COLLECTIBLE AUTHENTIC VINTAGE KING SEIKO 5426-5030 HI-BEAT 28,800 bph GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

BRAND/JENAMA : KING SEIKO HI-BEAT 28800 AUTOMATIC

MODEL :

MOVEMENT/ENJIN :SUPERB 5246-5030 Hi-beat 28800 bph 25 JEWELS Automatic Movement

ORIGIN/BUATAN : JAPAN
NO. SIRI/SERIAL NO. : 300319

CIRCA/TAHUN : 1973

CASING/KEMASAN : GOLD PLATED TOP/BEZEL AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

MOVEMENT/PERGERAKAN : HACKING SYSTEM
DIAL: TWO TONE DARK/LOGHT BROWN WITH DATE WINDOW AT 3:00
CROWN: UNSIGNED CROWN

MARKINGS/TANDA JENAMA : DIAL,BACK CASING, CROWN

BAND/TALI : GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND FIT 8" WRIST
LUGS SIZE: 18mm
BAND WIDTH: 18mm

LENS/CERMIN : HARDLEX MINERAL

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN : 35mm WITH CROWN X 39mm LUG TO LUG
WATER RESISTANT: YES BUT NOT TESTED

CONDITION/KONDISI : EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION
PRICE/HARGA: SOLD (NIK ISMAIL, KLIA)

HISTORY OF SEIKO WATCH

In 1924, the first watch under the name Seiko was produced. Seiko also has the honour of producing the first quartz watch in the world under the name Astron. Thus by this fact only, one can get a basic idea of the rank of Seiko watches in the world of wristwatches. When this watch was first introduced, its cost was more than that of a medium sized car. However, this watch was a breakthrough in technology and set a new standard, which is being followed to this day.

Seiko brand watches were originally produced by two different Seiko Corp. subsidiaries. One was Daini Seikosha Co, Ltd (Kameido,Koto-ku, Tokyo) and the other was Suwa Seikosha Co (Suwa-shi, Nagano). Two different companies produced one brand in order to improve technology through severe competition and to hedge the risk. Splendid watches were produced at both companies because of this tough competitionand this system proved efficient at hedging the risk.. If either company experienced production problems the other company could compensate by increasing production. Eventually Daini Seikosha Co, Ltd. changed it its company name to Seiko Instruments Inc. and Suwa Seikosha Co, to Seiko Epson Corporation.

In 1985 Seiko and orient watches set up a joint factory, which produces millions of watches each year. Seiko watches are known for their reliability and accuracy in time keeping, which is why their watches have been used for official time keeping in major sports events and the Olympic Games, which is also an honourable rank for the company.

The company produces different lines of watches of which, the most famous are Seiko 5, Grand Seiko, King Seikoand Credor. Collectors, due to their high esteem and unique features, treasure these watches as prized possessions. Seiko mechanical watches are especially considered as prized possession by collectors. When it comes to Seiko classic watches, the older a watch, the more precious it is.

Prior to 1960 most people believed Swiss watches were the highest quality and Japanese watches were inferior. Seiko believed they were capable of producing watches of the same quality as the Swiss. In fact, they had already made two high-quality examples, Crown and Chronos . The Grand Seiko and King Seiko is the result of their beliefs. Who made it? Daini Seikosha and Suwa began discussions under the suggestion of their parent company, Seiko. It was decided that Suwa would produce the first Grand Seiko (GS) and King Seiko (KS) by Daini. The birth of GS and KS was followed by the success of the Tokyo Olympics and Seiko's victory at the astronomical observatory Concours.

