AUTHENTIC BULOVA GMT CHRONO PRECISION GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

AUTHENTIC BULOVA GMT CHRONO PRECISION AUTOMATIC GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN: SWISS

CIRCA: 1990'S

MODEL: GMT CHRONOMETER

CRYSTAL:  SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT: SWISS BULOVA 25 JEWELS AUTOMATIC CHRONOMETER PRECISION WINDING MOVEMENT 

DIAL COLOR: BLACK

FUNCTIONS: HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND AND GMT

HANDS: LUMINOUS SS HANDS WITH RED WHITE ARROW HEAD GMT HAND

MARKERS : LUMINOUS STICK & DOT MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL WITH RARE BLUE/RED GMT PEPSI BEZEL

LUGS: 20mm 

MEASUREMENT: 42mm DIAMETER w/o CROWN and 45mm LUG TO LUG

BACK CASE INSCRIPTION: BULOVA, STAINLESS STEEL, 10 ATM, WATER RESISTANT, MODEL 93381, S/N 00607782

CROWN: STAINLESS STEEL PUSHERS AND CROWN

STRAP: NEW BLUE CROCO LEATHER BAND

STRAP SIZE: : 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL, HARD TO FIND, NO BOX OR PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC

PRICE: SOLD (TO MR NICK FROM KLIA)WILLING TO LET GO IF THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND REASONABLE)

AUTHENTIC GLYCINE AIRMAN GMT 46 GENTS PILOT WRISTWATCH

AUTHENTIC GLYCINE AIRMAN GMT 46 GENTS PILOT WRISTWATCH

MODEL : DOUBLE GMT

MOVEMENT: SWISS MADE 21 JEWELS AUTOMATIC ETA CAL. 2894

ORIGIN : SWISS
SERIAL NO. : 3820

CIRCA : 2000's

CASING: SOLID STAINLESS STEEL with SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL 

DIAL: BLACK MILITARY
MARKER: LUMINOUS WHITE ARABIC
HANDS: LUMINOUS SILVER TONE WHITE AND RED GMT HAND

MARKINGS/TANDA JENAMA : DIAL/MOVEMENT/EXHIBITION BACKCASE with SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL

LENS/CERMIN : SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL

MEASUREMENT: 46mm w/o CROWN AND 55mm LUG TO LUG

CONDITION/KONDISI : USED/PREOWNED, RECENTLY SERVICE, KEEPING TIME, COMES WITH BOX AND CARDS
PRICE: PERSONAL COLLECTION, NOT FOR SALE

Brief History of Glycine Wristwatch

Glycine is one of a very few watch brands that has been producing watches in their factory in Bienne, Switzerland, continuously since their founding by Eugene Meylan in 1914. Their first customers were prosperous gentlemen who valued Glycine watches as miniature works of art and engineering and treasured their luxurious gold and platinum cases.

Although the Depression of the 1930s and the beginning of World War II put a heavy toll on the company, Glycine was able to continue production, and in 1938 the company was one of only 29 exhibitors at the Basel Fair, the world’s most important watch exhibition. Glycine has not missed a Basel Fair since then and proves as a testament to the brand and its will to succeed in the manufacture of there watches.

After WW II

In 1945, with the war over and access to world markets again possible, the industry took a deep breath. Immediately, Glycine geared up production and rapidly presented a complete range of automatic (self-winding) watches, making use of the most advanced technologies.

1952 saw the birth of the famous VACUUM chronometers, watches known for their incredible resistance to water and shocks, designed for long-term use under hostile conditions. They performed well beyond expectations.

In 1953, the AIRMAN line was presented to the world market and immediately received an enthusiastic welcome. Now, in addition to regular local time, world time was available at a glance. The steadily growing class of jet-setters and frequent travellers readily took to the convenience of having two time zones on their wrist. The AIRMAN line has never been absent from the Glycine selection, and is, today more than ever, the spearhead of the range.

The Crisis

In the 70s, the Swiss watch industry – late in introducing quartz movements – was hit by the proliferation of quartz watches from the Far East. The technological revolution brought about by the quartz movement, together with the worldwide recession and a massive increase in value of the Swiss franc, pushed many manufacturers to the brink of disaster.

