Since Sumerian time, human being has invented the devices to measure and keep track of time. Clock and watches further developed in modern days. Antique and vintage mechanical watches and clocks produced in Switzerland, Germany,Japan and USA were high precision device that were sought after by many collector for their complications, rarity and high in value....
MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 35mm DIAMETER WITH CROWN and 38mm LUG TO LUG
DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:
CROWN: SOLID SS/ KELULI
STRAP/TALI:GENUINE USED BLACK LEATHER / KULIT ASLI WARNA COKLAT
SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8"
DISCONTINUED MODEL & HARD TO FIND
PRICE/HARGA: USD500 (NEGOTIABLE)
HISTORY OF IMPERIAL WATCH CO SWITZERLAND
Base on Swiss Timepiece Makers 1775-1975 Book, by Kathleen Pritchard, Imperial Watch Company, was formed at La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland in 1875, exported Swiss watches in the 1920s (importer was Bayer,Pretzfelder & Mills of New York). Many watches of this period were marked both Buren Watch Co. and Imperial on the plates. An associated company Louis Goering registered the name Imperial in 1890
In March 1, 1966 Hamilton Watch Co, USA acquired Buren Watch Company, Switzerland
Accessories: no box, no paper Personal collection but willing to letgo for USD3000 negotiable
Development of the "Casquette" how Girard Perregaux named this model internally began in 1974 in GP's own electronic department. Based on a high precision so called elecronic mother clock with nixie tube display to control subordinated clock units the next step was a small desktop clock where already macrolon was used for the housing. Finally the Casquette could be launched for sale in January 1976 and was produced until November 1978. Being even that innovative and courageous to invest in the development of a special module like for some of the other LED watch manufacturers to do so the production of this watch might not have been very profitable in the end. But today we owe them a spacy seventies LED watch design
Three Versions were available:
Ref. Number
Version
Historical price
Units produced
9934
18k rolled gold
SFr 775,-
2.200
9931
Stainless steel
SFr 680,-
4.000
9939
Macrolon
SFr 555,-
2.000
All versions were available with matching leather straps and several styles of braceletts, the width of the front and rear lugs being different. The grey macrolon (an especially strong and light glass-fibre strengthened polymer the first time to be used in wrist watch manufacturing) model with a different style macrolon bracelett - featuring a tricky construction which holds the band links together by two nylon strings inside. All versions have solid steel case backs, slightly curved for handsome fit on the wrist.
Seiko SEIKO LAND MONSTER SNM037 Automatic Mens Watch"Perfect for outdoor activitiesMechanical watches" The structure of the specification body protector designed to wild out, Impact resistance, high reliability and excellent safety Diver achieved.
PROSPEX Gave birth to the year 1965 SEIKO Diver's technology from Japan. Has been put into the compilation of Prospex.Seeking a sense of achievement, sense of adventure begin to run fade. The Supesharitiuotchiburando-performing a variety of fields. LAND MONSTER To those aspiring to the top is opened up and the future is the way to go. Mekanikarufirudouotchi outside the body that brings together the technology of the original specification.
ALMOST NEW EDOX NIN CLASSE ROYAL AUTOMATIC CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH
Product Specifications
MODEL 45003 357
SOLID STAINLESS STEEL CASE
GENUINE CROCODILE LEATHER BAND
with ORIGINAL EDOX DOUBLE CLASP BUCKLE
ORIGINAL EDOX SS CROWN
Made in Switzerland SWISS Dubois Depraz Cal.4500 Automatic Movement Sapphire Crystal Black Dial with Raised Round inside Square Stainless Steel Borders White Luminous SS Hands
Raised Long Baton Hour Markers
Quickset Grand Date at 12:00 Exhibiton Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Case Back Original Edox Crown and Pushers
Case Diameter: 40mm (Excluding Crown)
Case Diameter: 43mm (Including Crown) Case Diameter: 40mm (Lug to Lug) Very Thick Chunky Case, Thickness: 10mm Lug Width: 20mm
Water Resistant 5 ATM
Serial No. 427749-45003
Complete with Outer Box, Inner Box, Manual, Blank Warranty Card
PRICE:R14,700.00;NEGOTIABLE
RECOMMENDED RETAIL PRICE WHEN NEW IS USD6,250
You Don’t Have to Own a Yacht to Wear the Edox Classe Royale Chronograph, But People Might Think You Do
The Edox Classe Royale Big Date Chronograph is simply spectacular. With its oversize, 40 mm square case and bold black and silver motif, this is definitely a timepiece that commands attention. The strikingly attractive appearance of the Classe Royale Big Date Chronograph is one reason this watch was featured prominently in Looper, the new science fiction action film by Rian Johnson.
The Classe Royale sets itself apart from the crowd with a unique multi-part case construction and two-tone bezel. This stylishly functional chronograph features three well-placed sub-dials for timing virtually any event. Partially skeletonized luminous hands ensure that all dials can be easily read at any position and an extra-large date indicator at twelve o’clock makes the date readily available even under poor lighting conditions.