Seiko wristwatches range from 50$ to 100,000$, which is certainly a price tag for luxury and high esteem. The Seiko kinetic watches being produced these days take the major portion of their sales in the modern era as they combine the self-energising feature of automatic watches with the high accuracy of quartz in time keeping.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE LARGE SQUARE LECOULTRE MASTER MARINER HPG HI-BEAT GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE LARGE LECOULTRE MASTER MARINER HPG GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1970's

MODEL: DRESS

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC CURVE IN - CLEAN

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: HIGH PRECISION GRADE (HPG) 36000 HI-BEAT LECOULTRE 21 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT CAL.164

DIAL: GOLD TONE WITH RED DATE WINDOW AT 3:00 - SOME PATINA SPOT, PLEASE SEE THE PHOTOS

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE HANDS

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: GOLD TONE DOUBLE STICK MARKERS

CASING : 14K GOLD ELECTROPLATED AND STAINLESS STEEL BACK

LUGS: 20mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 38mm DIAMETER WITH CROWN and 40mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: 14K GOLD ELECTROPLATED

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -

CROWN: ORIGINAL UNSIGNED GP CROWN

STRAP/TALI: GOLD PLATED STRETCH BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 9.5" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED LECOULTRE MODEL... RARE HPG HI-BEAT MOVT

EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE/HARGA: USD1,300 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LE COULTRE WATCHES

A brilliant inventor and self-taught watchmaker, Antoine-LeCoultre founded his first workshop in 1833, following the invention of a machine to produce watchmaking pinions. Ever since, the Manufacture Jaeger-Lecoultre has developed constantly around the founder's original workshops.

Surprisingly enough, it was neither a physicist nor an engineer who first measured the micron; it was Antoine LeCoultre, in 1844. He had created watch components that were so perfect no tool could actually detect their degree of inaccuracy. He followed that up by inventing the world's most accurate instrument: the Millionometer, which served as a benchmark for over half a century.

In 1847, LeCoultre created a revolutionary system that was to do away with the need for keys to rewind and set watches. His simple and brilliant solution was a pushbutton that activated a lever to switch from one function to another. It was the first keyless winding mechanism, and the first reliable system that eliminated the need for keys to wind or set a watch.

In 1866, when Swiss watchmaking was still structured around small home-run workshops, Antoine LeCoultre and his son Elie decided to bring together under one rood the many skills involved in making watches, and installed a steam-driven machine to operate their new tools. LeCoultre & Cie thus became the first Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux.

It was in 1903 when the Parisian Edmond Jaeger set Swiss watchmakers the challenge of producing ultra-thin calibres. It would lead to the Calibre 145, the world's thinnest mechanical movement, measuring no more than 1.38 mm, and the friendship of Antoine LeCoultre's grandson, Jacques-Devid LeCoultre. These two men would give a rise to a range of horological wonders, and eventually the birth of the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand in 1937.

In the year 1908, the Manufacture created its first rectangular-shaped calibre in response to the challenge created to miniaturize watches to wear on the wrist. By the "Roaring 20s" (1920s), very small ladies' wristwatches were all the rage, but extreme miniaturization always led to a loss of reliability and precision. The Duoplan brilliantly solved this problem by arranging its parts on split levels. It would lead to the world's smallest movement, Calibre 101. Outdoing the Calibre 145, Jaeger-Lecoultre miniaturized the Duoplan caliber to the extreme, weighing in at barely one gram and comprising of 74 parts. Its record is still unmatched to this date.

HISTORY OF VACHERON CONSTATIN (VC) AND JAEGER-LECOULTRE (JLC)

1938 after years of close cooperation, LeCoultre takes a partial ownership position, and a Jaeger-LeCoultre marketing alliance is formed.
Jaeger's Swiss sales organization were moved into the VC business address in Geneva

1940 George Ketterer, through SAPIC, takes a majority shares position in VC. Ketterer was Managing Director at SAPIC, which was the holding company for Le Coultre, Jaeger-Le Coultre, and a majority shareholder of VC; he was also a Manager in VC. There was a Ketterer in charge at VC - either George or his son Jacques - until 1987.

1940-1950's VC's operational role became etablisseur to LeCoultre's manufacture

1944 The caliber 2003 is announced - 1.64mm thinnest manual wind in history - by AP, and VC participates in a similar announcement.

