RARE COLLECTION - ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL 6285 BUBBLEBACK GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL BUBBLEBACK GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1953 - S/N 768416

MODEL: OYSTER PERPETUAL BUBBLEBACK MODEL 6285

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC, SMALL CHIPPED AT 6:00 Please view the photo

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: ROLEX 25 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 1235

DIAL COLOR: CREAM WHITE DIAL

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTES AND SECOND. NO DATE

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE DAUPHANE HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED GOLD TONE ARROWHEAD MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL/ KELULI SEPENUHNYA

LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: SS BEZEL

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -

CROWN: ORIGINAL ROLEX 1 STEPS SS CROWN WITH RARE SWISS + MARKING

STRAP/TALI: BLACK LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED ROLEX MODEL... RARE MINT DIAL!

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE:RM14,500 (NEGOTIABLE)

LIST RM14,500 SOLD:RM

A History of Rolex Watches

Hans Wilsdorf founded the company we now know as Rolex in 1905. Born in Kulmbach, Germany in 1881, the company, Wilsdorf & Davies, was based in London. By 1908 it had become one of the leading watch companies in the UK. It was in this year that he coined the name Rolex.

Official Chronometer Certification was awarded to Rolex in 1910 from the "Bureau Officiel" in Switzerland, the first time this had ever been given to a wristwatch. This was to be the first of many accolades awarded to the watch, including the Class A Precision from the Kew Observatory in 1914.

In 1926 the Rolex Oyster was released. It was the first wristwatch to be considered waterproof, proven a year later when the watch was worn by the swimmer Mercedes Gleitze in his successful bid to cross the English Channel. This was beneficial to Wilsdorf whom had sponsored the event and gained considerable exposure for his new Oyster Watch. Wilsdorf recognized the importance of advertising and marketing his creation in order to gain publicity and prestige. 1931 saw the creation of the Perpetual Rotor, a mechanism now seen as the basis for self-winding movements. In the following years Rolex released the first Oyster Perpetual Lady-date (1954) the GMT Master with dual time zone function (1955) and the first Day-Date (1956).

Andre Heiniger took over the company following the death of Hans Wildorf on 06 July 1960. Rolex continued to invent and innovate in terms of technical skill and style throughout the 2nd half of the century. The Sea-dweller (1967) was certified as reaching depths of up to 1,220 meters making it the choice for Professional Divers - a point that was quickly adopted in advertising the model. The Explorer II (1978) and Cosmograph Daytona (1988) were also released to international waiting lists securing Rolex as one of the worlds most prestigious watch brands.

Rolex Dateline

• 1905 - Hans Wildorf establishes a London firm specialising in the distribution of watches.
• 1908 - Wildorf coins a brand name in which to sign his creations: Rolex.
• 1910 - In Switzerland, Rolex obtains the first official chronometer certification ever awarded to a wristwatch.
• 1914 - The Kew Observatory in Great Britain awards the Rolex wristwatch a CLASS A precision certificate.
• 1926 - Rolex develops and patents the first airtight, dustproof and waterproof watch - named the Oyster.
• 1927 - The Rolex Oyster crosses the English Channel unscathed.
• 1931 - Birth of the Perpetual Rotor, a self winding mechanism later found in every modern automatic watch.
• 1945 - The Oyster Datejust is invented. The first watch to display the date automatically.
• 1953 - Rolex has created the diving watch of reference - the Submariner.
• 1954 - The Oyster Perpetual Ladydate is introduced.
• 1955 - The Oyster GMT Master is designed making it possible to read the time in any two time zones.
• 1956 - The Oyster Day-Date is created.
• 1960 - The so called Bathyscaphe is created and plunges 35,787 feet into the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.
• 1967 - The Oyster Sea-Dweller is invented - waterproof to a depth of 610 m / 2001 ft.
• 1971 - The Oyster Explorer II is designed.
• 1978 - The Oyster Perpetual Date Sea-Dweller is tested waterproof to a depth of 1220 m / 4003 ft.
• 1988 - The first Cosmograph Daytona is fitted with a perpetual rotor.
• 1992 - A new model is added to the Professioanl range - the Yacht-Master.
• 2004 - Submariner celebrates its 50th Anniversary. Rolex celebrates with a special commemorative model with a green bezel and unique black dial.

