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Waltham Military Stopwatch
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Good condition vintage Waltham military stopwatch. This is an early piece possibly form late 1940’s to early 50’s. It does not have the traditional crown style start, stop and reset mechanism. The crown is used for winding and resetting only. The start and stop mechanism, is the sliding button on the case positioned at the 10 position. It slides up to 11 to start the stopwatch, and slides back down to 10 to stop the stopwatch. Pressing the crown down resets it to zero. It has a thirty minute elapsed timer in the sub dial at 12. The seconds track is iterated to fifth seconds for accurate timing. The case back is stamped with military markings these being the numbers 39584 beneath which is a broad arrow, the British military symbol. Dimensions are: Width is 55 mm, thickness is 19mm. Ref VIN 473. Price is £50 or US $100 |
Dent Pocket Watch
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Edward Dent was born in 1790. With a passion for clock making, Dent established his company in 1814. The company was carried forward by his descendents and still exists today. Dent embraced the Victorian fervour for technological innovation and created precision chronometers to navigate the Royal Navy and guide some of the most intrepid explorers on their voyages. Dent constructed the first Standard Astronomical Clock for the Admiralty in 1814 setting a precedent for the company to supply Standard Clocks to countries such as Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Brussels, Russia and the USA and Japan throughout the 19th century. Dent proved a key player in Victorian horological history manufacturing the Standard Clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich which was to keep “Greenwich Mean Time” better known today as G.M.T, and continued to do so until replaced by an electronic clock in 1946. Dent also made probably the most famous clock in the world - the Great Clock for the Houses of Parliament, familiarly known as Big Ben. Dent patented many of their inventions including the balance spring, the use of jewels in mechanism, the dipliedascopes and the fluid compass. However, the 1846 patent for “The Keyless” which, as its name implies, was the first watch that could be wound and set at the crown, dispensing with the use of a key, was to become the most widely reproduced and applied contribution to the advancement of watch making. Dent’s flair for exquisitely wrought domestic clocks and watches afforded the company a Royal Warrant as the official watch and clockmaker to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and HRH Albert Prince of Wales in 1841, a warrant that would be renewed through to George V’s reign. Russian emperors Tsar Alexander III and Tsar Nicolas II and the Japanese Emperor Mejii also issued Dent with royal warrants. Dent still continue to make large public clocks of distinction, and Dent recently wins commission to construct the station platform clock at St. Pancras station, London which at 18 feet in diameter is only four feet smaller than Big Ben. Dent also continue to make fine display clocks, the most recent of which was a bespoke Great Wheel clock depicting the dial and architecture of St. Pancras. It was presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who commented that it was "...magnificent...", and has placed it in Buckingham Palace. Dent also continue today with a range of Luxury wristwatches. More information can be found here http://www.dentwatches.com/history.html#chronology This is a sterling silver dent pocket watch with a lever escapement and features Dents keyless winging system, as the watch is wound from the crown. It has an enamel dial which is in excellent condition. The case, dial and movement are all in outstanding condition and the watch, as expected runs perfectly. It is difficult to date exactly, but from some research is determined to be from approximately 1897. The dial is marked with the Dent name and trademark triangle logo and London. The movement is also fully signed by the makers name and trademark logo, as well as 61 Strand and 4 Royal Exchange. It is also engraved with Watchmaker to the Queen. The queen in reference will have been Queen Victoria. It is 50 mm across and 18 mm thick. This is a beautiful collectors classic watch and one that is set to continue to rise in value. VIN 453 Price is £495 or US $990 |
Dent Pocket Watch
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Edward Dent was born in 1790. With a passion for clock making, Dent established his company in 1814. The company was carried forward by his descendents and still exists today. Dent embraced the Victorian fervour for technological innovation and created precision chronometers to navigate the Royal Navy and guide some of the most intrepid explorers on their voyages. Dent constructed the first Standard Astronomical Clock for the Admiralty in 1814 setting a precedent for the company to supply Standard Clocks to countries such as Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Brussels, Russia and the USA and Japan throughout the 19th century. Dent proved a key player in Victorian horological history manufacturing the Standard Clock at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich which was to keep “Greenwich Mean Time” better known today as G.M.T, and continued to do so until replaced by an electronic clock in 1946. Dent also made probably the most famous clock in the world - the Great Clock for the Houses of Parliament, familiarly known as Big Ben. Dent patented many of their inventions including the balance spring, the use of jewels in mechanism, the dipliedascopes and the fluid compass. However, the 1846 patent for “The Keyless” which, as its name implies, was the first watch that could be wound and set at the crown, dispensing with the use of a key, was to become the most widely reproduced and applied contribution to the advancement of watch making. Dent’s flair for exquisitely wrought domestic clocks and watches afforded the company a Royal Warrant as the official watch and clockmaker to Her Majesty Queen Victoria and HRH Albert Prince of Wales in 1841, a warrant that would be renewed through to George V’s reign. Russian emperors Tsar Alexander III and Tsar Nicolas II and the Japanese Emperor Mejii also issued Dent with royal warrants. Dent still continue to make large public clocks of distinction, and Dent recently wins commission to construct the station platform clock at St. Pancras station, London which at 18 feet in diameter is only four feet smaller than Big Ben. Dent also continue to make fine display clocks, the most recent of which was a bespoke Great Wheel clock depicting the dial and architecture of St. Pancras. It was presented to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who commented that it was "...magnificent...", and has placed it in Buckingham Palace. Dent also continue today with a range of Luxury wristwatches. More information can be found here http://www.dentwatches.com/history.html#chronology This is a sterling silver dent pocket watch with a lever escapement and features Dents keyless winging system, as the watch is wound from the crown. It has an enamel dial which is in excellent condition. The case, dial and movement are all in outstanding condition and the watch, as expected runs perfectly. It is difficult to date exactly, but from some research is determined to be from approximately 1897. The dial is marked with the Dent name and trademark triangle logo as well as the location, which is 61 Strand and 36 Royal Exchange, London. It also has a serial number 42110 which is also stamped on the movement. The movement is also fully signed by the makers name and trademark logo. It is 47 mm across and 16.5 mm thick. This is a beautiful collectors classic watch and one that is set to continue to rise in value. VIN 453 sold |
Heuer Split Second Stopwatch – GPO issue,
comes with second spare watch for repairs
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Excellent
condition Heuer split second stopwatch.
