AUTHENTIC VINTAGE WALTHAM CHRONOMTER RETRO GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS

CIRCA: 1960's

MODEL: CHRONOMETER RETRO DRESS

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT: HIGH GRADE WALTHAM CHRONOMETER 17 JEWELS AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT (couldn't open the case back bcoz it is open through crystal. May damage the movement if open it)

DIAL COLOR: BLUR

FUNCTION: HOUR, MINUTE, CENTER SWIPE SECOND and DATE AT 3:00

HANDS: SILVER TONE METAL

MARKERS: RAISED SS STICK MARKER

CASING : BASE METAL TOP/STAINLESS STEEL BACK

HINGING LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT: 35mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 37mm LUG TO LUG

BACK CASE INSCRIPTION: -WALTHAM~SHOCK RESISTANT~WATERPROOF~ANTI MAGNETIC~ BASE METAL BEZEL~STAINLESS STEEL BACK

CROWN: ORIGINAL WALTHAM CROWN

STRAP: NEW GENUINE BLUE MILITARY TEXTILE STRAP

STRAP SIZE: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & VERY RARE AND VERY HARD TO FIND

PRICE: USD350 (NEGOTIABLE)

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.

In May 1857, the company was shuffled and became "Appleton, Tracey & Co.", and the watches produced in this time carried the serial numbers between, 5,001 and 14,000 ,model 1857. The C.T.Parker movement was re-introduced as Model 1857 and was sold for $12, 399 were made. In 1855 brass watches were being sold for $1. Also at this time 598 chronometers were made, and by January 1858 the P.S.Bartlet watch was made.

In January 1859, the Waltham Improvement Company and Appleton, Tracey & Co. merged to form The American watch Company.

Also an interesting fact is that, according to the biography by Carl Sandburg, Abraham Lincoln himself carried an American Waltham wrist watch, the 'William Ellory' Model, produced by Waltham, in 1863 and was an 18 size, 1859 ¾ plate model with steel balance.

The Waltham name is synonymous with quality and craftmanship, and remain to this day, very desirable timpieces and some of the Waltham finest watches were made in Le Locke, Switzerland.

This is a peculiar Waltham watch from the 60s, during the height of the “jewel war” Another interesting sight to note is the swiss movement, which was identical to those used in many early Blancpain Bathyscaphe watches. It was know that after the closure of Waltham manufacturing facilities in US in the early 60s, it imported and marketed Swiss watches in US, including the some of the famous divewatches made by Blancpain and LIPS.

Company Name History:

Approximate Date	Company Name
1850, September	Howard, Davis and Dennison, Roxbury Mass
1851 (for 6 months.)	American Horology Co., Roxbury Mass.
1851-1853	The Warren Mfg. Co., Roxbury Mass.
1853 (Sept) - 1857 (May)	Boston Watch Co., Roxbury Mass & Waltham Mass.
1857	Tracy Baker & Co., Waltham Mass.
1857-1859	Appleton Tracy and Co., Waltham Mass.
1859-1885	American Watch Co., Waltham Mass.
1885-1923	American Waltham Watch Co., Waltham Mass.
1923-1957	Waltham Watch Co., Waltham Mass.

AUTHENTIC TAG HEUER 200 SEL CHRONOMETER GENTS WRISTWATCH

SP AUTHENTIC TAG HEUER SEL CHRONOMETER 200 GENTS  DIVER WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1990'S

MODEL: WG5115

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS TAG HEUER 21 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: DARK EMERALD GREEN

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: DIVER

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS MERCEDES HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS ARBIC/BATON MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 40mm DIAMETER w CROWN and 45mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGRAVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: STAINLESS STEEL PUSHERS AND CROWN

STRAP: ORIGINAL GENUINE TAG HEUER SEL STAINLESS STEEL BRACELET WITH ORIGINAL TAG CLASP 

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, ALL CHRONOGRAPH FUNCTION, SET AND RESET TO ZERO, DISCONTINUED MODEL; HARD TO FIND. COMES WITH ORIGINAL TAG HEUER BOX,NO PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

PRICE : RM3500  (NEGOTIABLE)