RARE COLLECTION - ROLEX SOLAR AQUA GENTS WRISTWATCH

VERY RARE VINTAGE AUTHENTIC ROLEX SOLAR AQUA GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE BY ROLEX FOR EATONS FOR CANADIAN MARKET

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK OR SCRATCHES

THE 17 RUBIES ROLEX TUDOR SOLAR AQUA AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT

GOLD CHAMPAGNE DIAL - NO DATE

GOLD TONE DAUPHINE HANDS

GOLD TONE RAISED ARROW HEAD AND ARABIC MARKER

CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 34mm EXCLUDING THE CROWN AND 41mm LUG TO LUG

GENUINE LOCK DOWN ROLEX GOLD PLATED CROWN MARKED OYSTER PATENTED

NEW GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... VERY RARE!

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE : RM10,850.00 (NEGOTIABLE)

EATON'S IS A SOLE AGENTS FOR ROLEX WATCHES FOR CANADIAN MARKET. SOLAR WATCHES ARE EATON'S HOUSEHOLD BRAND. SOME OF THE SOLAR WATCHES WERE PRODUCED BY ROLEX SUCH AS SOLAR AQUA OYSTER WHICH IS SOUGHT AFTER BY MANY WATCH COLLECTOR.

RARE COLLECTION - AUTHENTIC VINTAGE PATEK PHILIPPE GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

HIGHLY COLLECTABLE AND HARD TO FIND PATEK PHILIPPE GENTS WRISTWATCH - DRESS WATCH FOR GENTS CIRCA 1900'S

WHITE PORCELAIN DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK OR SCRATCHES

EXTHIBITION CASE BACK

SOLID STAINLESS STEEL RE-CASED

EXTREMELY GORGEOUS COSMETICALLY (SEE PHOTOS)

THE 18 JEWELS WOLF TEETH PATEK PHILIPPE MANUAL MOVEMENT S/N 80,772 made for Shreve, Crump & Low Co

BLACK METAL HANDS

BLACK ARABIC MARKER

CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 36mm EXCLUDING THE CROWN/PUSHERS AND 43mm LUG TO LUG

DISCONTINUED MODEL... VERY VERY RARE!

EXCELLENT CONDITION AND KEEPING TIME.

This is my personal collection but willing to be parted for a PRICE of RM12,500.00 (SOLD TO SYLVIA FROM NEW JERSEY, USA)

HISTORY OF PATEK PHILIPPE WATCHES

Antoni Norbert de Patek was a brave and intelligent soldier who took part of the Polish rebellion against Russian domination in 1830. After that, Patek among other people were forced to leave Poland and it was in 1833 when this man settled down in Switzerland.

By this moment Patek started developing his artistic abilities and he began studying with the well known landscape artist, Alexandre Calame. Together with his passion for the art Patek bought his first watch movements and then sold completed watches to Polish clients. Soon he became a businessman buying and selling watches to an influential Polish clientele. Due to the growth on this business, he thought about performing his own watches company considering the possibility of having a partner and he chooses his friend Franciszek Czapek.

In 1839 Antoni Patek and Franciszek Czapek settled down a company named "Patek and Czapek". At the beginning the company had no employees so they purchased movements from various companies specialized in the manufacturing of raw movements (ebauches), sent them to a case maker to be cased, and then finished them in their shop.

But in 1844 Patek met the young French inventor of the keyless winding mechanism; Adrien Philippe and he decided to start a new partnership leaving aside Franciszek Czapek. That was not an easy issue. Replacing Franciszek Czapek could mean loosing the current clientele and being in risk of bankruptcy. However, he made the decision. In 1845 Philippe became the head watchmaker and together with Vincent Gostkowski, Philippe and Patek signed an agreement. One of the clauses of the agreement stated that Patek was in charge of the general direction of the firm and for its marketing, Gostkowski of the accounting and correspondence, and Philippe responsible for the watchmaking. Patek was the only person entitled to make executive company decisions despite of the fact that Gostkowski and Philippe each received one third of the company's profits. During these years the company bought unfinished movements from several companies, including Louis Audemars, Vacheron & Constantin, Breguet, Doloche, Dupan et Haim, Piguet et Fils, Le Coultre, among others for Patek & Cie, but they did not produce its own movements. Patek, being afraid Czapek would create a rival company, took his cautions in replacing Czapek in the partnership. But it was not enough because Czapek not only established a new company but also he made Patek`s clientele leave him. Soon Czapek`s company became a serious competition as well as Patek`s new partnership with Philippe started to succeed. Philippe introduced in 1850 the first ebauches distinct movements thanks to the machinery Philippe acquired for the company. The first ones were stamped with "PP" on the dial plate. After that, an important event would change Patek`s fortune. Queen Victoria was going to buy to Patek & Co. a small lady's watch, about 30 mm. in diameter, which needed no key for win-ding or setting. This dated from 1857 when Queen Victoria attended the Universal Exhibition in London. And also did Prince Albert. With this immediately, Patek`s company gained prestige. Later, the company`s name changes to Patek Philippe & Cie. One by one, Patek`s financial problems began to disappear and he introduced his products on several markets such as Russia and also he supplied Rodanet of Paris, Peta in Madrid, Elimayer in Leipzig.