Nice chrome plated piece of Heuer history as they have been
involved in all sorts of horological and timing devices since their
inception.
This has a thirty minute elapsed timer.
It has an unusal dial configuration as it has as subsidiary second
dial at the 6 positions which continually runs even when the stop watch is
not in use. The top button starts, stops and resets the watch.
The button at the 11 position allows the user to stop use the split
second hand which stops one of the chronograph hands so timing of two
activities is permitted.
Nice clean white dial, split into 100 marks so that a minute is
easily divisible into calculable units. It has got black easily legible
numbers, blued hands, and Heuer logo at the 12 position within the 30
minute elapsed timer sib dial.
Heuer signed inside case back and signed movement. Beautiful
looking movement. The back is stamped with GP. Dimensions are as follows.
Width excluding crown is 51 mm radius and thickness is 15 mm. Ref
VIN 446, Price is £275 or US $545
Addendum, sent in by a customer I
was GPO telecomms engineer for 30 years and the Heuer split stopwatch (of
which I have its twin), was issued to us for the accurate measurement and timing
of the electro-mechanical call timing equipment (basically the equipment which
timed your STD phone calls) |
Jaeger
Le Coultre Automatic Alarm Watch
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Very good condition Jaeger Le Coultre automatic alarm 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 dates from the late 1960’s to early 1970’s, which can be quite evident from the design. The design is typical of this era of wristwatch styling. It is big bold, and once regarded as kitsch when this styling went out of fashion, but now entered a new era of cool. It is a chunky stainless steel case with seconds on an orange chapter against a grey dial. Has a Jaeger le Coultre wording at the 12 position, and the JL logo as an applied marker at the 9 position. The alarm itself is hand wound and set and wound by the crown at the 2 position. The alarm set is indicated by the white pointer on the rotating inner disk. The crown at the 4 position sets the hands and the date – the date is quick set by advancing and regressing past the 12 position. The alarm works on cue and is a good resonating sound. There is no alarm sound like that of a wrist alarm – which is quirky and practical. Comes on replacement black leather strap. UK retail price for a modern Jaeger le Coultre alarm is £3,395 or US $5,430. Dimensions are: width 39 excluding crown, 41 mm including crown and pushers, lug to lug 468 mm, thickness 12 mm. Ref: NWW 410. sold |
Vintage
Wristlet Calendar “Digital Jump Hour” Wristwatch
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Very rare collectors classic vintage Wristlet calendar wristwatch, just serviced. This type of watch was popular in the 1930’s and this also dates from this period as well. It is an unusual, striking and distinctive wristwatch. Whilst by today’s standards, it may be something that is quite commonplace, in the 1930’s to have a digital jump hour wristwatch would have been at the forefront of gadgetry and a state of the art timepiece. This one even more so since most of the jump hour watches tended to be time only wristwatches. Having a calendar function on the 1930’s was a rare thing indeed. The calendar is not connected to the movement and is hand operated as many of the early calendar functions on wristwatches were. This is done by two scrolls on either of the lugs. The lugs swivel, and on the swivel end is a cylinder with an aperture and a winding knob on each side of the cylinder. Within the cylinder is the calendar function on a scroll. The day of the week is on the top lug and to change to the following day, simply turn the winding crown. The bottom lug has the day of the week on two separate scrolls, so switching the leading days is operated by the left crown and the right crown operates the second days. The time display itself is of course on the dial face. The top aperture displaying the hours, the middle the minutes and the bottom is the seconds. The time wheels are protected by an acrylic disc underneath the dial, so they cannot get dirty or scratched. The watch is hand wound. Most watches from this era had cheap 7 jewel movements which were often cylinder escapements being noisy and clunky. This one however has got a decent 15 jewel Swiss lever movement. It has just come back form the watchmakers after having a full service and is in excellent working order. It comes in it’s original box, which makes it even more rare. The width is 26 mm excluding crown, 29 mm including crown. The thickness is 8 mm and the lug to lug distance is 39 mm excluding the calendar cylinders and 56 mm including them. Ref. VIN 407 sold |
Zenith Super Sub Sea – Hand Wound Chronograph
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Very rare and difficult to find Zenith Super Sub Sea hand wound chronograph. They are especially difficult to find in such condition, which is near mint condition, and a good 85 per cent. Zenith are a Swiss company steeped in history since 1865, and are a world class organisation producing some of the finest chronometric instruments on the market today. They are innovators and style setters. Zenith continue to make watches today and one would struggle to find a new Zenith priced below £1,300. On average they will be at least £2,200 for a new Zenith. This is a beautiful looking wristwatch and retro wristwatch, but of course not a look alike retro, this one is the genuine article as it dates to the late 1960’s. Striking looking, clean in appearance, sweeping lines and a bold wristwatch indeed. Zenith have got a long standing reputation of manufacturing watches to the highest of standards, and this is certainly true of this watch. This is a large and substantial watch. It has a thick and sturdy solid stainless steel case designed in a