SOLD-AUTHENTIC VINTAGE DULUX FAB SUISSE CHRONOMETER GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SWISS DULUX FAB SUISSE CHRONOMETER GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL: RETRO

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS 15 JEWELS MANUAL CAL.1081 CHRONOMETER GRADE MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CREAM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE AND RED SWIPE SECOND

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE METAL HAND WITH UNIQUE BIG ROUND HOUR HAND

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: CROSS STICK/ RANTING BERSILANG

CASING : STAINLESS STEEL/ KELULI

HINGING LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 42mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 36mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -

CROWN: GP

STRAP/TALI: GP FLEXI BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & VERY RARE AND VERY HARD TO FIND

PRICE/HARGA: SOLD TO MR NIK ISMAIL FROM KLIA

Dulux wristwatch was made in Switzerland under René GINRAT Fabrique de Montres DULUX Tramelan, Switzerland.

RARE COLLECTION - AUTHENTIC LONGINES ADMIRAL CHRONOMETER CERTIFIED GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE LUXURIOUS LONGINES ADMIRAL CHRONOMETER CERTIFIED GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: LONGINES SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1970's

MODEL: ADMIRAL CHRONOMETER S/N 52248759

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: LONGINES 25 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 8651

DIAL COLOR: SALMON PIE PAN STYLE DIAL

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE SECOND AND QUICK SET DATE AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: BLACK BATON MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

HIDDEN LUGS: 19mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 35mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 41mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: ORIGINAL LONGINES GP CROWN

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME

PRICE/HARGA : SOLD TO KL LOKE

BRIEF HISTORY OF LONGINES AND WITTNAUER WATCHES
Longines Watch Company was started in 1832 by Auguste Agassiz. Agassiz opened a workshop in St Imier, Switzerland. He operated what today would be called a "Home Business". Workers would work on watches out of thier own homes, whigh Agassiz would later sell.

Sometime between the years of 1854 and 1866 Agassiz handed down over the operation of the watchmaking business to his nephew Ernest Francillon. Realizing the lack of consistant quality coming from the manufacture of watches in so many locations, Francillon soon built a factory in Les Longines near St. Imier and consolidated all of the areas watchmaking under one roof. The Longines name was born.

The company began producing chronographs in 1879. They later produced aviator watches and cockpit instruments.

The company registered its "Winged Hourglass" trademark in May of 1890.

In 1912 the company produced the first automatic timekeeping device. From that day Longines has long been associated with time-keeping at major sporting events.

In the 1950's Longines purchased the Wittnauer watch company and marketed a number of very similar lines of watches in the US under both brand names.

In my opinion, Longines Wittnauer is one of the finest watches a collector can find. The classic designs are fantastic. The accuracy and reliability is amazing, and the parts are readily available. One of my favorites.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ZENITH GENTS WRISTWATCH CHRONOMETER (SOLD)

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ZENITH GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: RETRO

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: ZENITH 19 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING CAL. 2582 CHRONOMETER MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: DARK GREY

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE SECOND AND DATE AT 4:00

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED SILVER TONE BATON MARKERS

CASING : GOLD PLATED ON STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER W/O CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: ORIGINAL ZENITH GP CROWN

STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK CROCO LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

GOOD CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RARE FIND

PRICE/HARGA: (SOLD TO MR LAU FROM K.SELANGOR)

LIST: RM1800 SOLD: RM950

Zenith was founded in 1865 in Le Locle, Switzerland by a 22-year-old clockmaker named Georges Favre-Jacot. Unlike competitors at the time, Zenith made its own movements. By 1875, Zenith employed almost a third of the town’s population to manufacture its pocket watches.

Acclaim for the company's products came fairly q...uickly. There was a gold medal at the Swiss National Exhibition in 1896, followed by a first prize for chronometers at a Neuchâtel Observatory competition in 1903. By the 1920's, Zenith had introduced its first wristwatches, which were cased in gold and reflected the Art Deco sensibility of the day.

Despite significant global disturbances such as the Great Depression in the 1930's and World War II, production increased until the 1950's, when Zenith was one of the unquestioned leaders in Swiss watchmaking (in that decade, its calibers won prizes from the Neuchâtel Observatory five years in a row).

