BUT UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND/JENAMA: BUT UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1940's

MODEL:  CHRONOGRAPH 

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL 

MOVEMENT/ENJIN:  RARE VENUS CAL.170 MANUAL 17 JEWELS MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CREAM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: 2 REGISTERED CHRONOGRAPH, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND DIAL AT 9:00 AND 30 MINUTES COUNTER AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD ARROW HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: ARABIC DARK GREY  MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : BASE METAL CHROME PLATED TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS SIZE: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN 43mm LUG TO LUG 

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SWISS STAINLESS STEEL BACK

CROWN: SS UNSIGNED

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, ALL CHRONO WORKS AND RESET TO ZERO. HARD TO FIND

VINTAGE - NO BOX NO PAPER 

PRICE/HARGA: USD700 (NEGOTIABLE) 

     HISTORY OF BUT WATCHES

     BUT (or Buttes Watch / BWC / Butex) is a Swiss brand from the Buttes Watch Co. (Fabrique d’Horlogerie Buttes Watch), a maker based in the small village of Buttes in the Val de Travers, Canton of Neuchâtel. It specialized in good-quality watches and especially chronographs, which it sold under the names BUT, BWC, and Butex. 

Origins

•  The roots go back to Henri (“Alexandre”) Jeannin-Rosselet, who established a watchmaking factory in nearby Fleurier in 1894. He produced “English-style” and especially “Chinese-style” watches (a Fleurier specialty).

•  In 1901 he moved the factory to Buttes. By 1910 the firm was known as H. Jeannin-Rosselet et Cie, Buttes Watch, and the BWC trademark was registered. Wristwatch production began around 1915 with various calibers (lever and cylinder escapements, sizes from about 14 to 21 lines).

LEONIDAS UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: LEONIDAS UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1940's

MODEL:  CHRONOGRAPH 

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL 

MOVEMENT/ENJIN:  RARE VALJOUX CAL.77 MANUAL 17 JEWELS MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CREAM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: 2 REGISTERED CHRONOGRAPH, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND DIAL AT 9:00 AND 30 MINUTES COUNTER AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: BLUE STEEL STICK HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: ARABIC DARK GREY  MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : BASE METAL GOLD PLATED TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS SIZE: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN 43mm LUG TO LUG 

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SWISS STAINLESS STEEL BACK

CROWN: SS UNSIGNED

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, ALL CHRONO WORKS AND RESET TO ZERO. HARD TO FIND

VINTAGE - NO BOX NO PAPER 

PRICE/HARGA: USD900 (NEGOTIABLE) 

     HISTORY OF LEONIDAS WATCHES

     Leonidas became a leader in wrist chronographs and aviation/military timing instruments. It supplied precision pieces for Italian aviation (including Balbo’s long-distance flights in the early 1930s), produced water-resistant models from the mid-1930s, and made chronographs with hour counters by 1939. For its 1941 centenary it introduced observatory-tested chronometers. Post-WWII, it offered gold and other fine chronographs (often using Valjoux, Landeron, Venus, or similar ébauches), calendar models, and more. 

•  Merger and end of the brand: In 1964 it merged with Heuer (another Saint-Imier chronograph specialist) to form Heuer-Leonidas, then the largest Swiss maker of stopwatches and chronographs. The Leonidas name was used sparingly afterward. After further ownership changes amid the quartz crisis, the brand was retired when the company became TAG Heuer in 1985. (A modern revival exists but is separate from the historic production.)  

TELDA UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND/JENAMA: TELDA UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL:  CHRONOGRAPH 

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL 

MOVEMENT/ENJIN:  RARE VENUS CAL.170 MANUAL 17 JEWELS MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CREAM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: 2 REGISTERED CHRONOGRAPH, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND DIAL AT 9:00 AND 30 MINUTES COUNTER AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: BLUE STEEL STICK HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: ARABIC DARK GREY  MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : BASE METAL GOLD PLATED TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS SIZE: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN 43mm LUG TO LUG 

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SWISS STAINLESS STEEL BACK

CROWN: SS UNSIGNED

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, ALL CHRONO WORKS AND RESET TO ZERO. HARD TO FIND

VINTAGE - NO BOX NO PAPER 

PRICE/HARGA: USD500 (NEGOTIABLE) 

LISTING RM1,500 SOLD RM1,500

HELBROS UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND/JENAMA: HELBROS  UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL:  CHRONOGRAPH 

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL 

MOVEMENT/ENJIN:  RARE VENUS CAL.170 MANUAL 17 JEWELS MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: BLACK

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: 2 REGISTERED CHRONOGRAPH, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND DIAL AT 9:00 AND 30 MINUTES COUNTER AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: BLUE STEEL STICK HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: ARABIC DARK GREY  MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : BASE METAL TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS SIZE: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN 43mm LUG TO LUG 

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SWISS STAINLESS STEEL BACK

CROWN: SS UNSIGNED

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, ALL CHRONO WORKS AND RESET TO ZERO. HARD TO FIND

VINTAGE - NO BOX NO PAPER 

PRICE/HARGA: USD500 (NEGOTIABLE) 

LISTING RM1,500 SOLD RM1,500

BRIEF INFORMATION ON HELBROS WATCHES

I've been doing some research on a Helbros watch . Today Helbros is owned by Jules Jurgensen, they have had the relationship since 1913.  There was history record that Helbros is a New York based company. Elgin Watch was a subdiary of Hebros Watch Co. Elgin Watch Co being organized in Delaware suggests that it is more likely that Elgin was a division Helbros. The Elgin National Watch Company changed it's name to Elgin Industries and stopped making watches in the 1960's. Helbros made some watches themself but were much more of an assembler/marketer than a manufacturer. Because of contract manufacturing you can find vintage Helbos watches from Germany, Switzerland, and even a few from France. I know it's not much but I there isn't much out there.