style, very fitting of the lat 1960’s. The case shape which is TV screen shape with small flat lugs was popularised by Heuer with the Monaco and Camaro models. Zenith have adapted this style and taken their watches into a league of their own. It has beautiful dial colours, with the main dial being polished silver and the internal rotating bezel and sub dials in polished dark silver – almost grey in colour. The hands are fluorescent orange with luminous fill and the primary numbers on the bezel are the same colour as the hands. The numbers on the sub dials are likewise in orange. Has orange luminous dot in the central sweep chronograph hand. in It has a silver dial, gold numbers and hands. The internal bezel is operated by the crown at the 10 position. The watch is hand wound and all buttons and the winding crown are original, the winding crown at 3 is Zenith signed. Has a 12 hour chronograph with the 60 minute elapsed timer being the central sweeping seconds hand, the 30 minute elapsed timer at the 3 position, the 12 hour elapsed timer at the 6 position and the subsidiary seconds at the 9 position. Recently serviced and all functions work perfectly and keeps accurate time. Comes on a replacement strap but a genuine Zenith leather strap and buckle can be sourced on request. Dimensions are 40 mm excluding crown, 43 mm including winding crown and 44 mm lug to lug and 16 mm thick. Ref: ZEN 15. sold |
Wakmann Triple Date Chronograph
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Wakmann were an old established Swiss company who were eventually bought by Breitling This is a Wakmann triple date hand wound twelve hour chronograph in excellent condition. It has been well maintained and recently fully serviced. It is a stunning looking watch, classic good looks and a watch to be treasured, and another one that narrowly missed my own collection. Hand wound watches do not come with many more functions than this one. It has a hand wound Valjoux 730 movement in mint condition and all functions work perfectly. Stainless steel case with some marks to the case back. Mint condition black dial with white date ring and white sub dials. The date indicator is a hand which is crescent tipped to mark out the date. It has a day and month indicators which are in separate apertures in the upper center of the dial. The chronograph is well laid out and symmetrical in design in a tri compax style. The subsidiary seconds are at the 9 position, the thirty minute elapsed timer is at the 3 position and the twelve hour elapsed timer is at the 6 position. The sixty second elapsed timer is the red sweeping chronograph hand. The calendar functions are corrected by pushers on the left sides of the watch which require a pin to change them. Signed dial, movement crown and case back, with large ship logo on case back. Beautiful, practical and functional watch. Dimensions are: width 37 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown, lug to lug 46 mm, thickness 13 mm. VIN 371 sold |
Tissot PR 516 Hand Wound 12 Hour
Chronograph
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Mint Condition Tissot hand wound chronograph which comes in it’s original box. 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 and it has a fixed bezel slightly recessed which doubles up as a pulsometer and a tachometer. 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 still works. Has white rings around the sub dials and the chronograph hands are in red whilst the subsidiary seconds hand associated with the time is white as are the main time hands. 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. The back has not been removed so unsure of the movement type, but possibly a Lemania 1873. Comes in the original box. Dimensions are: Width is 36 mm excluding crown, 39 mm including crown, lug to lug is 43 mm, and thickness is 14 mm. NWW 205 sold |
Porsche Design Stainless Steel PVD Coated Wristwatch - NOS sold
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As new condition Porsche design new old stock stainless steel PVD coated automatic winding wristwatch. This watch was manufactured by Orfina in 1980, to the design of the Porsche company. Orfina were the original company used by Porsche for their watch designs. This later went to IWC and is currently Eterna. This particular model is the original and cult classic 1970’s Porsche design watch, and was designed by the legendary Ferdinand Porsche himself – the man who gave us the best known sports car in the world, the Porsche 911. The watch is a beautiful and masterful watch, with sweeping and curving lines, the dial is clean and minimalist in design bringing a pure functionality without un necessary clutter. The watch is striking and a pleasure to wear. Being of stainless steel construction, it is durable, strong and solid and heavy in weight. Mat black dial with superbly contrasting red sweep chronograph hand. Hardened mineral crystal, Porsche design logo on dial, case back and PD logo on deployment bracelet clasp. Day and date function the 3 position. Uncluttered and minimalist design. Just serviced. Dimensions are: width is 37 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown, 44 mm lug to lug and thickness is 12 mm VIN 339 sold |
Swiss Triple Date Moon Phase Chronograph reserved
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Excellent condition Swiss 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. There are no makers marks on the dial and nothing visible on the 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 35 excluding crown, 37 mm including crown, lug to lug 40 mm, thickness 15 mm. Ref: VIN 311 |
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 £95 or US $190 |
Mig Aircraft Clock