After world was divided into 24 time zones in 1870, most watchmakers tried to develop a device which would indicate the time in at least two different cities in the world. Later, Louis Cottier, an independent Genevan watchmaker created an ingenious universal time display mechanism that allowed watches to simultaneously indicate the local time in several cities. Cottier also created several series of universal time watches for Patek Philippe.

Patek Philippe constitutes one of the first watchmaking firms to enjoy business relations with the United States, signing an exclusive agreement with Tiffany & Co. New York. The firm is known in Latin America when business relations began with distributors Gondolo & Labouriau, in Rio de Janeiro.

Wearing a watch around the wrist was catching on, so watchmakers began challenging the integration of various complications into their new timepieces. Patek Philippe`s introduced his first perpetual calendar wristwatch in 1925. Apart from that, to indicate the day, date and month, considering the number of days of each month (29, 30, 31) and also the 29th of February in leap years, Patek Philippe`s displays the ages and phases of the moon. Patek Philippe`s general production introduced the first bracelet chronographs with or without a split-second mechanism and wristwatches with minute repeating.

The economic crisis of 1929 made the production to slow down throughout the 1930`s.

Although the economic problems, Patek Philippe`s continued developing its creativity and produced remarkable timepieces such as the "Calatrava" with triple date and perpetual calendar (with aperture), age and phases of the moon and minute repeating. This watch, the most complicated of its time, was encased in a new design named "Calatrava".

The name Calatrava has historical origins that are dated from the middle-ages when a Spanish religious order defended the Calatrava citadel against the moors. At the end of the nineteenth century, Patek Philippe adopted the emblem of the brave Spanish knights as its brand symbol, which signs Patek Philippe watches today.

In 1932 the company was bought by two brothers: Charles and Jean Stern and since then the company became a family company; Mr. Philippe Stern, President and Mr. Thierry Stern, his son, Vice-President.

In 1976 Patek Philippe introduced the Nautilus sports watch collection and in 1993 the Gondolo collection.

The beautiful Patek Twenty ladies watch was launched in 1999 and it is a modern interpretation of the Gondolo timepiece

LIMITED EDITION SOLID SILVER 30 MICRONS EBERHARD TRIPPLE DATE MOON PHASE CHRONOGRAPH

HIGHLY COLLEC TABLE AND HARD TO FIND EBERHARD & CO TRIPLE DATE RARE COMPLICATED 15 NIGHTS MOON PHASE CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH - 1ST CHRONOGRAPH RE-ISSUE

WHITE PORCELAIN DIAL

25 RUBIES MANUAL WINDING VALJOUX CAL.7768

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK OR SCRATCHES

SOLID 825 SILVER WITH GOLD PLATED 30 MICRON CASE

ANTIQUE POCKET WATCH STYLE CASE (SEE PHOTOS)

THE 25 RUBIES EBERHARD & CO MANUAL WINDING COMPLICATED MOVEMENT VALJOUX CAL. 7768

LUMINOUS BLACK HANDS

BLACK ARABIC MARKER

CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 39mm EXCLUDING THE CROWN/PUSHERS AND 43mm LUG TO LUG

DISCONTINUED LIMITED EDITION RE-ISSUE MODEL... VERY VERY RARE!

EXCELLENT CONDITION AND KEEPING TIME. CHORONOGRAPH IS WORKING, RESET TO ZERO

PRICE : USD2,200 (NEGOTIABLE)

This is a very rare watch. It is one in Eberhard’s “Replica” line (it is 100% genuine, just an unfortunate choice of names) and is a limited edition, from what I understand. It is 18k gold plated (20 micron) over genuine .925 sterling silver. Beautiful hunter case. It features a brown crocodile strap and signed tang buckle.

According to Eberhard, “The Replica Collection is inspired by the distinctive line of a 1930s model which the Maison Suisse used to supply to the Officers in the Italian Royal Navy. In steel, as a mechanical chronograph with automatic winding, or in 18 ct. gold, hand winding, Replica is available in different versions, most notably so a model with full calendar and with or without moon phases.

The movement is an Eberhard-signed Valjoux, displaying the time, day, date, month, as well as choronograph . Case diameter without crown is 39.5 mm, 14.7 mm case-height

I’m not sure how to price this. I haven’t seen another one offered for sale. I understand that the manufacturer's recommended retail price for the all stainless model was 2,950 Euros (and I’ve seen it offered online for about 2,500 Euros -- http://www.watch.de/english/eberhard...0-n-e-u.html). I’ve seen this gold-plated silver model for sale for 3,000 Euros (http://www.watchespassion.com/scheda.asp?id=20537).

