AUTHENTIC VINTAGE RICHARDS - ZEGER DUAL TIME WRISTWATCH

BRAND : RICHARDS-ZEGEL DUAL TIME GENTS WRISTWATCH

MODEL : DUAL TIME

MOVEMENT : TWIN MINIATURE 17 JEWELS FRANCE FEF Cal. 6721 Dual Manual Winding Movement

ORIGIN :  SWISS
SERIAL NO. : 

CIRCA : 1960's

CASING : GOLD PLATED TOP and STAINLESS STEEL BACK (HEAVY SCRATCHED BACK)

FUNCTIONS : HOUR, MINUTES
DIAL:  CHAMPAGNE CREAM, ROMANS AND STICKS
BEZEL: GOLD PLATED

MARKINGS/: -
LUGS SIZE: 14mm
BAND WIDTH:14mm GENUINE SWISS GENEVE CROCODILE LEATHER STRAP

LENS: ACCRYLIC CRYSTAL

MEASUREMENT : 20mm w/o CROWN X 43mm LUG TO LUG
WATER RESISTANT: NOT TESTED

CONDITION: EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME
PRICE: USD380 ( NEGOTIABLE ))

AUTHENTIC SOUGHT AFTER SWISS JOVIAL TWIN TIME GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND : JOVIAL TWIN TIME GENTS WRISTWATCH

MODEL : DUAL TIME

MOVEMENT : TWIN MINIATURE SWISS ETA Cal. 2651, 17 Jewels Dual Automatic Swiss Movement

ORIGIN : JOVIAL Swiss
SERIAL NO. : 22 203

CIRCA : 1970's

CASING : GOLD PLATED TOP and STAINLESS STEEL BACK (HEAVY SCRATCHED BACK)

FUNCTIONS : HOUR, MINUTES, SECOND  on both watches and DATE AT 3:00 on Second Watch
DIAL:  BLUE
BEZEL: GOLD PLATED

MARKINGS/: TILE BAND FIT 8" WRIST
LUGS SIZE: 22mm
BAND WIDTH: 20mm

LENS: ACCRYLIC CRYSTAL

MEASUREMENT : 43mm w/o CROWN X 35mm LUG TO LUG
WATER RESISTANT: NOT TESTED

CONDITION: EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME
PRICE:PERSONAL COLLECTION (RETAIL PRICE PREOWNED FROM USD300 - USD600))
SOLD RM800

Brief History of Jovial Wristwatch

Swiss tradition and international success JOVIAL was founded in 1929 in La Chaux-de-Fonds - Switzerland, the cradle of Swiss watch making.

 The company enjoyed swift success and in 1946 it was renamed to

"JOVIAL MONTTRES SA". We moved our company to Bienne, also in Switzerland. This city is called the “Watch manufacturing capital of the   world”.

1988, JOVIAL witnessed a milestone in its history when Mr. Mohamed Dabaan(JOVIAL CEO) took over the firm with the vision of modernizing the brand while remaining true to its solid traditions and values, its pioneering spirit and its quality craftsmanship ;

"  JOVIAL means a reflection of joy and happiness ". 

Jovial Core Values are always Innovation, Perfection, Efficiency & Customer satisfaction, and our vision is improving our reputation by existing in the elevated commercial and social activities, starting with continuous participation in the BASELWORLD. 

VERY RARE AUTHENTIC GLASHUTTE ANA DIGI DUAL TIME GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA : GLASHUTTE 

MODEL : ANA DIGI DUAL TIME
 MOVEMENT/ENJIN :SUPERB  GLASHUTTE QUARTZ MOVEMENT

ORIGIN/BUATAN : GERMANY
NO. SIRI/SERIAL NO. : -

CIRCA/TAHUN : 1980's

CASING/KEMASAN : STAINLESS STEEL

FUNCTION/FUNGSI : HOUR, MINUTES, SECOND, DATE
DIAL: WHITE CREAM
CROWN: UNSIGNED SS CROWN
BEZEL: -

MARKINGS/TANDA JENAMA : DIAL, CASEBACK, MOVEMENT
BAND/TALI : NEW GENUINE DARK BROWN LEATHER BAND FIT 8" WRIST
HIDDEN LUGS SIZE: 20mm
BAND WIDTH: 20mm

LENS/CERMIN : ACCRYLIC CRYSTAL

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN : 36mm w/o CROWN X 42mm LUG TO LUG
WATER RESISTANT: NOT STATED

