AUTHENTIC VINTAGE TISSOT SUB SECOND EXPLORER STYLE GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE TISSOT SUB SECOND EXPLORER STYLE GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL: EXPLORER STYLE SUB SECOND

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: TISSOT INHOUSE 17 JEWELS MANUAL MOVEMENT CAL.27-63

DIAL COLOR: PATINATED GOLD COLOR DIAL

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SUB SECOND AT 6:00 

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED GOLD ARABIC AND BATON MARKER EXPLORER STYLE

CASING : SCHROME TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

HINGING LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER w/o CROWN and 40mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -

CROWN: UNSIGNED TISSOT CROWN

STRAP/TALI: BROWN TEXTILE BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & VERY RARE

PRICE/HARGA: USD400 (NEGOTIABLE)

History of Tissot Watch Co

Tissot, a Swiss watch company, was established in the year 1853. Charles-Félicien Tissot with his son Charles-Emile set the foundation of this prominent business in the city of Le Locle. Buoyed by an extremely pioneering spirit and a forceful drive for mechanical craft, these two initiators brought in to the watchmaker's trade a sturdy and skilled company.

All the way through the existence of the Tissot Company, the firm has forever fascinated the thoughts of people across the globe. Right from the very inception, the company possessed technicians and engineers, contributing thoroughly in the growth and development of new innovative watch models. Led by a strong technical team, it incidentally went on to become the first producer of the antimagnetic watch. It also holds the glorious record of being the first to produce plastic watch, the "Rock Watch", the "Wood Watch" and "T-touch".

Along with the production of some exemplified "first of its kind watches", the Tissot Company also has its presence felt in the history of sports. It got its share of fame by participating vehemently in some major sports events: linked with Davis Cup in 1957 as the timekeeper and also took part at the downhill skiing in Switzerland in the 1938. At present, Tissot Company is the authorized timekeeper for various sporting galas: road biking, circuit racing, cycling, ice hockey and fencing. All these sporting affairs call for supreme dependability and correctness; they signify the meticulousness, significance and excellence of the Tissot Company. The company has rejoiced 150th anniversary of its esteemed institution in the year 2003. The Tissot brand, without any doubt, is not only one of world's most admired ones but also one of the most sought after brands in Switzerland itself.

From the year 1985, the Tissot Company has been attached with the Swatch Group. From the same period onwards, it has been characterized by a networked system of merchants in 140 countries all around the world. Since all Tissot watches are fashioned in Switzerland itself, which facilitates the company to make use of the "Swiss Made" brand. The Company tenders a broad array of products that will catch the attention of both admirers of a pleasant design and enthusiasts of watchmaker's technology.

In the recent years, the company has transformed itself into a more popular brand than ever. It could well be attributed to its "T-Touch," expertise. In this unique range of watches, a number of new watches encompass "touch-sensitive navy faces" and comprise compasses, barometers, altimeters and thermometers. Same range of watches has further provided it a boost by featuring in some movies: as in The Cradle of Life and Mr. & Mrs. Smith.

VINTAGE ELCO SPECIAL SPIDER LUGS MEN'S WRISTWATCH

VINTAGE ELCO SPECIAL SPIDER LUGS MEN'S WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1950'S

GOLD CHAMPAGNE DIAL WITH ARABIC MARKER

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE 17 JEWEL SWISS ELCO CLASSIC BUMPER AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT AS CAL.1250

GOLD TONE METAL HANDS AND RED CENTER SWIPE SECOND HAND

GOLD TONE ARROW AND ARABIC MARKER (

GOLD PLATED STAINLESS STEEL CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 34mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 31mm LUG TO LUG

UNSIGNED CROWN

GOLD PLATED SPIEDEL FLEXI BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... HARD TO FIND!

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE:USD200 (NEGOTIABLE)

History of Elco Wristwatches

Elco was primarily a British watch brand and importing/distribution company rather than a full manufacturer. The company, known as Elco Clocks and Watches Ltd, was founded in the early to mid-20th century by Polish émigré entrepreneur Alexander Margulies. Sources date its origins variably:

•  1932 (as a Swiss watch importer, becoming the UK’s largest clock and watch distributor by 1939)

•  1931 incorporation as Elco Clocks Ltd

•  1945 official registration

It specialized in importing Swiss-made movements and watches, often casing them in the UK (especially gold cases hallmarked in Britain) and selling them under the Elco name.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BUREN ARTDECO MEN'S WRISTWATCH

 

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BUREN ARTDECO MEN'S WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: BUREN

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL:  ARTDECO

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC - CLEAN

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: BUREN 17 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING INHOUSE MOVEMENT BUREN CAL.4

DIAL COLOR: CHAMPAGNE

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE CENTER SECONDS

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS GOLD COLORED METAL HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED GOLD ARABIC MARKERS

CASING : 10K GOLD FILLED PLATED TOP SPIDER LUGS/STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS: 16mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 33mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 35mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -WATER 10KRGP~STAINLESS STEEL BACK~AUTOMATIC

CROWN: GP

STRAP/TALI: BLACK LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL

PRICE/HARGA: USD350 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

BRIEF HISTORY OF BUREN WATCHES

Buren was named after the location of is initial start up at a little village in Switzerland called Buren, located on the banks of the Aare. The firm started in 1842 making watch parts. In 1873, Buren started making complete watches and called themselves F Suter & Co.

