking. The Regulator clock was originated in the 18th century by Louis Berthould. He devised the regulator dial. His idea was that the minute hand should be very dominant, with hours and seconds rotating within separate dials integrated into the watch face. For the very first time this arrangement made the minute hand stand out at all times. At the time it was a groundbreaking invention, but one which also took account of an emerging trend: people were becoming increasingly interested in measuring the smallest unites of time. They sensed a growing urge to keep a precise, uniform track of time wherever they happened to be. This assisted from industry, trade, communications, science, navigation as well as everyday schedules such as keeping to correct timetables for transportation. The new dial was incorporated in pendulum clocks called regulators. The regulator clocks became very precise and were used for determining official standards until the 1960’s when they were replaced by millisecond accurate atomic clocks. The watch itself is hand wound. It has the red central sweep second hand as the primary visual. The two sub dials are the hour hand in the top sub dial and the minute hand in the lower sub dial. The watch is made from stainless steel with an acrylic crystal. The winding action is perfect, but when setting the time, the crown slips a bit and setting the time is easier turning the hands backwards as there is less slippage. Dimensions are 33 mm excluding the crown, 34 mm including the crown, 40 mm lug to lug and 8 mm thick. Ref VIN 424 Price is £345 or US $695 |
Bulova Vintage
Dress Watch
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Excellent condition Bulova vintage dress watch in typical 1930’s to 1940’s Art deco styling. It is a shape often referred to as a tank watch, which was popularised by Cartier in the same era. This is due to it’s square and solid looking shape. It is a small watch as may deco period watches were. The case is white gold filled with superb condition white dial. It has got a flat case back, but the top of the watch is convex shaped with a curved crystal rising off fancy lugs running at the same curved angle as the crystal. The crystal has some marks to it. The case is patterned to the top to give a fancy finish to it. The numbers on the dial are large and hollow, with fancy hands which are skeletonised at the tips. Has a sub seconds hand with typical Art Deco “exploding numerals” The movement is hand wound 15 jewel. This is the common number of jewels on a standard movement in this era. The watch works well and keeps good time. Width is 25 mm excluding crown, and 27 mm including crown, Lug to lug is 42 mm, Thickness is 11 mm. Excellent condition Bulova vintage dress watch in typical 1930’s to 1940’s Art deco styling. It is a shape often referred to as a tank watch, which was popularised by Cartier in the same era. This is due to it’s square and solid looking shape. It is a small watch as may deco period watches were. The case is white gold filled with superb condition white dial. It has got a flat case back, but the top of the watch is convex shaped with a curved crystal rising off fancy lugs running at the same curved angle as the crystal. The crystal has some marks to it. The case is patterned to the top to give a fancy finish to it. The numbers on the dial are large and hollow, with fancy hands which are skeletonised at the tips. Has a sub seconds hand with typical Art Deco “exploding numerals” The movement is hand wound 15 jewel. This is the common number of jewels on a standard movement in this era. The watch works well and keeps good time. Width is 25 mm excluding crown, and 27 mm including crown, Lug to lug is 42 mm, Thickness is 11 mm. Ref: VIN 408 Price is £109 or US $235 |
Waltham Hand Wound Gold Plate Pocket
Watch in Half Hunter Case
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Vintage gold plated Waltham pocket watch in all round excellent condition. It is a half hunter style case where the face is protected by a metal part of the case. The time can be seen when the lid is closed through a small aperture in the case and the hands viewed against the markings on the case. The lid can be opened. This is released by pressing a button on the stem to reveal the watch face. The watch is in all round excellent condition and is a nice itme to adorn any watch collection. The movement is very clean and is a 15 jewel Waltham signed movement. The movement is Swiss and the case is English. The movement is nicely decorated and can be seen by opening the back cover of the watch. The movement is protected by a cover. It is a stem wound watch so does not require a key. Overall outstanding looking and condition watch, one for the watch collector. Dimensions are width is 54 mm, thickness is 12 mm. Ref. VIN 437. sold |
Harwood Vintage Automatic Wristwatch