A typical vintage Zenith dress wristwatch from 1955 had an 18k rose gold case, a silver dial, and a hand-stitched black patent alligator strap. Inside was a 135 caliber, manual-movement chronometer, which at the time was state of the art.

Sports models such as the Pilot, designed to compete with the Rolex Explorer, appeared in the 1960's, but the biggest news of that decade was the 1969 launch of Zenith’s El Primero chronograph movement. Watches from this era with this movement inside are among the most collectible vintage Zenith wristwatches available.

Work on this marvel of watchmaking (150 individual stamps were required to manufacture all its tiny parts) had begun in 1962. Despite subsequent advances in technology, El Primero remains the only integrated chronograph caliber with automatic winding in both directions, and the only mechanical movement to vibrate at a rate of 36,000 beats per hour, making it accurate to within a tenth of a second.

Zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches, with 1,565 1st-place precision awards to date. Zenith, is one of the few Swiss watch brands that make their own mechanical movements - the Elite (standard movement) and the El Primero (chronograph). The El Primero movement has a frequency of 36,000 alternations per hour. This high rate allows a resolution of 1/10th of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more typical chronometer frequency of 28,000 alt per hour.

Ironically, at the same time that Zenith introduced it's greatest movement, quartz arrived to the watch world, an invention that would almost destroy the traditional swiss watch industry in the subsequent years. Zenith takes on the quartz challenge, preserving its precious tooling and waiting for the inevitable comeback of the mechanical movements. While many watch manufacturers ceased to exist during this rough years, Zenith was able to persist in part thanks to supplying its El Primero movement to other prestigious watch makers, the most famous being the Rolex Daytona.

The turn of the century saw Zenith reinvent itself and modernize its timepieces. In 2002 at the Basel watch fair, Zenith launched 4 new movements and 14 new models that represented an overwhelming 52 new variations. There have been several innovations made by Zenith in the 2000's and many new models have been launched. Currently, Zenith has been launching a collection of sport-chic watches entitled DEFY, and are further progressing the modernity of their timepieces.

Zenith was purchased by luxury giant LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy) in November 1999, becoming one of several brands in LVMH's watch and jewelry division.

Presently, Zenith markets five watch lines, including the Chronomaster, Class, Port-Royal, Vintage, Defy, Star and the all new Omnipotence.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ZENITH CRONOMETER GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ZENITH CHRONOMETE6 GENTS DRIVER WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: DRESS

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: ZENITH 19 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 532c (CHRONOMETER) S/N 5098645

DIAL COLOR: METALLIC DARK GREY

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTES, AND CENTRE SWIPE SECONDS AND DATE WINDOW AT 5;00

HANDS/JARUM: LUMED GOLD TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: GOLD TONE BATON MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER W/O CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: ORIGINAL ZENITH GP CROWN

STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

GOOD CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RARE FIND

PRICE/HARGA: RM1800 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

Zenith was founded in 1865 in Le Locle, Switzerland by a 22-year-old clockmaker named Georges Favre-Jacot. Unlike competitors at the time, Zenith made its own movements. By 1875, Zenith employed almost a third of the town’s population to manufacture its pocket watches.

Acclaim for the company's products came fairly q...uickly. There was a gold medal at the Swiss National Exhibition in 1896, followed by a first prize for chronometers at a Neuchâtel Observatory competition in 1903. By the 1920's, Zenith had introduced its first wristwatches, which were cased in gold and reflected the Art Deco sensibility of the day.

Despite significant global disturbances such as the Great Depression in the 1930's and World War II, production increased until the 1950's, when Zenith was one of the unquestioned leaders in Swiss watchmaking (in that decade, its calibers won prizes from the Neuchâtel Observatory five years in a row).

A typical vintage Zenith dress wristwatch from 1955 had an 18k rose gold case, a silver dial, and a hand-stitched black patent alligator strap. Inside was a 135 caliber, manual-movement chronometer, which at the time was state of the art.

Sports models such as the Pilot, designed to compete with the Rolex Explorer, appeared in the 1960's, but the biggest news of that decade was the 1969 launch of Zenith’s El Primero chronograph movement. Watches from this era with this movement inside are among the most collectible vintage Zenith wristwatches available.

