BUT UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

 

BRAND/JENAMA: BUT UP DOWN CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1940's

MODEL:  CHRONOGRAPH 

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CRYSTAL 

MOVEMENT/ENJIN:  RARE VENUS CAL.170 MANUAL 17 JEWELS MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: GOLD CREAM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: 2 REGISTERED CHRONOGRAPH, HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND DIAL AT 9:00 AND 30 MINUTES COUNTER AT 3:00

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD ARROW HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: ARABIC DARK GREY  MILITARY MARKERS

CASING : BASE METAL CHROME PLATED TOP AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS SIZE: 18mm 

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 36mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN 43mm LUG TO LUG 

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: SWISS STAINLESS STEEL BACK

CROWN: SS UNSIGNED

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, ALL CHRONO WORKS AND RESET TO ZERO. HARD TO FIND

VINTAGE - NO BOX NO PAPER 

PRICE/HARGA: USD700 (NEGOTIABLE) 

     HISTORY OF BUT WATCHES

     BUT (or Buttes Watch / BWC / Butex) is a Swiss brand from the Buttes Watch Co. (Fabrique d’Horlogerie Buttes Watch), a maker based in the small village of Buttes in the Val de Travers, Canton of Neuchâtel. It specialized in good-quality watches and especially chronographs, which it sold under the names BUT, BWC, and Butex. 

Origins

•  The roots go back to Henri (“Alexandre”) Jeannin-Rosselet, who established a watchmaking factory in nearby Fleurier in 1894. He produced “English-style” and especially “Chinese-style” watches (a Fleurier specialty).

•  In 1901 he moved the factory to Buttes. By 1910 the firm was known as H. Jeannin-Rosselet et Cie, Buttes Watch, and the BWC trademark was registered. Wristwatch production began around 1915 with various calibers (lever and cylinder escapements, sizes from about 14 to 21 lines).