NIB Swiss Made Invicta 4388 Russian Diver Collect Mens Black Watch (Sold)

NEW IN BOX AUTHENTIC LIMITED EDITION INVICTA RUSSIAN DIVER MEN'S WATCH

CIRCA 2009

BLACK DIAL WITH DATE WINDOW AT 12 O'CLOCK

MINERAL CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

SWISS MADE ETA QUARTZ MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE HANDS

WATER RESISTANT 100 METERS (330 FEET)

LUMINESCENT LARGE ARABIC MARKER

THREE REGISTERED CHRONOGRAPH FULLY WORKING AND RESET TO ZERO

HEAVY BLACK TICN STAINLESS STEEL CASE MEASURES APP. 51mm EXCLUDING THE CROWN AND 61mm LUG TO LUG.

ORIGINAL INVICTA SIGNED CROWN

ORIGINAL INVICTA STAINLESS STEEL/RUBBER BRACELET FITS 8.5" WRIST

COMPLETE WITH MANUAL AND BOX

EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION AND KEEPING TIME

PRICE/HARGA: SOLD TO MR JANAL ABU FROM SIMPANG RENGGAM, JOHOR

HISTORY OF INVICTA AND SEELAND WATCHES

INVICTA was trademarked as a watch, parts, boxes, and packaging brand name by Les Fils De R. Picard, of La Chaux de Fonds, Switzerland, (founded in 1837) in 1896. By 1911 the name INVICTA was included in the companys' name. Invicta was still trading in the 1960's. The company also traded under the names Seeland Watch Co and Eno Watch Co.

The good news is, the history of Invicta Watch Group does not end with the 1970s. In 1991, the descendants of the original Invicta watch name re-formed the company. Today, Invicta watch group is dedicated to bringing you high quality watches that are still affordable and beautiful in design – the same commitment that Invicta Watch was known for more than a century ago.

“In 1837, Invicta handcrafted its first watches with the belief that fine Swiss timepieces could be offered at modest prices. Today, powered by that same maverick spirit, the once-tiny company has become a fire-breathing dragon, worshiped by collectors, but feared by the rest of the watchmaking industry. In 1991, descendants of the Invicta family re-established the brand holding firm to the company’s founding principle. With rebellious zeal, they quickly recognized that Invicta could give a large segment of the watch-buying public that had long been ignored by other companies, unprecedented access to the fine Swiss quality they lusted for, at prices well within their reach. Thirteen years later, the Invicta Watch Group has evolved into the fastest-growing watch company in the business and has sparked a movement that is turning the balance of power in the watch industry.”
- Invicta Watch web site, July 2006

Invicta Watches

Today, Invicta watches are growing in popularity. With many varied styles and types of beautifully-crafted watches, Invicta Watch Group is dedicated to bringing you the very best at prices that anyone can afford. Invicta Watch Group uses cutting-edge technology and the best possible materials to make their watches, including anti-reflective sapphire crystals.

With many different product lines, Invicta Watch Group has something to please everyone. The Angel, Pro Diver, and Elite lines are some of Invicta Watch Group’s most popular. Every year, Invicta Watch Group strives to bring original, beautifully designed watches out of production for consumers.

When it comes to quality, Invicta Watch Group is definitely a name that you can trust. Why shouldn’t everyone be able to afford high-quality, carefully crafted, beautifully designed Swiss watches? That’s Invicta’s goal, and they do it very well.

After all, Invicta Watch Group is one of the fastest-growing names in the watch making industry. The History of Invicta Watch Group, and the quality of the watches that they produce, should speak for themselves. Invicta Watch Group is a name you can trust for high-quality, fashionable timepieces.

RARE COLLECTION ~ AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SANDOZ SUBMARINER AQUAMASTER GENTS DIVER WATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: SANDOZ

MADE IN/BUATAN: ASSEMBLED IN HONG KONG -SWISS COMPONENTS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1980's

MODEL: SUBMARINER AQUAMASTER

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: MINERAL CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SANDOZ 25 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT ETA SA CAL 2824-2 (HI-BEAT 28,800 bph)

DIAL COLOR: BLACK GILT

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: DIVERS

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS GOLD TONE MERCEDES HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS DOT

CASING : STAINLESS STEEL/KELULI SEPENUHNYA

LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 41mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG WITH CLAW LUGS

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SANDOZ SWISS ETA MOVEMET, 25 JEWELS, ALL STAINLESS STEEL, 100M

CROWN: SS/ KELULI

STRAP/TALI: BORIGINAL SS/GOLD PRESIDENT BRACELET

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL

PRICE/HARGA: USD950.00 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH RUNDING)