CONDITION/KONDISI : EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITIONAND KEEPING TIME ALL BUTTONS WORKS. VERY RARE HARD TO FIND GLASHUTTE DIGI ANA
PRICE/HARGA: PERSONAL COLLECTION (WILLING TO LETGO FOR RM1,500)

LISTING: RM990  SOLD:RM700

Brief History of Glashutte Watches

Glashutte Original was created in 1845, when the German master watchmakers, Ferdiand Al Lange, Julius Assmann, Ludwig Strasser, Johannes Durrstein, Adolf Schneider, Strasser and Rohde, Ernst Kassiske settled in the region of Glasshutte. These master watchmakers were awarded various gold model at the world exhibition and international competitions, thus creating the foundation and reputation of watching making industry of Glashutte. In 1878, Moritz Grossmann founded the German School of Watchmaking, hence building groundwork for more skillful watchmakers in the region of Glashutte and transforming the region into a reputed symbol of watchmaking excellence.

In the beginning of World War II, the watch manufactories in Glasutte was still in the production of military watches for the Navy and Air Force. Later, in the last day of War World II, Glashutte was bombed from the sky and the factories were badly destroyed. The reminding unaffected factories merged and found the VEB Glashutter Uhrenbetriebe under the rule of East German state.

HISTORY OF GLASHUTTER UHRENBETRIEB (GUB)

Compares the pictures of Glashuette Original movements in older catalogues with those printed in the recent ones, the different movement designations are immediately evident: The older watches are equipped with the movement cal. 10-30, whereas the newer ones have the cal. 39. However, aside from the drastically improved optical finish, the two movements seem to be the same: the same wheels and the same screws seem to be located in the same places on both movements. So where are the differences that justify that new designation, or is this just a try to cheat, to pretend a new movement where there is none?

When the communist German Democratic Republic found its end as a souvereign state, the state-owned “Glashuetter Uhrenbetrieb” (GuB) was busy developing a new selfwinding movement. Solid it should be, and efficient. Before the works could be finished, the company was sold to the French movement manufacturer France Ebauches SA. This company tried to save itself from bankruptcy by means of German know-how and the cheap labour in Eastern Germany. The new selfwinding movement should compete with the Swiss movements produced by ETA, and was therefore developed specifically with a high momentum and maximum universality in mind. Before the short-time owner of the Glashuette watch manufactory had to develop a new movement, they found already a good movement in Glashuette: In 1978, the V.E.B. ("Volkseigener Betrieb" = People's owned company) Glashuetter Uhrenbetriebe (GUB) brought out their last completely new construction, the cal. 11-26, dubbed Spezichron.

This Spezichron was modernized in several steps under control of first the France Ebauches, then the Treuhand-Anstalt, and finally of Heinz W. Pfeifer, until it found its way as cal. 10-30 into the new watches of Glashuette Original. Under control of the Treuhandanstalt, which, from 1990 to 1994, took over the former East German state-owned companies and sought to bring them into the private sector, the movement cal. 10-30 was completed and used in a new and very cheap line of watches after 1993.

The Spezichron cal. 11-27 movement was the successor of the popular "Spezimatic", which was produced from 1964 until 1980. Compared to the Spezimatic, the new Spezichron was smaller and faster: 28,800 A/h, while the Spezimatic only had 18,000. With that movement, the East German GUB could compete with the common movements of Swiss origins. The Spezichron was solid and accurate. Additionally, a version with weekday display was made; it was designated cal. 11-27.

Yet there were plans for more complications, which could not be based on the trusted 10-30 movement; a new development was necessary. However, it was neither economically feasible nor desirable to have completely new cases and dials produced for the new base movement. Therefore, the starting point of the effort was the condition, that the new movement had the same dimensions, as well as the location of important parts, such as the winding stem, must be the same as in the old 10-30. Additionally, the planned new complication modules should have enough space on the movement’s front.

All elements of the 10-30 movement, which were tried and reliable, were taken over into the new construction, above all the complete escapement was transferred. Even these parts were refined, however, with the addition of a swan neck adjustement, for example. The result of the development was the new cal. 39 movement, which from the outside, looked like the old 10-30. Yet of the originally 130 parts, only 17 remained unchanged. The new movement had more jewels, a better adjustment, and, above all, a better ability to wear additional complication modules.