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Harwood are reputedly the inventors of the first automatic wristwatch. This is a well documented fact. Due to this as well as the other crown less hand setting innovation, Harwood watches have become cult classics and very desirable amongst watch collectors. John Harwood was a watchmaker and soldier during the first world war. During his time he had problems with moisture and dust entering the mechanism through the crown. His idea of a self winding watch cam to him when observing children on a see saw. The automatic was later to replace the hand winding mechanism and is similar in its design to the later Omega bumper movement which winds from hammer impact rather than the modern oscillating rotor. A full history can be seen on the Harwood web site http://www.harwood-watch.com/en/history/content.html Harwood are still in existence today and are making watches similar to their originals with similar movements and hand setting mechanism to the originals. Apart from the hammer impact automatic winding, the hands are set by rotating the coin edge bezel. The bezel is turned to engage the hands. There is an indicator in an aperture in the dial which is silver when the hands are in setting mode. When the desired time is set, the bezel is rotated a bit a bit more so the aperture turns red, meaning the hands are disengaged when the time is set and the watch can be worn. Given it’s age, the watch is in excellent condition, some fading to the dial which can be expected as it is nearly 50 years old. It was serviced 1 month ago and is in excellent working order and the movement is likewise in excellent condition. Dimensions are Width is 30 mm excluding crown, lug to lug is 31 mm and thickness is 11 mm VIN 434 sold |
Tissot PR 516 Hand Wound 12 Hour
Chronograph
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Mint Condition Tissot hand wound chronograph. Wonderful condition and wonderful looking watch which is neat and compact, stylish in design and practical in use. The case is solid stainless steel with a steel screw on back, made in the style of late 1970’s which is thick in stature with short thick lugs and no crown shoulders. The acrylic crystal is in good condition. The winding crown is original and is signed with the Tissot T. Mint condition and attractive dial which nice colour scheme. It is mat black with luminous baton marks – luminosity now faded. Has white sub dials and the chronograph main central sweep hand is in red. The thirty minute sub register is iterated to the first five minutes with a blue mark, and has a red stripe to indicate the half way stage of fifteen minutes. Watch and all functions work perfectly and is a superb example of the Tissot 1970’s classics. Contains the legendary hand wound Swiss made Lemania seventeen jewel calibre 1873 hand wound chronograph movement. Dimensions are: Width is 35 mm excluding crown, 37 mm including crown, lug to lug is 41 mm, and thickness is 14 mm. VIN 435 sold |
Oriosa Chronograph – Hand Wound Chronograph
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Excellent condition Oriosa Swiss hand wound chronograph. It is a large and purposeful high quality watch, specifically designed for timing sporting events. It is sporty and functional looking with striking good looks. The case is solid stainless steel and it is a large, colourful and sporty looking watch. The dial is marked for sports timing. It has an outer tachometric scale in white print and an inner telemeter scale in red print. The telemeter is on a track which is shared with the sixty seconds indicator. The sub dials are white against a mat black dial. It has got red accents to the thirty minute elapsed timer and the central sweep chronograph hand is yellow/orange in colour. The movement is a Valjoux 7733. It was recently serviced prior to coming into stock. Altogether very bright and colourful watch that is extremely well designed and thought out in terms of the dial markings. Outstanding watch and excellent value for money as this is a real collectors classic.. The width is 38 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown. The thickness is 13.5 mm and the lug to lug distance is 445 mm. Ref. VIN 440. sold |
Ollech & Wajs Early Bird
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Ollech and Wajs Early Birt hand wound wristwatch. Bought by previous owner as new old stock. The watch is a sturdy 17-jewel hand wound 24-hour army watch also used by US soldiers during the Vietnam ear. Manufactured by Ollech & Wajs of Switzerland who were well know at the time fur supplying watches to the US military. O & W do not have any more of these watches as they are now sold out of all of the new old stock watches. It has got a bi-directional red/blue rotating bezel which is friction and non ratchet. It has got a shatterproof acrylic crystal and sweep second hand. It is a true 24 hour movement so the hour hand rotates the dial once every 24 hours opposed to 12 hours as found on a regular watch. The movement is a Swiss made 17 jewel movement. The case is stainless steel with screw on case back and diver logo on case back. It also states the water resistance is 20 ATM, approximately 200 metres, this is not tested and unlikely to be waterproof today. It is in altogether excellent condition and comes on a later replacement nato military style strap. Dimensions are: width is 38 mm excluding crown, 41 mm including crown and 46 mm lug to lug and thickness is 13.5 mm VIN 442. Price is £495 or US $995 |
Damas
Direct Dead (Jump Hour) Automatic Wristwatch
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Mint and new looking condition automatic chronograph in true 1970's styling. Automatic Swiss movement. All stainless steel high quality watch. Fantastic dial colours with mat brown dial and contrasting black dials with white numbering and red pointer to show the exact position of the time dials. The watch is also referred to as a Mechanical Digital. The time is displayed on rotating disks. These watches are often only found with hours and minutes, but this one has a seconds wheel as well, so there is a continuous movement that can be seen on the watch. These watches are becoming harder to find especially in condition like this one. Wonderful retro looking and stylish Seiko collectable classic. in mint all round condition. Bracelet is not signed and unsure if it is original, but is very fitting to the watch and very retro looking. Width is 36 mm excluding the crown, 38 mm including the crown lug to lug is 39 mm, Thickness is 12 mm Ref: VIN 443. sold |
