RARELY SEEN AUTHENTIC RARE FAVRE LEUBA SEA RAIDER GENTS WRISTWATCH

SELDOM SEEN RARE AUTHENTIC FAVRE LEUBA SEA RAIDERS GENTS WRISTWATCH

     MADE IN: SWISS 

CIRCA: 1970

MODEL: SEA RAIDERS

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC CUT GLASS

MOVEMENT: FAVRE LEUBA 21 JEWELS AUTOMATIC CAL. 1164 HI BEAT 36,000 bph MOVEMENT - THIS IS OPEN THROUGH CRYSTAL, CANNOT OPEN TO SNAP PHOTO OF THE MOVEMENT, WORRIED, IT CAN DAMAGE THE MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: BLUE

FUNCTION: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE SECOND, DAY AND DATE AT 3:00

HANDS: FORK  LUMINOUS SILVER TONE HANDS

MARKERS: WHITE LINES MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL HEXAGON CASE

HINGING LUGS: 22mm

MEASUREMENT: 43mm DIAMETER w/o CROWN and 35mm LUG TO LUG

BACK CASE ENGRAVING: -FAVRE LEUBA-SEA RAIDER-WATER RESISTANT 3 ATM-SSINLESS STEEL

CROWN: ORIGINAL FV CROWN

STRAP/TALI: ORIGINAL BLUE/BLACK TEXTILE ZULU STRAP

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, EXTREMELY RARE DISCONTINUED MODEL AND VERY HARD TO FIND

PRICE:;USD400 (NEGOTIABLE)

History of Favre-Leuba Wristwatches

Maison Favre-Leuba over time It is the year 1737. In Le Locle, a small Swiss village in the Jura mountains and in the heart of the watchmaking world, Abraham Favre decided to officially register his Manufacture producing timepieces. It was one of the earliest watchmaking companies. 

From the very start Abraham Favre concentrated on improving the technology of his timepieces, and the quality of the materials employed in their manufacture. Thanks to his hard work and pioneering spirit, the business expanded and was passed down through eight generations of the Favre family. 

It was his grandson Henry-Auguste, who in 1814 went a step further by going into partnership with Auguste Leuba, a watch dealer from Buttes in the Val-de-Travers. 

By the 19th and early 20th centuries Favre-Leuba had ramifications around the world, with offices or representations throughout the Middle East, India and Asia, North/South America, Russia and other European countries. 

The business remained in the same family over eight generations, through to 1969. Then the quartz revolution came along, bringing many changes for the industry. 

Favre-Leuba, one of the largest companies of its time, passed through different hands such as Benedom SA and LVMH before finally regaining its independence in 2003.

This Favre-Leuba Sea Raiders II was one of the high quality watch produced. Equipped with high grade hi beat 36000 bph movement Cal. FL1164. beautifully crafted with solid stainless steel hexagon case and step cut glass crystal. It is highly sought after by watch collector.

Jaeger LeCoultre-FavreLueba Cal.885 Manual Wind Gents Wristwatch

Price: USD1200 (NEGOTIABLE) 

Historically speaking, the two Jaeger and LeCoultre entities were consolidated in 1927 under a holding company called SAPIC (Société Anonyme de Participations Industrielles et Commerciales), HQ'd in Lausanne.

In 1934, SAPIC bought SH (Spécialités Horlogères, the distribution company that was selling the Jaeger and LeCoultre products since 1931 - the year of the REVERSO, SH being renamed 'Jaeger-LeCoultre' in 1938).

Therefore, as of 1934, SAPIC was a holding controlling both production and distribution subsidiaries of Jaeger LeCoultre watches.
HQ'd in Geneve at that time.

In 1938, SAPIC bought a significant shareholding in both Vacheron & Constantin and Audemars Piguet  (hence the massive use of JLC calibres in V&C and AP watches from that day onwards).
So, from 1938, SAPIC was JLC +share of V&C +share of AP   (6 years earlier, LeCoultre has had a go at buying a financially distressed PP - which ultimately was bought by the Sterns, so this 'group' logic was not something new).

in 1964, V&C exited the SAPIC group.

in 1969, Favre Leuba (Georges Favre) bought Jaeger LeCoultre / SAPIC, renaming it SAPHIR Group, HQ'd in Zoug  (Société Anonyme de Participations Horlogères et Industrielles Réunies). 
Georges Favre took the reins of the group. Therefore, in 1969, Jaeger LeCoultre and Favre Leuba actually became sister companies, owned by George Favre / Favre Leuba.