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Excellent condition Mig fighter aircraft clock. The Russians have the ability to produce world class instrumentation and machinery, especially when it comes to producing pieces for either the military or other technically challenging environments, and this watch is no exception. It has multiple functions. the top inner dial is an independent flight time recorder, which is useful for flight log recording during training as well as timing flights whilst on missions. Also used for calculating distance traveled and distance to destination, airspeed, ground speed etc. The bottom sub dial is an independent chronograph with a 60 second recording hand and a 60 minute recording hand. It can also be used for making the calculations mentioned above. The clock itself has three hands, minutes, hours and a large sweep second hand. The clock has about a 3 day power reserve and is highly luminous. The movement can be stopped completely using the buttons. This is another incredible piece of equipment. Seen in the picture of the cockpit, the clock is to the lower left of the joystick. Dimensions are 91 mm across and thickness is 62 mm Ref: VIN 133 £185 or US $385 |
Seiko Pan Am World Time LCD Digital Watch
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Again another watch from the 1970’s that is well designed, well styled and functionally excellent. These watches went horribly out of fashion in the more style conscious 80’s and 90’s in particular when LCD fell out of favour for more analogue quartz watches. But now the look is back again hailed as retro and groundbreaking design classics. The market was once flooded with these Seiko and Seiko clone watches, many were disposed of when they went out of style, but some remained. This is one such shining example. It is a 1974 Seiko Pan Am world time LCD digital wristwatch. It functions perfectly. The bracelet and case are in mint condition and it looks like it is in new old stock condition. The LCD display has the yellow tint to it rather than the regular grey, giving it more of the geeky scientist look to it. In it’s day it was very expensive and a style icon. Has a lot of functions including the day and date as well as dual times to set the watch to different time zones. Out of favour, they became a bit of a laughing stock. But now back again as a cult classic, and highly collectible amongst watch collectors and Seiko collectors alike, or somebody who just wants to wear the original classic LCD watch. Comes in the original box with most of the bracelet links. Dimensions are width is 37 mm excluding the buttons, 38 mm including the buttons, lug to lug is 40 mm and thickness is 9 mm. Ref. SEI 76. sold |
Accurist Celestial Watch
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Accurist are not the best known company in the world, but their greatest achievement is that since 1993, the official clock at the Greenwich Royal Observatory has been provided by Accurist. The Greenwich Royal Observatory sets the time for every nation on Earth. Due to ships leaving London in the “golden age” of navigation, the navigators on board created maps and charts which measured longitude from Greenwich. In 1884, an international commission confirmed the Royal Observatory as the Prime Meridian of the world and the baseline for the international time zone system. Accurist’s reputation has been built on the design and construction of accurate watches. It is this reputation that led to the relationship between Accurist and the Greenwich Royal Observatory. To celebrate this relationship, Accurist have designed the Greenwich Commemorative range and within that range, this one is the Celestial Watch. It has a quartz movement calibre 4P92. The Celestial Watch is a precisely designed analogue quartz watch that not only displays the current time but also the correct positions of the constellations as they move across the sky. The Celestial Watch shows azimuth (bearing) and altitude (angular position above the horizon) of the major fixed stars, nebulae, galaxies and star clusters, displays local sidereal (star) time, stellar spectral type. The Celestial Watch also has features that provide such convenient information such as the position of the sun, the time of sunrise and sunset, and thus the hours of darkness when astronomical observations can be made. Needless to say to use all of this information, you need to be an astro physicist or a navigator who can navigate by the stars. Either that or somebody with any such interest. The dial is big to display all of the information and it comes with a booklet explaining how it is used. The plates on the dial rotate with the time so that all of the features are automatically displayed and change with the passing hours. The watch is a limited edition with 1,000 being made, and this one is 799. Dimensions are: Width is 42 mm excluding the crown, 44 mm including the crown, lug to lug is 49 mm and thickness is 10 mm. Ref 431. sold |
Orator Triple Date Calendar Wristwatch sold
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Excellent condition Orator triple date calendar wristwatch. Triple date watches are as popular today as they have always been, due to their everyday practicality. They are lovely complication watches, with well refined and complex movements whilst retaining a clean looking and functional face where the time can still be seen in a single glance. The date is marked in the red numerals in the outer chapter and is indicated by the red crescent tipped hand. The day and month windows are at the upper centre of the dial The hands are gold with gold applied numerals, which match the gold plated case. Lovely slim and slight built case. The calendar functions are corrected by recessed pushers in the side of the case. A sharp object such as a pin is needed to adjust the day and month. The watch dates to the 1950’s or early 60’s. It has a 17 jewelled manual winding movement. Beautiful, practical and functional watch with attractive dial. Dimensions are: width 34 mm excluding crown, 36 mm including crown, lug to lug 42 mm, thickness 10 mm Ref: VIN 400. sold |
Bulova Hand Wound Diver’s Chronograph sold