EBERHARD & CO IS ONE OF VERY EXPENSIVE WATCHES. LOG ON TO EBERHARD & CO OFFICIAL WEBSITE TO SEE IT YOURSELF WIDE RANGE OF EBERHARD & CO WATCHES

HISTORY OF EBERHARD & CO WRISTWATCHES

George-Emile Eberhard, the founder

The Eberhard & Co manufacture was founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds, the historic birth place of watch-making industry by George-Emile Eberhard. Eberhard was the son of a prominent Bernese family tracing its origins back to the 10th century which has become instrumental in the development of the Swiss watchmaking industry. His father early initiated him to the art of watch making and Eberhard was only 22 when he founded the company.

1900-1947

In 1907, the company has become one of the largest swiss watch manufacture and inaugurated its new headquarters which takes an entire block at the very center of rue Leopold Robert, La chaux-de-Fonds's main avenue. The Parisian-like five-stories building was designed in distinctive Beaux Arts style with a round tower topped by an impressive eaglescuplture has become one of the city's wellknown landmark and its highest construction until the 1960s. In 1919, Eberhar's sons, George and Maurice took over the company. During the 1930's, the brand designed some of the most modern and innovative watches of the time such as the very first chronograph with self-winding movement in 1930, the first featuring a stop and start again buttons in 1935, the first wrist-watch with counter device in 1938 and the first double timekeeping chronograph of 1939.

1947-1987

After the end of World War II, the manufacture resumed its activities and, in 1947, made its first woman's watch, starting its jewellery collections. The brand continues its innovations: in 1950 it launched the Extra fort (Extra strong) with a single button to start and stop the chronograph, in 1960 it launched devises with simultaneous date setting, in 1968 its chronometers performed 36.000 vibrations per hour, making them among the most precise in the world, in 1980 it is the first Swiss Watch company to re-introduced mechanical chronographs in the market. In 1987, Eberhard & Co celebrates its centenary.

1987 - NOW

Since 1996, the manufacture has decided to focus on luxury king-size wrist watches and launched a new Grande Taille (Super Size) collection. True to its history of technical challenges, Eberhard & Co launched in 1997 the 8 days "a manually winding mechanical watch that needs to be rewound every eight days only" thanks to a special winding device and, in 2001, it launched the Chrono 4 "the first chronograph in the history of watchmaking whose counters are arranged in one row". In 2007, the brand celebrated its 120th anniversary.

VERY RARE LE COULTRE SUB SECOND CLAW LUG GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

Movement- LeCoultre, manual wind by Vacheron Constatin which clearly marked VXN on the movement
Caliber- 480/CW
Case- 10K Rolled Gold Top, 32mm (not including crown), 41mm lug to lug, 17mm between lugs, Dial- Two tone Champagne, signed LeCoultre (with logo),

seconds subdial
Crown- Rolled Gold

Special Claw Lugs
Serial Number- 1144033

SOLD TO MR CHIN FROM MALACCA

HISTORY OF VACHERON CONSTATIN (VC) AND JAEGER-LECOULTRE (JLC)

1938 after years of close cooperation, LeCoultre takes a partial ownership position, and a Jaeger-LeCoultre marketing alliance is formed.
Jaeger's Swiss sales organization were moved into the VC business address in Geneva

1940 George Ketterer, through SAPIC, takes a majority shares position in VC. Ketterer was Managing Director at SAPIC, which was the holding company for Le Coultre, Jaeger-Le Coultre, and a majority shareholder of VC; he was also a Manager in VC. There was a Ketterer in charge at VC - either George or his son Jacques - until 1987.

1940-1950's VC's operational role became etablisseur to LeCoultre's manufacture

1944 The caliber 2003 is announced - 1.64mm thinnest manual wind in history - by AP, and VC participates in a similar announcement.

1946 AP ships the finished Ultra Thin based on the cal. 2003 (AP company literature, No. 1, 2000)

1950's US importer was VC-Le Coultre, which was itself a division of Longines Wittnauer Watch Co

1955 VC 200 year bicentennial -
VC releases Ultra Thin announced in 1944 as a 200 year anniversary piece. Vacheron claim several advanced features not claimed by AP for the cal. 2003, including unique escapement and regulator innovations, which allowed for the elimination of shock protection and the elimination of adjustment normally required after cleaning and lubrication.
VC presented to Bulganin (Soviet Union), Eden (Great Britain), Eisenhower (USA), Faure (France)

1965 George Ketterer left Jaeger LeCoultre and went to head VC, thus separating the LeCoultre ownership connection.