AUTHENTIC VINTAGE HENRI GIRAEUX GENTS DRESS WRISTWATCH
MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS
CIRCA/TAHUN: 1980's
MODEL: WRISTWATCH
CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC
MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS 21 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT UTC Cal.227 (LORSA CAL.P72A)
DIAL COLOR: GSUNBURST GOLD CHAMPAGNE
FUNCTION/FUNGSI: HOUR, AND MINUTE, SWIPE SECOND
HANDS/JARUM: METAL GOLD COLOR SWORD HANDS
MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: GOLD RAISED ARROW HEADS INDEXES
BEZEL: GP
CASING : STAINLESS STEEL BACK
LUGS: 18mm
MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 38mm LUG TO LUG
LUG SIZE: 18mm
DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -
CROWN: GP CROWN
STRAP/TALI: BROWN LEATHER BAND "
STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"
WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & HARD TO FIND
PRICE/HARGA: USD150 (NEGOTIABLE)
HISTORY OF HENRI GIREAUX WATCHES
This was not a high-end Swiss luxury manufacture like Rolex or Omega, but rather a mid-20th-century American brand name used for imported watches. The brand was registered in July 1956 in New York by “Henri Gireaux watches/Victor Huff” (or associated with Victor Huff, who also used the brand “Bernhuff Watches”). It appears to have been a distribution or marketing name primarily used in the US postwar era (roughly 1950s–1970s), with watches assembled or finished under that label.
These watches were typically Swiss-made (as indicated on many dials and cases in listings), using reliable but standard Swiss movements from ebauches (base movements) produced by companies in the Swiss watch industry.