F Suter & Co. continued with varying success to make watches with the trade name of 'Buren' for several years until it was taken over by the British firm of H Williamson Ltd in 1898.

>H Williamson Ltd, specifically bought the Buren factory to supply Swiss parts for the watches he was making in the UK. This later lead to a court case where he was found guilty of selling 'English Made' watches with Swiss parts in them. While H Williamson Ltd owned the Buren brand, they generally allowed the company to continue on its own with them just being the Parent company and receiving parts from them.

By 1905, Buren were making 500 watches a day. Many of them for the parent company, but some were sold in Germany and the USA under the Buren name.

By 1949, Buren were back producing 22 different calibers for watches. In 1954, they patented the mini-rotor for automatic watches. This was a major achievement as the smaller rotor meant that it could be sunk flush with the watch movement, so making automatic watches a lot slimmer than they had been - just under 3mm in fact.

In 1966, Hamilton Swiss acquired the Büren Watch Company in Switzerland, including all factories and technologies that had been developed by Büren up to that point. From 1966 to 1969, Hamilton Lancaster and Buren Switzerland were operated as a joint concern, with Hamilton using a number of Swiss movements for their "American" watches and Buren utilizing a number of components manufactured by Hamilton Lancaster. It was during this time that Hamilton started to selectively incorporate the highly innovative Buren Microtor (aka Micro Rotor/Microrotor) movement into small numbers of certain upper tier watches (in addition to their ordinary hand-wind and traditional automatic watches).

The Buren (now Hamilton/Buren) Microtor was the first patented automatic wristwatch movement to eliminate the sizable external oscillating weight inherent to most automatic winding watches. Instead, it utilized a much smaller weight that was entirely integrated into the chassis of the movement. This design allowed for a substantially slimmer automatic watch that still retained a center sweep second hand. The Microtor concept was also conceived by Universal Geneve for use in their famous Polerouter series of timepieces during this same time. The official title of "first Microtor movement" is still in dispute amongst some horology aficionados, even though Buren patented their design in 1954 while Universal Geneve applied for their patent in May of 1955

In 1969, the Hamilton Watch Company completely ceased its American manufacturing operations with the closure of its factory in Lancaster, PA, shifting the entire balance of its manufacturing operations to the Buren factory in Switzerland.

From 1969 to 1972, all new Hamilton watches were produced in Switzerland by Hamilton's Buren subsidiary. In 1971, the Buren brand was returned to Swiss ownership and by 1972, the Buren-Hamilton partnership was dissolved and the factory liquidated, due to decreased interest and sales of the Hamilton-Buren product.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS SQUARE GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BENRUS SQUARE GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS

CIRCA: 1950's

MODEL: DRESS WATCH

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC VERY CLEAN, NO CRACKS NO SCRATCHES

MOVEMENT: BENRUS 17JEWELS MANUAL MOVEMENT CAL.BB4 (ETA 930)

DIAL COLOR: GOLD TONE DIAL

FUNCTIONS: HOUR and MINUTE SUBSECOND AT 6:00

HANDS: GOLD TONE 

MARKERS: RAISED GOLD TONE ARABIC MARKERS

CASING : GOLD PLATED 20 Micron Casing

LUGS: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT: 28mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 32mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: GOLD PLATED BEZEL

CASEBACK INSCRIPTION: BENRUS 20 MICRON GOLD ELECTROPLATED

CROWN: ORIGINAL UNIGNED BENRUS CROWNS

STRAP: GP FLEXIBLE STRECH BAND

SIZE STRAP: 9.5" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED MODEL & EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME, NO BOX and NO PAPER but GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

PRICE: USD120 (NEGOTIABLE)
LISTING USD120 SOLD RM

A BRIEF HISTORY OF BENRUS WATCHES

Although the company went out of business in 1977, large numbers of their well made and dependable fine Benrus watches are available as vintage collectors’ items.

Way back in 1921 three brothers called Oscar, Ralph and Benjamin Lazrus founded the Benrus Watch Company. History doesn’t tell us why Benjamin was the brothers’ name that was chosen but the company name, Benrus, is a combination of the first syllable of his name and the second syllable of their family name. Benrus watches is sometimes mistaken for a Swiss watch making company because early in its history the American owned and operated company leased one floor of factory space from a Swiss owned watch making company that was located in La Chaux de Fonds in Switzerland. Their reason for doing this was to help to circumvent the draconian regulations against the use of Swiss watch movements in foreign time pieces. The earliest models of Benrus watches featured precision movements made by the Schild Company, a well known and established Swiss watch maker. The first watch casings from the Benrus Watch Company are not marked with their brand name due to the Swiss regulations discussed previously.

In the decade of the 1930’s the innovative and creative styling of Benrus watches started to attract quite a following. Their chic designs featured such innovations as cushion watches and rectangular shaped watch casings. It was during this period of time that the Benrus Watch Company first became well known to the American consumer market. The company continued to be known as a leader in style and design in the watch making industry. During the 1940’s they made a range of fine time pieces that are avidly sought after by vintage watch collectors today. Perhaps the most famous of these was the manually winding calendar watch.