MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS BY ELGIN AND AVIA
CIRCA/TAHUN: 1970
MODEL: RETRO
CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC
MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS 17 JEWELS AUTOMATIC L WINDING MOVEMENT AS CAL. 5008
DIAL COLOR: TWO TONE GREY
FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE SECOND, DAYDATE AND ALARM
HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS SILVER TONE
MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS BATON MARKER
CASING : STAINLESS STEEL
LUGS: 18mm
MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 41mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 43mm LUG TO LUGEX
TANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -INCABLOC~WATER PROTECTED~STAINLESS STEEL~SWISS MADE~
CROWN: SS/ KELULI
STRAP/TALI: NEW GENUINE GREY TEXTILE ZULU STRAP
SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"
EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & LOOK LIKE NEW
PRICE/HARGA: USD800 (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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