AUTHENTIC VINTAGE WALTHAM ARTDECO GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

VINTAGE WALTHAM ARTDECO TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1940'S

SHINNING GOLD TONE DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE 17 JEWEL WALTHAM USA WATCH CO. MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL.750-B

GOLD TONE STICK HANDS

GOLD RAISED ARABIC MARKER

10K GOLD FILLED BY WADWORTH CASE MAKER MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 30mm W/O CROWN AND 32mm LUG TO LUG 

SPECIAL STEPPED CASE AND LUGS

UNSIGNED CROWN

BROWN LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... VERY RARE MINT CONDITION!

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE: (SOLD TO MR DICKSON FROM PJ)

RM1,000

BRIEF HISTORY OF WALTHAM WATCHES

American Waltham Watch Company, founded in 1850, were one of the largest watch makers of the 19th Century. The company was founded on a relationship between three men, in Massachusetts USA.
Mr David Davis, a Mr Dension and a Mr Howard. It was based on a dream that they could produce watches that were of good quality, yet were not made from some of the more expensive materials usually found on watches of the era.

By 1851, the trio had there own production house, and the name 'American Horology Company' was adopted.

In 1852 the company had renamed themselves and watches were being produced with the signature 'The Warran Mfg. Co.' after a Revolutionary War Hero.
Watches 1 - 17, the first from the production line, were not placed on the market but were instead given to the company officials, and executives.
From then on the company went through a number of name changes, with watches #18 - 110 being engraved with "Warren Boston", the next 800 were marked "Samuel Curtis" (The Main Financial Backer of the Company) and a few were marked "Fellows and Schel" and were sold for $40.

In September 1853 the name was changed yet again to 'Boston Watch Company' an d a factory was erected in Waltham, Massachusetts in October 1854. The movements produced at this building are marked #1,001 to #5,000 and were marked with the engraving of "Dennison, Howard & Davis,", "C.T.Parker", and "P.S. Bartlett".
Times were hard and the Boston Watch Company failed in 1857, and was subsequently sold at Auction to Royal E Robbins.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BEAUVILLE ARTDECO GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BEAUVILLE ARTDECO TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1940's

MODEL: ARTDECO

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: 15 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT DUROWE CAL. F

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CHAMPAGNE 

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE & SUB SECONDS

HANDS/JARUM: BLACK STEEL HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU:   BLACK ARABIC INDEXES

BEZEL:  STAINLESS STEEL

CASING : ALL STAINLESS STEEL 

LUGS: 16mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 32mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 39mm LUG TO LUG

ENGRAVED BACKCASE : S/N AGIER INOXIBLE

CROWN: UNSIGNED SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI:  VINTAGE BROWN LEATHER STRAP 

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

PRICE: USD250 (NEGOTIABLE)

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & HARD TO FIND

NOTICE: VINTAGE WATCHES AGED 30YRS IS NO LONGER GUANRANTEED IT'S WATERPROOF AND WATER RESISTANT SO AVOID FROM DIRECT CONTACT WITH WATER

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PENN TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PENN TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS BY ELOGA WATCH CO

CIRCA: 1940's

MODEL: DRESS

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT: 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT AS CAL.970 III

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CHAMPAGNE

FUNCTIONS: HOUR, MINUTES AND SUB SECOND AT 6:00

HANDS: GOLD TONE SWORD HOUR & MINUTE HANDS AND GOLD TONE CENTER SWIPE SUB SECOND HANDS

MARKERS: NO INDEXES PLAIN DIAL

CASING : GOLD TOP PLATED AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT: 25mm DIAMETER without CROWN and 38mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: -

 CASE BACK INSCRIPTION: - STAINLESS STEEL BACK-SWISS

CROWN: ORIGINAL UNSIGNED  GP CROWN

STRAP: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

STRAP SIZE: 8" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED MODEL, NO BOX AND NO PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE: USD220 (NEGOTIABLE)

SOLD: RM3100

Brief Information Eloga Watch 

Founded around 1920–1925 in Lengnau/Biel (Bernese Jura), Switzerland. The company was registered as Eloga Watch Co. SA, with the name reportedly derived from the first letters of the founders’ or investors’ names (exact origin is debated; one common story links it to “E. Locher – Lo.gel – "

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE LORD ELGIN TANK GENTS WRISTWATCH

CIRCA 1940's LORD ELGIN ARTDECO TANK

PATINATED CHAMPAGNE DIAL WITH SUB SECOND AT 6:00

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK OR SCRATCHES

THE 21 JEWEL ELGIN MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT Cal.626

BLACK STICK HANDS

BLACK ARABIC MARKERS

14K GOLD FILLED SQUARE CASE WITH MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 24mm EXCLUDING THE CROWN AND 40mm LUG TO LUG 

SIGNED LORD ELGIN CROWN

NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... RARE FIND!

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE: USD500 (NEGOTIABLE)

BRIEF HISTORY OF ELGIN WATCHES

The Elgin Watch Company (also known as the Elgin National Watch Company) was the largest US watch company in terms of production. In fact, Elgin produced approximately one-half of the total number of higher-quality pocket watches manufactured in the United States. Total production over their 100 years of operation reached 60 million watches!

The clock tower at the Elgin National 

Watch Company

The company was founded in 1864 in Elgin, Illinois as the National Watch Company, and some of the organizers were J. C. Adams, P. S. Bartlett, D. G. Currier, Otis Hoyt, and Charles H. Mason, with financial backing from former Chicago Mayor Benjamin W. Raymond. The factory for the National watch company was completed in 1866, and the first movement produced was an 18-size B. W. Raymond which sold in April of 1867 for the astounding price of $115. This identical watch, serial number 101, was sold at auction in New York in 1988 for $12,000. In 1874, the company officially changed their name to the Elgin National Watch Company, and that name remained until they stopped producing watches in the early '60's.

Elgin was not known for making the highest quality watches, though some of their higher grades were exquisitely made timepieces. Together with Waltham Watch Company, they dominated the huge market for mid-grade watches. Elgin watches remain extremely popular with collectors today because they are plentiful, can be obtained at reasonable prices, and can be relatively easily repaired due to the large number of watches and parts available.

Elgin shipped their first wristwatch in 1910, and later manufactured the first wrist watch to be qualified for railroad service, the grade 730A B. W. Raymond. Throughout their history, the Elgin National Watch Company was known for horological innovations. In 1958, they introduced the "DuraBalance," an ingenious design for a free-sprung balance (no regulator pins) which used spiral balance arms and small weights to govern the moment of inertia of the balance. They also produced the only American-made automatic wristwatch movements: grades 607, 618, 760, and 761. These movements featured bi-directional, full-rotor winding, and had two automatic winding gear ratios, which were automatically engaged as the mainspring tension increased.

The contributions of the Elgin National Watch Company to American Horological industry cannot be overstated. Many Elgin watches that were made over 100 years ago are still providing reliable and accurate daily service to their proud owners.