With the 10-30, every module had to be autonomous; that means, that each module had to consist of an upper an a lower baseplate, so that the final movement had four plate layers. The new cal. 39 movement was constructed in a way that its upper baseplate could serve as the lower base of the module, resulting in a “sandwich” of only three plate layers. This saves space which can be used for more complicated modules.

Finally, the optical qualities of the new movement were drastically improved: skeletonized rotor, finely grinded wheels, angled plates and teeth, the decoration work entirely done by hand. In spite of the still solid base of a movement designed to compete with the ETA-workhorses, the Glashuette Original cal. 39 without doubt is one of the finest selfwinding movements on the market.

The cal. 26 movement found in the watches of UNION/Glashuette, is based on that cal. 39 movement, but is changed in two essential ways: It consists of 12 parts less than its GO counterpart (mainly in the fine adjustement area), and its decoration is mostly machine-made. This saves a lot of money and enables UNION, to offer fine inhouse movements in well-made, competitively priced watches.

This movement was the successor of the popular "Spezimatic", which was produced from 1964 until 1980. Compared to the Spezimatic, the new Spezichron was smaller and faster: 28,800 A/h, while the Spezimatic only had 18,000. With that movement, the East German GUB could compete with the common movements of Swiss origins. The Spezichron was solid and accurate. Additionally, a version with weekday display was made; it was designated cal. 11-27.

A year later, in 1994, the company was bought by Heinz W. Pfeifer, and immediately the cal. 10-30 was thoroughly revised in order to equip high-class watches. More than 60 changes were made, until the movement, which internally was designated cal. 10-30/2, was used for the then new “Klassik”-line. However, the movement’s potential for refinement was exhausted. It was used in all self-winding Glashuette Original watches, including the chronographs, which added a chrono module to the base movement.

Yet there were plans for more complications, which could not be based on the trusted 10-30 movement; a new development was necessary. However, it was neither economically feasible nor desirable to have completely new cases and dials produced for the new base movement. Therefore, the starting point of the effort was the condition, that the new movement had the same dimensions, as well as the location of important parts, such as the winding stem, must be the same as in the old 10-30. Additionally, the planned new complication modules should have enough space on the movement’s front.

NEW IN BOX FESTINA ANA DIGITAL CHRONOALARM GENTS SPORT WATCH (SOLD)

 

BRAND/JENAMA: FESTINA ANA DIGITAL CHRONOALARM GENTS SPORT WATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 2011's

MODEL:  SPORT DIGITAL ANALOG ALARM CHRONOGRAPH

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: SWISS RONDAQUARTZ MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: BLUE

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: CHRONOGRAPH, ALARM, DUAL TIME

HANDS/JARUM: STAINLESS STEEL

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED SS BATON/ARABIC MARKERS

CASING : STAINLESS STEEL

LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN and 46mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

BEZEL: STAINLESS STEEL 

CROWN: STAINLESS STEEL CROWN AND CHRONO PUSHERS

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE ORIGINAL FESTINA BLUE RUBBER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 7.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, CHRONO FULLY WORKING AND RESET TO ZERO, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL.

PRICE/HARGA: SOLD (MR SYED FROM KELANTAN)

SOLD 

BRIEF HISTORY OF FESTINA WATCHES

Festina, a Swiss watch manufacturer, was established in the year 1902. At the moment, the Festina brand carries on its heritage of fashionable European watches with a widespread compilation of stylish, handy and sporty watches for almost every occasion.

Shaped in the midst of the altering generations, these watches are elegant, vibrant as well as highly efficient. The Mecaquartz movement, a no-battery mechanical quartz movement, is another distinguishing feature of the brand. In addition to all theses exceptional attributes, a major chunk of Festina’s  watches take account of sport chronograph comprising the globally advertised Road Warrior string of Chronographs.

Festina offers a broad product range – digital, analog, chronograph, leather, stainless steel and titanium. Some particular models have pitched Festina on the top of the market and almost turned it into a monopolistic brand in thewatch market. The Tour De France alarm watches, when rolled in the market, fuelled the competition and forced other watch producer to match its level. The brand got some rave acclaim from the competitors as well. Its status received a further boost when it launched the modified version of the brand by presenting it as Festina Tour de France Alarm Chronograph Watch.

For the past 15-20 years, Festina watches have created a sort of segment for itself by touching the pulse of the watch lovers. Now, it mainly focuses on the sports range due to the growing popularity of the sporting events. In the terms of marketing strategy, Festina has surpassed even some leading watch makers and still holds a reputable place.