1946 AP ships the finished Ultra Thin based on the cal. 2003 (AP company literature, No. 1, 2000)

1950's US importer was VC-Le Coultre, which was itself a division of Longines Wittnauer Watch Co

1955 VC 200 year bicentennial -
VC releases Ultra Thin announced in 1944 as a 200 year anniversary piece. Vacheron claim several advanced features not claimed by AP for the cal. 2003, including unique escapement and regulator innovations, which allowed for the elimination of shock protection and the elimination of adjustment normally required after cleaning and lubrication.
VC presented to Bulganin (Soviet Union), Eden (Great Britain), Eisenhower (USA), Faure (France)

1965 George Ketterer left Jaeger LeCoultre and went to head VC, thus separating the LeCoultre ownership connection

VERY RARE VINTAGE AUTHENTIC JAEGER LeCoultre GENTS MILITARY WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE JAEGER-LECOULTRE GENTS MILITARY WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1940's

MODEL: DRESS

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: JAEGER-LECOULTRE 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 478 S/N493700

DIAL COLOR: CREAM TONE

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: MILITARY

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

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: LUMINOUS ARABIC MILITARY MARKERS (NO LONGER LUMED)

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL/KELULI SEPENUHNYA

LUGS: 16mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 33mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 36mm LUG TO LUG

BEZEL: SOLID STAINLESS STEEL

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: S/N 407373

CROWN: ORIGINAL CROWN - NON HALLMARKED

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5" FULL LENGHT

DISCONTINUED LECOULTRE MODEL... RAREST!

BEAUTIFUL PATINA DIAL, GOOD CONDITION AND KEEPING TIME

PRICE/HARGA: USD1,500 (NEGOTIABLE/BOLEH DIRUNDING)

A BRIEF HISTORY OF LE COULTRE WATCHES

A brilliant inventor and self-taught watchmaker, Antoine-LeCoultre founded his first workshop in 1833, following the invention of a machine to produce watchmaking pinions. Ever since, the Manufacture Jaeger-Lecoultre has developed constantly around the founder's original workshops.

Surprisingly enough, it was neither a physicist nor an engineer who first measured the micron; it was Antoine LeCoultre, in 1844. He had created watch components that were so perfect no tool could actually detect their degree of inaccuracy. He followed that up by inventing the world's most accurate instrument: the Millionometer, which served as a benchmark for over half a century.

In 1847, LeCoultre created a revolutionary system that was to do away with the need for keys to rewind and set watches. His simple and brilliant solution was a pushbutton that activated a lever to switch from one function to another. It was the first keyless winding mechanism, and the first reliable system that eliminated the need for keys to wind or set a watch.

In 1866, when Swiss watchmaking was still structured around small home-run workshops, Antoine LeCoultre and his son Elie decided to bring together under one rood the many skills involved in making watches, and installed a steam-driven machine to operate their new tools. LeCoultre & Cie thus became the first Manufacture in the Vallée de Joux.

It was in 1903 when the Parisian Edmond Jaeger set Swiss watchmakers the challenge of producing ultra-thin calibres. It would lead to the Calibre 145, the world's thinnest mechanical movement, measuring no more than 1.38 mm, and the friendship of Antoine LeCoultre's grandson, Jacques-Devid LeCoultre. These two men would give a rise to a range of horological wonders, and eventually the birth of the Jaeger-LeCoultre brand in 1937.

In the year 1908, the Manufacture created its first rectangular-shaped calibre in response to the challenge created to miniaturize watches to wear on the wrist. By the "Roaring 20s" (1920s), very small ladies' wristwatches were all the rage, but extreme miniaturization always led to a loss of reliability and precision. The Duoplan brilliantly solved this problem by arranging its parts on split levels. It would lead to the world's smallest movement, Calibre 101. Outdoing the Calibre 145, Jaeger-Lecoultre miniaturized the Duoplan caliber to the extreme, weighing in at barely one gram and comprising of 74 parts. Its record is still unmatched to this date.