Jaeger le Coultre Memovox
Automatic Alarm Watch with Date on JLC strap
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Mint condition Jaeger Le Coultre Memovox automatic alarm watch. It comes with authentication e-mail Jaeger Le Coultre explainigng details on the watch giving them model reference number as E.855.42, the serial number confirmation, the calibre showing it is a JLC 825K which is one of the best and the most famous alarm movements ever made. It shows that the year of production for this item was in 1977. Another interesting note is that it details the last know retial price which was in 1971 and was CHF.1050. Which was a fair sum of money to pay for a watch in 1971. The case is gold plate and stainless steel . It comes on a genuine JLC crocodile brown leather strap with gold plated JLC buckle. These are not original to the watch, but was purchased by the last owner from authorised JLC agents, Prestons of Bolotn, and cost £225. It comes with a receipt for this and some repair work to the watch, the total receipt price is £258.50 (US $517). Jaeger le Coultre are one of the few elite Swiss watchmakers who manufacture their own movements in house. They are a company was established in 1833 in the Vallee de Joux watch making region of Switzerland. They are highly regarded for their quality timepieces, technical innovation, and one of the most stringent and fanatical testing centres in Switzerland. Jaeger Le Coultre have been instrumental in the development of wrist alarms, and they developed the first automatic wrist alarm 1958. This is the Memovox which is the model that put the company on the map and routed it to world fame and success. This watch dates to the early 1960’s. It has an immaculate dial which is in mint condition. The dial appears to be two tone as the inner disc is a revolving plate which allows the user to set the alarm indicating pointer. The top crown winds the alarm and sets the alarm activation time, whilst the bottom crown sets the hands. Date window at the 3 position. A true connoisseurs watch, highly prized and a spectacular instrument. Dimensions are: width 37 excluding crown, 38 mm including crowns, lug to lug 45 mm, thickness 13 mm. Ref: VIN 438. sold |
Favre Leuba Bivouac Altimeter
Barometer – Hand Wound Wristwatch
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Excellent condition and recently serviced Favre Leuba Bivouac Altimeter Barometer hand wound wristwatch. Legal records show that Abraham Favre opened a small watchmaker's business in Le Locle in 1737. His son, Henry-Auguste, merged in 1814 with the watch-dealer, A. Leuba. The eighth-generation descendants of Henry Favre took over the business in 1970. Under the leadership of Henry Favre, born in 1908, the factory distinguished itself with a number of innovations launched from around 1950, including, for example, their own automatic caliber in 1956, the "Bivouac", a manually-wound wristwatch with mechanical altimeter in 1963, and the 1966 "Bathy 50" with a mechanical depth gauge. Similarly in the sixties, Favre-Leuba made itself known for its extraordinary twin-barreled movements, initially with manual winding and later with automatic winding. These movements - the caliber FL 1162 with a balance frequency of 36,000v/h - were fitted to the 1968 "Twinmatic" and "Duomatic" models. As a consequence of the quartz shock, the family company passed into the ownership of Benedom S.A., part of the Bacardi-Martini group, in 1985. The watch is a durable strong and substantial piece made from stainless steel. Favre Leuba signed movement with Barometer/Altimeter, rare sub seconds model, signed stainless steel screw back case with mountain motif, very clean bezel. Lovely condition on this scare Favre-Leuba "Bivouac" one of the few watches with built in Altimeter/Barometer, circa 1965. Dimensions are: width is 40 mm excluding crown, 43 mm including crown, lug to lug is 47 mm and thickness is 16 mm Ref: VIN 436. sold |
Dubey & Schaldenbrand Index-Mobile
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Vintage Dubey & Schaldenbrand Index Mobile hand wound wristwatch. In 1946 Georges Dubey, teacher at the La Chaux-de-Fonds Watchmaking School, formed a partnership with fellow watchmaker René Schaldenbrand to make the Dubey invented split second Index mobire watch. Dubey & Schaldenbrand are headquartered in the village of Les Ponts-de-Martel in the Jura foothills. The brand specialises in retro inspired cases and dials that are fashionable today. The company was acquired by Cinette Robert in 1990. Robert was from a line of watch making pioneers which included the Meylan and LeCoultre families. Since Robert took over, the company has gone from strength to strength as they manufacture high quality and unique looking watches designed for the taste of the connoisseur. This one is a beautiful looking vintage wristwatch with technical functions on the dial and a chronograph. The hands and numerals are in gold colour contrasting nicely against the silver dial. The watch has got a tachometer scale which is printed in blue and a telemetric scale printed in red. Both of these functions are operated with the chronograph hand. It has a steel case, with large crown, flat pushers and a Landeron 248 hand wound movement – one that was commonly used in Dubey & Schaldenbrand watches. Some patina tot the dial near the 1 and 2 position due to it’s age. Dimensions are width is 36 mm excluding the crown, 38 mm including the crown, 42 mm lug to lug and 11 mm thick. sold |