BRIEF HISTORY OF EDOX WRISTWATCHES
EDOX, Swiss watch manufacturer since 1884, has had good reputation for their technical developments such as the crown possible for water resistant over 200 m (1961), water resistant watch with very strong steel (1969), World first world time "GEOSCOPE"(1970) and etc.
EDOX had joined the ASUAG (Swatch group at present) in the 1970s, but in 1983, EDOX became independent with a new owner, Mr. Victor Strambini, President.
Today, their office and factory locate at Les Genevez , Switzerland where 140 staff including 110 of qualified watchmakers are working.
The models for the new launch is the "EDOX Class-1 " series. The Class-1 is a powerboat race known as the "F-1 on the sea". The series was developed by EDOX, sponsoring "Spirit of Norway", the champion team of the race. EDOX was appointed as the official time keeper of the race.
The series contains models such as chronograph, GMT, day/date. They are automatic or quartz.
MOVEMENT: ZENITH/MOVADO 7 JEWELS HIGH GRADE QUARTZ MOVEMENT CAL. 11-7
DIAL COLOR: TROPICAL BLACK
FUNCTION: DRESS RETRO WATCH HOUR, MINUTE AND DATE AT 3:00
HANDS: GOLD TONE
MARKERS: RAISED GOLD TONE BATON MARKERS
CASING : GOLD PLATED BEZEL AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK
LUGS: 18mm
MEASUREMENT: 28mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 33mm LUG TO LUG
BACKCASE MARKING: ZENITH LOGO/ S/No. 27.1570.116
CROWN: ORIGINAL ZENITH GP CROWN
STRAP:ORIGINAL/GENUINE ZENITH BLACK LIZARD LEATHER BAND WITH ZENITH BUCKLE
STRAP SIZE: 7..5"
GOOD CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RARE FIND. NO B9X NO PAPER BUT GUARANTEED AUTHENTIC
PRICE: USD499(NEGOTIABLE)
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.
DIAL COLOR: GOLD TONE WITH POWER RESERVED DIAL AT 9:00
FUNCTION: POWER RESERVED, HOUR, MINUTE AND SUB-SECOND DIAL AT 3:00
HANDS: GOLD TONE METAL HANDS
MARKERS: RAISED GOLD TONE ARROW HEAD MARKERS
CASING : 10K GOLD FILLED
LUGS: 18mm
MEASUREMENT: 35mm WIDE and 44mm LUG TO LUG
BEZEL: 10K GOLD FILLED
ENGARVING: -
CROWN: NO SIDE CROWN - HAND ADJUSTED USING BACK BUTTON AT CASE BACK
STRAP:NEW BROWN LEATHER/TEXTILE BAND
STRAP SIZE: 8.5" FULL LENGHT
DISCONTINUED LECOULTRE MODEL... RAREST!
EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED
SOLD FOR RM
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LE COULTRE WATCHES
A brilliant inventor and self-taught watchmaker, Antoine-LeCoultre founded his first workshop in 1833, following the invention of a machine to produce watchmaking pinions. Ever since, the Manufacture Jaeger-Lecoultre has developed constantly around the founder's original workshops.
Surprisingly enough, it was neither a physicist nor an engineer who first measured the micron; it was Antoine LeCoultre, in 1844. He had created watch components that were so perfect no tool could actually detect their degree of inaccuracy. He followed that up by inventing the world's most accurate instrument: the Millionometer, which served as a benchmark for over half a century.
In 1847, LeCoultre created a revolutionary system that was to do away with the need for keys to rewind and set watches. His simple and brilliant solution was a pushbutton that activated a lever to switch from one function to another. It was the first keyless winding mechanism, and the first reliable system that eliminated the need for keys to wind or set a watch.
It was in 1903 when the Parisian Edmond Jaeger set Swiss watchmakers the challenge of producing ultra-thin calibres. It would lead to the Calibre 145, the world's thinnest mechanical movement, measuring no more than 1.38 mm, and the friendship of Antoine LeCoultre's grandson, Jacques-Devid LeCoultre. These two men would give a rise to a range of horological wonders, and eventually the birth of the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand in 1937.
In the year 1908, the Manufacture created its first rectangular-shaped calibre in response to the challenge created to miniaturize watches to wear on the wrist. By the "Roaring 20s" (1920s), very small ladies' wristwatches were all the rage, but extreme miniaturization always led to a loss of reliability and precision. The Duoplan brilliantly solved this problem by arranging its parts on split levels. It would lead to the world's smallest movement, Calibre 101. Outdoing the Calibre 145, Jaeger-Lecoultre miniaturized the Duoplan caliber to the extreme, weighing in at barely one gram and comprising of 74 parts. Its record is still unmatched to this date.
Since its founding, the Manufacture has created and produced over 1,000 different calibres in many varieties. Over 200 patented inventions have contributed to the progress of Swiss watchmaking in the field of movements, as well as that of cases, bracelets, dials, and watch functions.