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Mint condition originally bought as new old stock Bulova hand wound diver’s chronograph. Watch is virtually unworn in 95% condition, with only minor fading to the sub dials. 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. It is more practical looking than fashion conscious. It dates to the late 60’s to early 70’s. It is a large, solid stainless steel, substantial divers chronograph on the original signed steel bracelet, with signed crown. The dial indicates that it is water resistant to 666 feet which is 333 metres. Has mint condition blue dial with some minor aging to the sub dials, which are a cream colour. Has a matching blue aluminum bi directional friction operated countdown rotating bezel, with orange dot at 60 position. Has an extra thick original curved plexi crystal to allow the depth rating. Hand wound Valjoux 7733 movement. Attractive brushed stainless steel case and original bracelet. Fantastic piece of Bulova engineering. The width is 38 mm excluding crown, 41 mm including crown. The thickness is 15 mm and the lug to lug distance is 44 mm. Ref: VIN 378 sold |
Lemania Hand Wound Chronograph sold
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Good condition Lemania manual winding chronograph wristwatch. Lemania are one of the most famous movement makers alongside Valjoux and ETA. In their heyday, Lemania were making movements for the majority of Swiss watch companies as they were well designed and durable. Lemania movements will still be found in mechanical watches made today. At one time they were producing their own watches. They were famous for making simple but effective watches. They also made some of the most rugged and durable watches which were chosen by several countries defence forces to be issued to the armed forces. As a result, Lemania have a cult following as they are a reputable company with the name on the dial reflecting that name on the movement – that is a true watch manufacturer, not an outsourcer. Functional looking and practical military styled chronograph, with the luminous to the dial faded which is a natural aging process. Also the luminosity on the hands has faded at different rates. The could be re-lumed but best kept in their original state so the next owner can keep original or have restored. All functions in perfect working order. Solid stainless steel case, snap on back, long lugs and. A great classic collectors watch, which will only increase in value. The width is 37 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown. The thickness is 13 mm and the lug to lug distance is 44 mm. Ref: sold |
Girard-Perregaux dress watch sold
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Mint condition Girard-Perregaux dress watch with manual winding Girard-Perregaux calibre movement. It has a very attractive white dial with sharply contrasting black printed Roman numerals and long slender black hands. It has a minimalist dial design providing a clean and subtle and classically styled appearance, with minimally marked subsidiary seconds at the 6 position. Also has a large black pring Girard-Perregaux logo. It has the original GP signed winding crown, snap on case back and signed movement with individual serail number stamped on the movement. It is working very well and keeping good time. Has an attractive, sender case, narrow pinched lugs and narrow crown. Quite remarkably it comes in the original signed Girard-Perregaux case. This is a wonderful example of a clean and tidy vintage Girard-Perregaux with a great deal of character and appeal to it. It has been well maintained and well looked after. Dimensions are 34 mm excluding crown, 36 mm including crown and 40 mm lug to lug and 9 mm thick. Ref: Ref: VIN 325 sold |
Sekonda Chronograph
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Excellent condition Sekonda manual winding chronograph. Stunning looking watch with lovely and striking technical looking dial. It has a refined 19 jewel manual winding movement. The pushers are very comfortable to operate, the movement is unidentified, but has all the traits of a Lemania movement. The movement will have either been bought from a Swiss company or copied and constructed in the USSR. The dial is marked with "made in USSR". It has a lovely mat black dial with sunken sub registers. It has a telemeter scale on the inner part of the dial which intersects the sub registers, and a tachometer scale on the outer edge of the dial. Has attractive and striking colour scheme with the hands tipped with now faded green and then red marks. It also has faded green dots adjacent to the luminous baton markers and a red sweep chronograph hand. It is a nicely proportioned and well styled case with narrow winding crown, flat and square pushers, and long narrow lugs. Rare and collectible USSR Soviet era excellent quality wristwatch. Dimensions are 36 mm excluding crown, 38 mm including crown and 45 mm lug to lug, thickness is 12 mm Ref: VIN 332 sold |
Zodiac Automatic Chronograph - 100 metres reserved
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Near mint condition Zodiac automatic chronograph with Valjoux 7750 movement. Wonderful example of a cult classic automatic chronograph. 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 tastes, while maintaining their classic elegance. No truer word said when referring to this watch. It has a beautiful, yet practical design with a mat black dial and sharply contrasting hands and markers. It is slightly reminiscent of an Omega moon watch, but has it’s own strength and design character to set it apart. Has a tachometer on the black outer bezel (non rotating of course). There is a telemeter scale on an angled internal bezel. The date window is at the 3 position, with the usual Valjoux 7750 chronograph sub dial configuration. Has solid stainless steel case, acrylic crystal, crown protecting shoulders, screw down crown allowing for the water resistance, long stainless bracelet with extension clasp and fliplock safety buckle. Large Zodiac embossed writing and logo on the clasp. Has a screw on back with large Zodiac logo, also with Zodiac logo on the crown. Overall a very attractive, appealing and practical wristwatch to suit all occasions. Dimensions are 35 mm excluding crown, 37 mm including crown and 42 mm lug to lug, thickness is 13 mm Ref: VIN 326 sold |