The products that had earned Glycine such an excellent reputation, namely high-quality mechanical watches and above all automatic watches, were suddenly no longer in general demand. Customers everywhere were buying Japanese quartz watches or American digital LED watches. The lucrative business with highly-regarded automatic watches was over, and these were now being sold off at give-away prices.

The market went through a turnaround in its values, a tendency which further intensified as the price for the initially exorbitantly expensive quartz watches consistently dropped to a level where it finally drove even the cheap pin-pallet (Roskopf) mechanical movements out of the market. Many market shares were lost, the industry entered into a crisis that lasted six years and cost roughly 60,000 jobs.

Glycine too suffered heavily but managed to fight on. In 1984, soldiering on with a reduction in staff, Glycine was sold to Hans Brechbühler, who had been working for years with Glycine in a loose cooperation based on the joint development and exchange of watch models.

Followin, the purchase of Glycine in 1984, Brechbühler switched over to the brand watch business, an entirely new experience for him. Progressively, new products were developed that enabled Glycine to work successfully in countries such as Scandinavia, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Germany.

A quartz collection was created and an international network of agencies sprang to life again. Extremely resistant watches, such as the TJALK and heavy duty models, were launched and added to the portfolio of the brand.

The market accepted with pleasure the Gold shield range, featuring a standard of goldplating much higher than anything the competitors could present. The sophisticated super-thin AMARANTH watches received an enthusiastic welcome in Europe and the USA.

The new strategies employed began to pay off in the early 1990s when Brechbühler’s daughter Katherina, born in 1962, joined the company and successfully implemented her own brand concept, resulting in mechanical products being increasingly integrated into the company’s collections. This strategy proved effective in positioning Glycine as a specialist, with a long tradition in the field of mechanical watch making.

After initial success in Germany, the first to really accept the mechanical watches on a large scale, the new range of Glycine products spread to other countries through out Europe and the globe.

AUTHENTIC ROLEX EXPLORER II GMT 16570 GENTS DIVER WATCH (SOLD)

Make: Rolex
Model: Explorer II GMT 16570
Serial: F973426
Price: SOLD

This watch was 1st purchased in 08.07.2007 when new. This watch comes with Jeweler's invoice, appraisal and resit, Original Box, Outer box, 2 extra link and Rolex service book. The orignal cerificate was misplaced and cannot be located by the 1st owner.

Description and Overview

This is another ultimate men's wristwatch. A man's watch should be his best piece of jewelery, since we shouldn't wear a jewelery that a women do.

In 1971, Rolex came out with a new adventurer’s watch aptly named the Explorer II, designed especially for cave explorers. This model was a true achievement because it had a feature that could help the speleologists (cave explorers) to know whether it was day or night. Finally, cave explorers spending multiple days at a time in deep caverns, would be able to keep proper track of the time.

The Rolex Explorer II was given the model number 1655 when introduced in 1971. It featured crown guards, a new fixed and engraved 24 hour bezel, and an extra orange colored 24-hour hand. This extra 24-hour hand, when used against the bezel, helped to distinguish day from night by clearly differentiating AM from PM. The 24-hour engraved bezel in this model makes it, essentially, a GMT Master. In addition, it has the same caliber movement as the GMT (1575). It also features a 12-hour hand that can be adjusted to allow changes in time zones.

The first improvement came in the form of a red-colored extra 24-hour hand as opposed to the orange color in previous versions. In the pitch-black darkness of the deep caves, red was easier on the eyes than orange. By mid 1985, the new Explorer II was launched with the following new features included:

• Standard 40mm case size
• New bezel rendering the Explorer II a stylish look
• Mercedes hands in place of old, large stick hands
• A slimmer sapphire crystal
• Black and white dial options
• Special 24-hour hand and same "jump hour" feature as that of the GMT Master II

The jump hour feature in the new Explorer II allows the owner to set the hour hand forward or backwards in one hour jumps without disturbing the second or minute hands. In other words, the owner can easily change time zones without losing a preset accurate time.