Work on this marvel of watchmaking (150 individual stamps were required to manufacture all its tiny parts) had begun in 1962. Despite subsequent advances in technology, El Primero remains the only integrated chronograph caliber with automatic winding in both directions, and the only mechanical movement to vibrate at a rate of 36,000 beats per hour, making it accurate to within a tenth of a second.

Zenith has a long reputation for the quality and precision of their watches, with 1,565 1st-place precision awards to date. Zenith, is one of the few Swiss watch brands that make their own mechanical movements - the Elite (standard movement) and the El Primero (chronograph). The El Primero movement has a frequency of 36,000 alternations per hour. This high rate allows a resolution of 1/10th of a second and a potential for greater positional accuracy over the more typical chronometer frequency of 28,000 alt per hour.

Ironically, at the same time that Zenith introduced it's greatest movement, quartz arrived to the watch world, an invention that would almost destroy the traditional swiss watch industry in the subsequent years. Zenith takes on the quartz challenge, preserving its precious tooling and waiting for the inevitable comeback of the mechanical movements. While many watch manufacturers ceased to exist during this rough years, Zenith was able to persist in part thanks to supplying its El Primero movement to other prestigious watch makers, the most famous being the Rolex Daytona.

The turn of the century saw Zenith reinvent itself and modernize its timepieces. In 2002 at the Basel watch fair, Zenith launched 4 new movements and 14 new models that represented an overwhelming 52 new variations. There have been several innovations made by Zenith in the 2000's and many new models have been launched. Currently, Zenith has been launching a collection of sport-chic watches entitled DEFY, and are further progressing the modernity of their timepieces.

Zenith was purchased by luxury giant LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennesy) in November 1999, becoming one of several brands in LVMH's watch and jewelry division.

Presently, Zenith markets five watch lines, including the Chronomaster, Class, Port-Royal, Vintage, Defy, Star and the all new Omnipotence.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE OMEGA CONSTELLATION PIEPAN WITH RARE CAL. 501 GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

BRAND/JENAMA: HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER! AUTHENTIC OMEGA CONSTELLATION 18K GOLD CAPPED PIEPAN CHRONOMETER GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1958 (SERIAL NO. 16032896)

MODEL: PIEPAN CHRONOMETER

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: OMEGA 24 JEWELS AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT CAL 501 - VERY RARE

DIAL COLOR: GOLD TONE CROSS HAIR PIEPAN - HALF PAN - RAREST DIAL

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: CASUAL

HANDS/JARUM: DAUPHANE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: GOLDTONE BATON/BATON

CASING : 18K GOLD CAPPED & STAINLESS STEEL BACK WITH GOLD OBSERVATORY LOGO

HINGING LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 41mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -

CROWN: ORIGINAL OMEGA GP CROWN

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BLACK CROCO LEATHER STRAP FITS 8.5" WRIST

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & VERY RARE AND VERY HARD TO FIND

SPRICE/HARGA: (SOLD TO MR NICK FROM KLIA)

LISTING RM3,800.00 SOLD RM

History of Omega Watch Co

The History of a Successful Company Omega was founded by Louis Brandt at La Chaux – de – Fonds, Switzerland in 1848 as a assembly workshop. In 1879, after his death, his two sons Louis Paul and César started the in-house manufacturing so they started having total production control. One year later, Omega moved into a small factory that became a huge one when 12 months later they bought the entire building. In 1903, they both died leaving the company in 24 years old, Paul Emile Brandt’s hands. Because of the crisis that the Second World War left, he had to work really hard in order to face the economic difficulties. He merged Omega with Tissot calling the new company SSIH. The SSIH group continued to grow and multiply under his leadership and, by the seventies, it had become Switzerland’s number one producer of finished watches and number three in the world.

In 1985, the holding company was taken over by a group of private investors under Nicolas Hayek leadership. It was immediately renamed SMH (Société suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie). SMH had a rapid growth and success becoming today's top watch producer in the world. Named Swatch Group in 1998, it now includes Blancpain and Breguet.