Since its founding, the Manufacture has created and produced over 1,000 different calibres in many varieties. Over 200 patented inventions have contributed to the progress of Swiss watchmaking in the field of movements, as well as that of cases, bracelets, dials, and watch functions.

VINTAGE AUTHENTIC SEIKO BULLHEAD CHRONOGRAPH GENTS WRISTWATCH

This is the classic 6138-0040 bullhead chronograph that was made between 1975 and 1978. Some say that its sheer rarity puts its desirability, the 6138-0040 was one of the best JDM Seiko Chronograph ever produced, using 6138A automatic movement that mostly equipped the Seiko Two Registers Chronograph watches.

The 6138 line are the highly collectible, Seiko designed the 6138-0040 Bullhead as the most advanced in chronograph watch technology for professional sportm

MOVEMENT	ORIGINAL AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT, Cal. 6138A, Twenty One (21) Jewels Chronograph Mechanism. Professionally serviced just recently and is running well.
METAL	Solid Stainless Steel Case and Case back.
CASE 'n SIZE	ORIGINAL FACTORY CASE WITH ORIGINAL . . Width: 48 mm excluding crown; length: 45mm from lug to lug. Thick: 18mm with bezel.
DIAL/MINUTE CHAPTER RING/HANDS	ORIGINAL SEIKO 6138-0040 DIAL AND HANDS
STEM/CROWN	ORIGINAL STEM ORIGINAL CROWN It Comes With English Day Wheel.
CRYSTAL/Retainer RING	Original Hardlex Crystal with minor scratches Crystal is attached with crack-free ORIGINAL CRYSTAL-RETAINING RING NOT glued.
Rotating BEZEL 'n INSERT	ORIGINAL BEZEL RING ORIGINAL BEZEL INSERT.
BRACELET/STRAP	It comes with aftemarket Seiko SS Bracelet strap. FAT SPRING BARS are used in this watch as Seiko diver should come on fat spring bars.
SERIAL NUMBER	779243 which dates production back on July 1977. She is 35years old.
WATER RESISTANCE	Not Stated

PRICE: NOT FOR SALE

VINTAGE GERMAN MADE JUGHANS BUBBLEBACK MEN'S WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN LIKE NEW CREAM DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE IN HOUSE JUGHANS 17 JEWELS CAL.K6 MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT

GOLD TONE METAL DAUPHANE HANDS

RAISED GOLD TONE ARABIC MARKER

GOLD PLATED 20 MICRON CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 34mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 40mm LUG TO LUG

UNSIGNED CROWN

GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE - SOLD TO TUAN KAMARUL FROM KL

RM450

Junghans Uhren GmbH is Germany's largest watch and clock manufacturer.

The first radio-controlled wristwatch

digital	analog
Jughans MEGA1	Jughans MEGA

The company is located in Schramberg, Baden-Wuttenberg. On 15 April 1861 Erhard Junghans created the company „Junghans und Tobler“ together with his brother-in-law Jakob Zeller-Tobler in Schramberg

The company began to produce wristwatches in 1927. Beginning in the 1950s, the virtuoso designer Max Bill created clocks and watches for Junghans and the relationship lasted many years. A remarkable example of his work is a wall clock he designed in 1956/57 that is in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art (New York). In 1962 Bill also created mechanical wristwatches for Junghans – impressive timepieces, not only for their aesthetic design, but also their precision.

In the late 1980s, Junghans introduced the first radio-controlled table clock on the world market. In 1990, the first radio-controlled wristwatch followed, called the MEGA 1. In 1995 Junghans presented the ultimate combination of the solar powered watch with ceramic housing and solar-powered technology. Currently, Junghans is developing with the Japanese clock maker Seiko a globally oriented wristwatch, which automatically sets the local time in respective time zones.

Junghans is a well-known brand in Europe