Jaeger
Le Coultre Automatic – Power Reserve
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Excellent condition Jaeger Le Coultre automatic power reserve watch. Jaeger Le Coultre are one of the few elite Swiss watchmakers who manufacture their own movements in house. They are a company was established in 1833 in the Vallee de Joux watch making region of Switzerland. They are highly regarded for their quality timepieces, technical innovation, and one of the most stringent and fanatical testing centres in Switzerland. Jaeger Le Coultre have been instrumental in the development of wrist alarms, and they developed the first automatic wrist alarm 1958. This one is another complication, as it has the power reserve indicator in the aperture at the 12 position. Jaeger Le Coultre were also instrumental in developing this complication and it is a function which is popular and widely used in wristwatches today. This one dates from the mid 1960’s. The design is typical of this era of wristwatch styling, it is slim and elegant looking with attractive kinked lugs. Has a Jaeger le Coultre wording at the 12 position, below the power reserve indicator. The dial is silver and has some patina to it which adds to the vintage feel and makes it attractive and old looking. It has got contrasting gold coloured hands and baton markings. The movement s a Jaeger le Coultre bumper movement, which is highly collectible, rather than the winding rotor, it has the hammer type winder which impacts the winder – hence the term bumper. Comes on replacement Hirsch brown leather strap. UK retail price for a modern Jaeger le Coultre is about is £3,500 or US $5,200. Dimensions are: width 36 excluding crown, 38 mm including crown and pushers, lug to lug 38 mm, thickness 11 mm. Ref: VIN 429. sold |
Roamer
Stingray Chrono
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Roamer began life in 1888 when a watchmaker named Fritz Meyer opened his own workshop to produce cylinder escapements in Switzerland. Fifteen years later, his venture had grown into a fully fledged company manufacturing their own complete movements. By 1923, the company was turning out one million watches a year and in 1932 it had 1,200 employees. In 1940, its inventive engineers had developed and patented an exceptionally astute watertight system. The company continued to prosper and became especially famous for the Anfibio range of water resistant watches which today have become collectors items. The Anfibio watches were famously issued to the to various armies and police forces including the Rhodesian army and the South African police. They were also very famous for their “Stingray” watches which were originally marketed as entry level, but very hardy and tough watches, which were fun to own, but built with good quality materials and movements. This is indeed the case on this Stingray. It made in the late sixties to early 70’s and is a very fitting design for that period. It comes on replacement bracelet. Excellent all round watch. Dimensions are 37 mm excluding crown, 41mm including crown and 43 mm lug to lug and 13 mm thick. Ref: VIN 426 sold |
Bucherer
Automatic 18 K Gold
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Excellent condition Bucherer automatic winding wristwatch in solid 18 karat gold. The watch is also an officially certified Swiss chronometer as indicated by the print on the dial. The case is large and heavy with a solid case back. Bucherer is Switzerlands largest jewellers and the worlds biggest Rolex agents. They also make watches under their own name so are manufacturers in their own right and have been doing so since the 1950s. This is a wonderful example in excellent condition inside and out. It dates to the late 1960’s. The dial and hands are excellent, The dial is crisp black and in mint condition, it has got beautifully contrasting and also mint condition gold hands and baton markings. The case has a few light marks from normal wear but no deep scratches – the marks can be polished out, but best left unpolished. It is a large and chunky looking watch and comes on a replacement black leather strap with gold coloured buckle. It has had a new crystal fitted prior to advertising. All round lovely looking and very desirable watch. Dimensions are 35 mm excluding crown, 37 mm including crown and 39 mm lug to lug, thickness is 10 mm Ref: VIN 427. sold |
Chronographe
Suisse Manual Winding Chronograph in 18 k gold
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Excellent condition Chronographe Suisse manual winding chronograph. Beautiful looking watch with lovely and striking copper and gold dial design. It is a dress watch but with some technical functions to it. Has a mark on the dial towards the 6 position. The subsidiary seconds are at 9, and the thirty minute elapsed timer is at 3. The sixty second chronograph elapsed timer is the sweep hand, which is blued steel. It has a tachometric scale on the outer chapter and a sixty second scale on the inner chapter marked out in 1/5th second iterations for accurate timing. The dial colourings are neatly contrasting against each other. The number markings are gold with other dial markings, with gold watch and chronograph hands. Lovely 18 karat gold case hallmarked on the case back with long and narrow lugs, flat and square pushers with narrow wheel style winding crown. Lots of weight and it is a large watch, striking and beautiful watch. Dimensions are 38 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown and 46 mm lug to lug, thickness is 12 mm Ref: VIN 428. sold |
Art Deco Doctor’s
Watch