Today, of the several different Explorer II models offered by Rolex, the model available in steel with a white dial is the most popular. Like other Rolex models, it is self-winding and waterproof to 330 feet. It also features an Oysterlock bracelet with a safety clasp. Even for explorers in harsh conditions in the depths of caves, Rolex offers the unique combination of class and precision.

RARE COLLECTION - ENICAR SHERPA GUIDE GMT GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: ENICAR

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: SHERPA GUIDE GMT -

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: ENICAR 23 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT AR 24 CAL 158

DIAL COLOR: BLACK /HITAM WITH 24HRS SLIDE RULE

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: GMT WORLDTIME

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS WHITE METAL/ METAL WARNA PUTIH

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: SILVER TONE BATONS/TWO TONES SLIDE RULES - COULD BE ROTATED BY 2ND CROWN

CASING : STAINLESS STEEL/KELULI SEPENUHNYA

LUGS: 22mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 44mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 45mm LUG TO LUG WITH CLAW LUGS

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SHERPA 600 LOGO

CROWN: SS/ KELULI

STRAP/TALI: BLACK RUBBER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

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

PRICE/HARGA: USD2000 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

BRIEF HISTORY OF ENICAR SHERPA The creation of the brand name seems a bit funny. Enicar was founded by Artiste Racine (Racine Watch Co) in 1914 in La-Chaux-de-Fonds, known as a mecca of swiss watchmaking and watchmaking tradition. If you spell R A C I N E backwards you will have E N I C A R. Complete name: Manufacture d`Horlogerie Enicar SA. The business objective - when starting up the business - was the production of lever watches with a wide selection of movements. Later the factory moved to Lengnau (Longeau), the german speaking part of Switzerland. Here a specialization took place, Artiste Racine got specialized into sports watches which have been sold unter his trademark „AR in a Pentagon“ Starting in the 30's ENICAR sold watches under the following brand names: * Longeau * Alprose * Etsira * Savillon. These watches have been less expensive but weren´t of the same quality the top brand watches have been. "Swisbaby" was a wrist alarm watch made by ENICAR SA (pin lever movement 500). In the 60ties (around 1962) ENICAR started to produce automatic movements of their own, the „Rubirotor“ is one example of Enicar´s timepieces out of that time period. Till that time ENICAR watches haven been fitted with "ebauches" made by A.Schild (AS). ENICAR watches haven been known for their durability, they have been made to extremly high standards as many went to export to China where there has been only little watch making/servicing knowledge. In 1956, members of a swiss Himalayan expedition relied on Enicar watches and as the history will tell you the expectations were fully met. The „Sherpa“ models have become world wide known after that; to name some models: Sherpa, Sherpa Seapearl Diver, Sherpa Time (with world timer bezel), Sherpa Ultradive (with inner dive time wheel), Serpa Star, Sherpa Jet.

PERSONAL COLLECTION ~ AUTHENTIC OMEGA SEAMASTER 50TH ANNIVERSARY CHRONOMETER GMT 2534.50.00 GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

Product Specifications

Watch Information
Brand Name:	Omega Professional GMT Chronometer Ltd Edition 40th Annivesary
Model number:	2534.50.00 S/N 60 million
Part Number:	2534.50
Dial window material type:	anti-reflective-scratch-resistant-sapphire
Display Type:	analog
Clasp:	deployment-clasp-with-push-button
Case material:	stainless-steel
Case diameter:	41 millimeters
Case Thickness:	11.5 millimeters
Band material:	stainless-steel
Band length:	mens
Dial color:	black
Bezel material:	aluminum
Bezel Function:	bi-directional
Calendar: Box: Paper:	Date Yes Original Omega Red Box No
Movement:	swiss- auto cal. 1120
Water resistant depth: PRICE:	1000 Feet SOLD TO MR ASSYIDIN FROM LABUANR

In the 1990’s, the Seamaster became famous for being the watch of choice for James Bond. The Omega brand has had a high profile association with the James Bond movies since 1995, when Pierce Brosnan took over the role of James Bond in the movie GoldenEye and began wearing the Omega Seamaster Quartz Professional (model 2541.80.00). In all later films, Brosnan wore an Omega Seamaster Professional Chronometer (model 2531.80.00).