MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS BY ELGIN AND AVIA
CIRCA/TAHUN: 1960
MODEL: RETRO
CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC
MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS FHF 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. FHF 7012
DIAL COLOR: MATTE BLACK
FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE SECOND
HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS DEAD GOLD TONE
MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS DOT - DEAD
CASING : STAINLESS STEEL
HINGING LUGS: 18mm
MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 40mm LUG TO LUG
DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -
CROWN: SS/ KELULI
STRAP/TALI: NEW GENUINE BROWN MILITARY LEATHER STRAP
SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"
EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & LOOK LIKE NEW
PRICE/HARGA: USD200 (NEGOTIABLE)
BRIEF HISTORY OF AVIA WATCHES
Avia was very successful with their lines of military watches during 1940 - 1960, were made for British Army.
In 1969 the owner of the Avia watch factory, an industrialist from Neuchâtel, who aready possessed the brands "Helvetia" and "Fleurier Watch" acquired Silvana S.A.. This cooperation resulted in the firm Avia & Silvana S.A., which soon thereafter was integrated into the holding company of the Societe des Garde-Temps S.A. SGT, a conglomerate, which, besides owning various prestigious watch brands, ran subsidiaries in Switzerland and abroad and wrote turnovers of over 100 million Swiss Francs per year.
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