This is evidenced by shared distribution, as illustrated below on this store display:

and again in this brochure from 1973 showing both JLC and FL 'extreme' watches  (the Bathy 50 is afairly unique watch and a very rare bird indeed) 

This was also the time when Favre Leuba did use some of JLC trademark concepts (which it owned the rights to market obviously), such as the first recreation of the Reverso under the Favre Leuba name  (model name: sandow), years before the Reverso was actually reborn under its Jaeger LeCoultre name in the late 1980's:

or a true 70's memovox, dubbed Memoraider, housing an evolution of the JLC calibre 916  (exclusive to Favre Leuba: JLC 917):

in 1978, George Favre sold Jaeger LeCoultre to the VDO group, later becoming Mannesmann then Vodaphone-VDO, which in turn sold its horology division (then called LMH -Les Manufactures Horlogers) to Richemont in 2000.

And the rest is history....

So, as you can see, the history of Favre Leuba and Jaeger LeCOultre is very intricate from 1969 to at least 1978  (not mentioning also the 1930's when Favre Leuba was a retailer of the original reverso, especially in India where FL was a prominent distributor of horology and jewellery).

It is therefore not abnormal to see the 2 names associated with the servicing of this Polaris in the early 1970's (since the 2 brands shared a common structure for sales and after-sales)

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE FAVRE LEUBA SEA RAIDERS II HI BEAT GENTS WRISTWATCH

      MADE IN: SWISS 

CIRCA: 1970

MODEL: SEA RAIDERS II

CRYSTAL: ACRYLIC CUT GLASS

MOVEMENT: FAVRE LEUBA 21 JEWELS AUTOMATIC CAL. 1164 HI BEAT 36,000 bph MOVEMENT - THIS IS OPEN THROUGH CRYSTAL, CANNOT OPEN TO SNAP PHOTO OF THE MOVEMENT, WORRIED, IT CAN DANAGE THE MOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: BLUE

FUNCTION: HOUR, MINUTE, SWIPE SECOND, DAY AND DATE AT 3:00

HANDS: FORK  LUMINOUS SILVER TONE HANDS

MARKERS: RAISED BATON MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL HEXAGON CASE

HINGING LUGS: 22mm

MEASUREMENT: 43mm DIAMETER w/o CROWN and 35mm LUG TO LUG

BACK CASE ENGRAVING: -NONE

CROWN: ORIGINAL FV CROWN

STRAP: ORIGINAL FAVRE LEUBA SEA RSIDERS STAINLESS STEEL BRACELET

STRAP SIZE: 7.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, EXTREMELY RARE DISCONTINUED MODEL AND VERY HARD TO FIND

PRICE: USD500 (NEGOTIABLE)

History of Favre-Leuba Wristwatches

Maison Favre-Leuba over time It is the year 1737. In Le Locle, a small Swiss village in the Jura mountains and in the heart of the watchmaking world, Abraham Favre decided to officially register his Manufacture producing timepieces. It was one of the earliest watchmaking companies. 

From the very start Abraham Favre concentrated on improving the technology of his timepieces, and the quality of the materials employed in their manufacture. Thanks to his hard work and pioneering spirit, the business expanded and was passed down through eight generations of the Favre family. 

It was his grandson Henry-Auguste, who in 1814 went a step further by going into partnership with Auguste Leuba, a watch dealer from Buttes in the Val-de-Travers. 

By the 19th and early 20th centuries Favre-Leuba had ramifications around the world, with offices or representations throughout the Middle East, India and Asia, North/South America, Russia and other European countries. 

The business remained in the same family over eight generations, through to 1969. Then the quartz revolution came along, bringing many changes for the industry. 

Favre-Leuba, one of the largest companies of its time, passed through different hands such as Benedom SA and LVMH before finally regaining its independence in 2003.

This Favre-Leuba Sea Raiders II was one of the high quality watch produced. Equipped with high grade hi beat 36000 bph movement Cal. FL1164. beautifully crafted with solid stainless steel hexagon case and step cut glass crystal. It is highly sought after by watch collector.