Tudor Submariner – Rare Blue Dial and Bezel sold
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The Tudor Submariner - another watch that needs no introduction, and coming only second to it’s big brother the Rolex Submariner. The Tudor is amongst the most successful and widely known divers watch in the world – mainly because it is identical in looks to the Rolex Submariner, but sports a different movement. Like the Rolex, it is the watch that set the standard in professional divers watches and one that most other divers watches aspire to emulate. This particular example is in near mint condition, and very rare and hard to find blue dial and bezel model. It has the luminous dial markings without the metal marker outlines which make the dial less glaring, and more easily visible against the mat blue dial. The dial and bezel a blue - grey colour giving it a very attractive almost faded appearance. It is of course also the model with the rarer square indices and diamond shape hour hand and second hand ends. Has date window at 3 with the Rolex signature cyclops magnifier. It is 200 metres resistant, sturdy bi directional, non ratchet rotating bezel with Rolex triplock screw down crown and genuine Rolex 2 mm thick plexi crystal. The bracelet has a few light marks from regular wear. It has the Tudor shield on the clasp, folded links, wetsuit extension and safety fliplock buckle. The case back is stamped with "Original Oyster Case by Rolex Geneva" with the Rolex crown logo. The watch comes with a service receipt for new genuine parts crystal, crown, tube and service, this is dated 10th July 2003. The watch comes with the original box, outer box, paperwork and original receipt showing the watch was purchased in London on August 1987 for £180. Dimensions are as follows: width is 39.5 mm excluding crown, 43.5 mm including crown and 47 mm lug to lug and thickness is 14 mm. VIN 300 sold |
Tudor Manual Winding Wristwatch
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Excellent 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 an absolutely wonderful watch in excellent condition inside and out. It dates to the late 1950’s but like it has not had much wear. The dial and hands are excellent and the case has a few light marks from normal wear. The dial however is showing tiny signs of patina or fading to the outer edges. The winding action is smooth and high quality feeling. The dial is silver with painted numbers and baton markers and gold tritium filled hands, slender and narrow watch with narrow winding crown and long, slender lugs. All round lovely looking and very desirable watch, but not at a Rolex price. Dimensions are 31 mm excluding crown, 32.5 mm including crown and 40 mm lug to lug, thickness is 9 mm Ref: VIN 319 |
Doxa Manual Winding Chronograph – Valjoux 22 sold
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Mint condition Doxa manual winding wristwatch with rare Valjoux 22 manual winding movement. Doxa are a long established Swiss company who have been making high grade wristwatches since 1889, and were established in the La Chaux-de Fonds famous watch making region of Switzerland. Doxa are still in existence today making high quality mechanical watches. They are best known for their divers watches, and the most famous of these is the orange dial Sea Hunter. This of course is not to take anything away from the other Doxa watches, least of all, this stunning looking silver dial manual winding chronograph with high quality Valjoux 22 movement. The movement itself is hard to find, and from the operation of the winding and the chronograph, it is recognisable as a quality product. The dial is very striking and beautiful looking. It is sliver in colour with minimalist layout yet highly functional in design. It has a blue tachometric scale in the outer chapter, seconds scale for the chronograph or minute hand. Very nice proportions and well balanced dial and stainless steel case with big winding crown and flat square pushers. The subsidiary seconds are at 9, the thirty minute elapsed timer is at the 3 position and the 60 second elapsed timer is the large sweep chronograph hand. Outstanding very collectible watch. Dimensions are. Width excluding the crown is 37 mm, width including the crown is 41 mm, lug to lug is 45 mm and the thickness is 13 mm. Ref VIN 289 sold |
Doxa Manual Winding Chronograph – Valjoux 22
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Excellent condition Doxa manual winding wristwatch with rare Valjoux 22 manual winding movement. Doxa are a long established Swiss company who have been making high grade wristwatches since 1889, and were established in the La Chaux-de Fonds famous watch making region of Switzerland. Doxa are still in existence today making high quality mechanical watches. They are best known for their divers watches, and the most famous of these is the orange dial Sea Hunter. This of course is not to take anything away from the other Doxa watches, least of all, this stunning looking copper dial manual winding chronograph with high quality Valjoux 22 movement. The movement itself is hard to find, and from the operation of the winding and the chronograph, it is recognisable as a quality product. The dial is very striking and beautiful looking. It is mostly copper in colour, and has white chapters in it, the outer for the tachometric scale and the inner for the seconds. Between these two is a telemeter scale. The case is stainless steel and the hands are blued steel. Very nice proportions and well balanced dial and case with narrow winding crown and flat square pushers. The subsidiary seconds are at 9, the thirty minute elapsed timer is at the 3 position and the 60 second elapsed timer is the large sweep chronograph hand. Outstanding very collectible watch. Dimensions are. Width excluding the crown is 36 mm, width including the crown is 38 mm, lug to lug is 42 mm and the thickness is 12.5 mm. Ref VIN 289 sold |