Brief History of Sandoz Wristwatches

Henri Frédéric Sandoz (sometimes Frédéric Henri Sandoz), born in 1851,was a self-made man of Le Locle who in the 1870s founded Henri Sandoz & Cie., later producing complicated watches under the name of Cyma. In 1890, in partnership with two families named Schwob, Sandoz established a watch-making firm at Malleray, near Tavannes, in the French-speaking Bernese Jura of Switzerland. Their new business was known as Tavannes Watch Co. By the time of the death of Sandoz on 18 March 1913, many watches were made under the name of Henri Sandoz & Fils. The enterprise occupied a 'model factory' employing one thousand workers and producing 2,500 watches a day. Sandoz was reported to have a paternalistic policy towards his workforce, exercising a fierce social control.

Other names used by the Tavannes company at various times include Tavannes-Cyma, Bijou Watch Co., Tacy Watch Co., and Lisca. After the death of Sandoz, the company he founded went on growing. By 1938, it was manufacturing four thousand items a day.

Since 1971 the Sandoz brand name has been split into four main areas of production, due to its licences being leased or sold. This has led to four separate brands, Sandoz Singapore, Sandoz Hong Kong, Sandoz Swiss, and Sandoz Spain (Munreco). All of these produce watches under the Sandoz name, but each production company has its own line of products. Sandoz Swiss manufactures high quality watches, while Sandoz Hong Kong and Sandoz Singapore manufacture cheaper watches of lower quality. Sandoz Hong Kong products are assembled in Hong Kongusing Swiss movements from ETA SA

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.

RARE VINTAGE ETERNAMATIC KONTIKI GENTS WRISTWATCH

RARE COLLECTION - AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ETERNAMATIC KONTIKI WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960's

MODEL: KONTIKI

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: THE HIGH GRADE 25 JEWELS SWISS ETERNAMATIC AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 1424

DIAL COLOR: SILVER

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTES AND SWIPE SECONDS AND QUICKSET DATE AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: SILVER TONE HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: SILVER TONE STICKS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL/ KELULI SEPENUHNYA

BEZEL: STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 19mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 49mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: GOLD SHIELD - ALMOST FLATTENED

CROWN: ORIGINAL ETERNAMATIC SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI: ORIGINAL ETERNAMATIC SS BRACELET

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 7.5"

CONDITION: WORKING AND KEEPING TIME, EXCELLENT CONDITION

MY PRICE/HARGA : USD450.00 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

History of Eterna Founded in 1856, the Eterna watch company was later split into two distinct entities. Eterna continued making quality watches, while the movement branch became the famous ETA, making movements for brands such as Rolex Tudor and Omega. Eterna was the inventor of the rotor automatic movement in 1948.If you are in the market for a vintage Tissot, Tudor, Omega, Bulova, Rado, Longines etc, then you should consider this watch! History of Eterna-matic KonTiki The first Eterna KonTiki "sports" watches were provided to Thor Heyerdahl for his famous 7600km expedition from South America to the Central Pacific on the KonTiki balsawood raft, in 1947. To celebrate, the later KonTiki model went into production with the 18K gold KonTiki medallion as on this watch.

SOLD - AUTHENTIC GERMAN MADE JUNKER MILITARY PILOT WATCH

LOOK AT THE SIMILARITY OF HER MOVEMENT ETA 7001 WITH
ROLEX CAL. 526 MOVEMENT

Hugo Junkers (1859 - 1935)

Ingenious German aeroplane engineer, inventor of the double piston engine drive "Junkers Motor"; 1915 constructor of the first ever all metal aircraft making use of corrugated iron, 1930 construction of the 4-engine airliner "G38", the "F13" and last-not-least 1931 the 3-BMW engine passenger airplane "JUNKERS JU 52". "AUNT JU" was on duty for decades for LUFTHANSA and many other early airlines worldwide. The plane was in use for air-passengers and freight post cargo as it reached for the time outstanding safety, reliability and punctuality.

In the 20’s and 30’s there were nearly no airlines worldwide where no JUNKERS planes were in action. JUNKERS aeroplanes achieved many flight world records i.e. altitude record 1919, around the world 1930, 1st Atlantic flight 1928 and the Himalayan flight 1937.

Nowadays a "JU52" has a predominant exhibition place at the German Museum in Munich, another plane is displayed at the international Munich airport. And … believe it or not, some few historic air transportation servers are still on duty for local tourist flights in Southern Germany.