VERY RARE US ARMY TRUE 24HRS MILITARY GENT WRISTWATCH

VINTAGE SWISS MADE ELGIN MILITARY DAYNIGHT TRUE 24HRS FOR US ARMY GENTS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

MILITARY ISSUED TYPE A-17A US ARMY

VERY CLEAN BLACK/WHITE DAYNIGHT DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE FRENCH EBAUCH QUARTZ MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE BLACK STEEL METAL HANDS 

24 HRS ARABIC MARKERS

ALL STAINLESS STEEL ROUND CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 36mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 39mm LUG TO LUG

UNSIGNED CROWN

BLACK TEXTILE BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

VERY RARE DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION & KEEPING TIME

PRICE : USD650 (NEGOTIABLE) 

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE GLYCINE TANQ GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA : GLYCINE

MODEL : TANQ DRESS WATCH

MOVEMENT/ENJIN :MECHANICAL WINDING

ORIGIN/BUATAN : SWISS
NO. SIRI/SERIAL NO. : 838 522

CIRCA/TAHUN : 1960'S

CASING/KEMASAN : GOLD PLATED SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

MOVEMENT/PERGERAKAN : INHOUSE SWISS 17 JEWELS GLYCINE MANUAL WINDING
DIAL: SILVER TEXTURED DIAL
MARKER/TANDA WAKTU: STICK/BLACK
HANDS/JARUM: BLACK /LOGAM HITAM

MARKINGS/TANDA JENAMA : DIAL/MOVEMENT

LENS/CERMIN : ACRYLIC

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN : 32mm w/o CROWN AND 34mm LUG TO LUGAND

CONDITION/KONDISI : NEW OLD STOCK/BARU STOK LAMA
PRICE: USD200 (NEGOTIABLE) 

HISTORY OF GLYCINE WATCHES

In the 70s, the Swiss watch industry – late in introducing quartz movements – was hit by the proliferation of quartz watches from the Far East. The technological revolution brought about by the quartz movement, together with the worldwide recession and a massive increase in value of the Swiss franc, pushed many manufacturers to the brink of disaster.

The products that had earned Glycine such an excellent reputation, namely high-quality mechanical watches and above all automatic watches, were suddenly no longer in general demand. Customers everywhere were buying Japanese quartz watches or American digital LED watches. The lucrative business with highly-regarded automatic watches was over, and these were now being sold off at give-away prices.

The market went through a turnaround in its values, a tendency which further intensified as the price for the initially exorbitantly expensive quartz watches consistently dropped to a level where it finally drove even the cheap pin-pallet (Roskopf) mechanical movements out of the market. Many market shares were lost, the industry entered into a crisis that lasted six years and cost roughly 60,000 jobs.

Glycine too suffered heavily but managed to fight on. In 1984, soldiering on with a reduction in staff, Glycine was sold to Hans Brechbühler, who had been working for years with Glycine in a loose cooperation based on the joint development and exchange of watch models.

Followin, the purchase of Glycine in 1984, Brechbühler switched over to the brand watch business, an entirely new experience for him. Progressively, new products were developed that enabled Glycine to work successfully in countries such as Scandinavia, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Germany.

AUTHENTIC RARE GRUEN ARTDECO TONNEAU CASE GENT WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND/JENAMA: VINTAGE GRUEN ARTDECO TONNEAU CASE GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1935 based on case no 885-46 stamped on the caseback

MODEL: ARTDECO

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS AGLEAR GRUEN GUILD 15 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 115

DIAL COLOR: YELLOWISH WHITE ENAMEL

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR AND MINUTE AND SUBSECOND

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS BLUE METAL (NO LONGER LUMED)

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: BOLD LUMINESCENT ARABIC

CASING : 14K WHITE GOLD FILLED

LUGS: 16mm UNIQUE DESIGN HARD TO FIND

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 32mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 42mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: GRUEN

CROWN: WHITE GOLD FILLED

STRAP/TALI: NEW BLACK RUBBER LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & HARD TO FIND

PRICE/HARGA: PERSONAL COLLECTION BUT WILLING TO LET GO FOR USD500

Gruen Watch Company

One of the most deeply-held myths about Gruen is that Gruen and Rolex at one time manufactured movements for each other's watches. Both firms did use some of the same movements—the best known examples are the Gruen Techi-Quadron and its twin, the Rolex Prince. In reality, these movements were manufactured by a third company, Aegler, who was a very close neighbor to the Gruen Precision Factory.

Gruen and Rolex were Aegler's biggest customers, and were both large shareholders as well—the full company name at one time was, Aegler, Societe Anonyme, Fabrique des Montres Rolex & Gruen Guild A. Gruen and Rolex both occasionally showed pictures of the huge Aegler factory in their advertising, making the implication that this was a Gruen- or Rolex-owned facility, although ownership at the time was divided among Gruen, Rolex and Aegler itself. Gruen sold their Aegler shares in the 1930s, after they moved all production to the Precision Factory. After this time, Aegler became increasingly tied to Rolex through the sale of stock. Today, the main Rolex building in Biel is the old Aegler factory, and though it is now owned by Rolex, it is still run by the Aegler family.

This article taken from Complete Price Guide to Watches, American Wriswatches, Rolex Wristwatches: Best of Time and Gruen Master Book and Dr Ranfitt Website about the movement