Lemania Wristwatch reserved
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Excellent condition Lemania manual winding wristwatch. Lemania are one of the most famous movement makers alongside Valjoux and ETA. In their heyday, Lemania were making movements for the majority of Swiss watch companies as they were well designed and durable. Lemania movements will still be found in mechanical watches made today. At one time they were producing their own watches. Many of the Lemania designs were very distinctive with two tone dials in black and grey with the numbers inside black or grey rings. They were famous for making simple but effective watches. They also made some of the most rugged and durable watches which were chosen by several countries defence forces to be issued to the armed forces. As a result, Lemania have a cult following as they are a reputable company with the name on the dial reflecting that name on the movement – that is a true watch manufacturer, not an outsourcer. This watch has an excellent to mint dial and case, with just some light wear from normal use. Excellent, distinctive and eye catching dial design with grey central disc, the bold numerals in a black ring and the second markings in an outer white ring. The large word "Lemania" across the dial. Solid stainless steel case, screw on back, long lugs and mint condition movement. A great classic collectors watch, which will only increase in value. The width is 32 mm excluding crown, 34 mm including crown. The thickness is 10 mm and the lug to lug distance is 39.5 mm. Ref: VIN 317 sold |
Lemania Wristwatch reserved
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Mint condition Lemania manual winding wristwatch. Lemania are one of the most famous movement makers alongside Valjoux and ETA. In their heyday, Lemania were making movements for the majority of Swiss watch companies as they were well designed and durable. Lemania movements will still be found in mechanical watches made today. At one time they were producing their own watches. Many of the Lemania designs were very distinctive with two tone dials in black and grey with the numbers inside black or grey rings. They were famous for making simple but effective watches. They also made some of the most rugged and durable watches which were chosen by several countries defence forces to be issued to the armed forces. As a result, Lemania have a cult following as they are a reputable company with the name on the dial reflecting that name on the movement – that is a true watch manufacturer, not an outsourcer. This watch has an excellent to mint dial and case, with just some insignificant wear from normal use. Excellent, distinctive and eye catching dial design with silver central disc, the bold numerals in a black ring and the minute markings in an outer silver ring. The large word "Lemania" with the distinctive crown logo is written across the dial. Beautiful gilt dauphine style hands and subsidiary seconds hand. Art deco style notched lugs. The winding crown has the Lemania crown logo. Solid stainless steel case, screw on back, long lugs and mint condition movement. A great classic collectors watch, which will only increase in value. The width is 34 mm excluding crown, 37 mm including crown. The thickness is 10 mm and the lug to lug distance is 42 mm. Ref: VIN 318 sold |
Chronosport Aviators Swiss Chronograph
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Excellent condition and beautiful Chronosport aviators manual winding chronograph. It is designed with aviation in mind, and has very technical functions. It is an all stainless steel case with lovely long and angular lugs, extended two piece pushers and over sized winding crown. The pushers and crown make for easy operation whilst in flight and wearing flight gloves. It has a bi direction rotating bezel. The scale on the bezel is split into two. The first part being tru altitude scale for calculating altitude, and the second part appears to be for calculating rates of ascent or descent. The dial continues with flight calculating functions. The outer scale appears to be for calculating distance, speed etc and is marked in KM, and at various junctures is marked with "Pres. Alt" and "Stat" The middle scale appears to be for calculating speed and is marked off in MPH. The inner scale is a standard 0 to 60 seconds indicator. The dial and hands are in mint condition with no fading or damage at all. Some light wear to the case from normal use. The subsidiary seconds are at 9, the thirty minute elapsed timer is at 3 and the sixty second elapsed timer is the very striking red sweep second hand, with huge tritium luminous filled circle. The dial indicates the luminosity is tritium and Swiss made. All round excellent value for money and outstanding designed watch, and a must for any aviation enthusiast. The width is 38 mm excluding crown, 41 mm including crown. The thickness is 14 mm and the lug to lug distance is 44.5 mm. Ref. 311 VIN sold |
Certina Chronolympic – Valjoux 23 movement reserved
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Mint and barely used condition Certina Chronolympic manual winding chronograph, which comes in it’s original box. Certina are a Swiss company who started production in Grenchen, Switzerland in 1888. They are still producing high quality wristwatches today. Certina were originally a movement and supplies company. A few years later they were producing complete timepieces along with high quality and discreet movements that they sold to other watch companies as well as used in their own watches. The Chronolympic was made for the Munich 1972 Olympic Games. It is a large and purposeful high quality watch, specifically designed for timing sporting events at the Olympics. It is large, so that it can be hand held and easily operated. The case is solid stainless steel and virtually flawless. It is very clear that it has been worn only a handful of times. The dial is marked for sports timing. The first 15 seconds are marked out in blue and white with 1/5th second increments for accurate timing of short racing events. The 15 to 45 seconds are marked in red and white, and this will double up as a minute timer as well, for timing longer events. It has a twelve hour elapsed timer at the 6 position. The 60 minute elapsed timer is a orange hand that rotates the main dial every hour. The sixty second hand is the white sweep second hand. The main time telling hands are pale blue. The movement is a modified Valjoux 23. It is modified so that the 60 minute recorder is on the centre pinion rather than as a sub register and to create a twelve hour elapsed timer. 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. Original box, but appears to be a replacement strap. The width is 40 mm excluding crown, 43.5 mm including crown. The thickness is 13.5 mm and the lug to lug distance is 44 mm. Ref. VIN 313 sold |
Swiss Emperor Hand Wound Chronograph – Valjoux 72 sold
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Excellent condition Swiss Emperor manual winding chronograph with the very sought after and desirable Valjoux 72 movement. The Swiss Emperor was a small Swiss company now defunct that was more famous for making wrist alarms. They did however come up with some very good quality, robust and durable watches. This one dates from the 1960’s and is in a typical late 1960’s style. Unlike many of the cheaper end of the market contemporaries, this one is made of solid stainless steel - other cheaper watches were chrome plated brass. Being steel, it has held it’s attractive looks. It is in very good condition, and a very attractive eye catching watch. It has a silver dial with black contrasting sub dials which have white markings. It has silver applied baton hour marks. The subsidiary seconds are at the 9 position, the thirty minute elapsed timer is at 3 and the twelve hour elapsed timer is at 6. The sixty second chronograph elapsed timer is the large sweep hand. It is a distinctive hand with a large white circle on it. The movement is the best 3 register chronograph manual winding movement made, the Valjoux 72. The dial is well balanced, attractive and clean. Excellent value for money vintage with a matchless engine in it The width is 37 mm excluding crown, 40 mm including crown. The thickness is 13 mm and the lug to lug distance is 44 mm. Ref. VIN 308 sold |
Asprey Vintage Chronograph 18 k Solid Gold – Valjoux 84 sold
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Excellent condition Asprey manual winding chronograph with rare Valjoux 84 movement. Asprey are a well known jeweller base on Bond Street, London. They are one of the most famous in the world, and are suppliers to film and pop stars, sporting stars, wealthy people and Royal Families from all over the world, who fly into London for shopping trips to Asprey. Like many high class retailers they made branded products including a line of wristwatches. This is one of them and is a beautifully designed wristwatch, large in size, with dress fell but technical functions to it. The white dial is in mint condition, with gold hands and numbers. The outer chapter has a tachometer scale and the inner chapter has a telemeter scale. It has slender dauphine style hands. The subsidiary seconds are at 9, the thirty minute elapsed timer is at the 3 position and the 60 second elapsed timer is the large sweep chronograph hand. Nice smooth winding action and attractive square pushers. It is a very distinctive looking watch, with quality feel to it given the solid gold case, the rare movement and the quality name on the dial. Comes on a black lizard skin leather strap with 18 k gold plated deployment buckle. Dimensions are. Width excluding the crown is 37 mm, width including the crown is 39 mm, lug to lug is 43 mm and the thickness is 13 mm. Ref VIN 292 sold |
Porsche Design Stainless Steel Chronograph sold
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Excellent condition Porsche design all stainless steel chronograph with Valjoux 7750 automatic winding movement. This watch was manufactured by Orfina, to the design of the Porsche company. Orfina were the original company used by Porsche for their watch designs. This later went to IWC and is currently Eterna. This particular model is the original and cult classic 1970’s Porsche design watch, and was designed by the legendary Ferdinand Porsche himself – the man who gave us the best known sports car in the world, the Porsche 911. The watch is a beautiful and masterful watch, with sweeping and curving lines, the dial is clean and minimalist in design bringing a pure functionality without un necessary clutter. The watch is striking and a pleasure to wear. Being of stainless steel construction, it is durable, strong and solid and heavy in weight. This is particularly rare as most of the PD watches are in mat black. The stainless steel model is a refreshing and crisp looking change. Mat black dial with superbly contrasting red sweep chronograph hand. Hardened mineral crystal with some light marks, Porsche design logo on dial, case back and PD logo on deployment bracelet clasp. Day and date function the 3 position, watch sub seconds at 9, 12 hour elapsed timer at 6 and 30 minute elapsed timer at 12. Uncluttered and minimalist tachometer scale printed on the inner bezel. Dimensions are: width is 40 mm excluding crown, 43 mm including crown, 44 mm lug to lug and thickness is 14 mm Ref: VIN 258 sold |