1930s

MIDO  Mido – from Spanish “Yo mido” which translates “I measure.”  Mido is a Swiss luxury watch company with a rich history dating back to 1918. The brand was founded by an ingenious Swiss watchmaker George G. Schaeren in Biel/Bienne,...

“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.”By the early 20th century, Elgin was producing over 1 million watches per year and was the largest producer of fine watches in the world.ELGIN WATCH COMPANY was a leading American watch manufacturer that...

"Vintage Omega watches are very highly regarded for their quality, particularly their movements which are outstanding." 1934 OMEGA CK Series Tank Case Art Deco Wristwatch  From the Omega CK series and dated from 1934, one of the first ever produced,...

GALLET “World's Finest Professional Timing Instruments” Gallet is a historic Swiss manufacturer of high-end timepieces for professional, military, sports, racing, and aviation use. Gallet is universally recognized as the “Maître du Chronographe” or Master of the Chronograph. For over 550 years, Gallet timepieces...

LONGINES - "The World's most Honored Watch" "The only watch in history to win 10 World's Fair Grand Prizes and 28 Gold Medals -- to be classified 'first' in competitions organized by the four government observatories; Washington, Kew-Teddington, Neuchatel and...

HELVETIA  From www.helvetiahistory.co.uk – “Helvetia’s history ranges from its beginnings alongside Omega at Louis Brandt & Frere to the Swiss “Quartz Crisis” of the 1970s & 80s and beyond.”  On the 14th of April 1892 the Swiss watch company Louis Brandt...

UNIVERSAL GENEVE  Universal Genève is a Swiss luxury watch company that was founded in 1894 in the city of Le Locle, Switzerland. The company is known for producing high-quality, innovative timepieces that are highly sought after by collectors and enthusiasts...

ELGIN “Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.” The Elgin Watch Company was founded in 1864 in Chicago, Illinois. This company was the largest American watch manufacturer in terms of total production from 1864 to 1968. ELGIN Art Deco Grade...

JUMP HOUR WATCH "The early mechanical digital watches are the ancestors of the modern digital watch."  As a modern digital watch, a vintage mechanical digital watch also displays the time using digits or numerically with the difference that a mechanical...

GRUEN Watch Company One of the most important and prestigious American watch manufacturers. Gruen watch company was a watch manufacturer founded in 1894 as "D. Gruen & Son" by a brilliant German horologists, Dietrich Gruen and his eldest son Frederick...

GRUEN Curvex "Your curved wrist deserves the world's only truly curved watch"GRUEN CURVEXCurved Case, Movement and Dial The Precision WatchCal. 520 WristwatchLadies WatchGruen Watch Company, one of the most important and prestigious American watch manufacturers, founded by a brilliant German...

Eterna W. Co. – “BUILT ON TRADITION, DRIVEN BY INNOVATION, INSPIRED BY EMOTIONS” Since 1856, Eterna is synonymous with timepieces of the highest quality, with Swiss watchmaking tradition, and with an outstanding spirit of innovation. Since the beginning and even...

ELGIN“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.”Elgin was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end, produced their first wristwatch around 1910, leading most other American watch companies by many years.ELGIN - Legionnaire Series“The Legionnaire...

1934 ELGIN Doctor William Osler 15 Jewels U.S.A. Made WristwatchSuper RARE and UNIQUE timepiece! It is a vintage ELGIN mechanical wristwatch reference 1233 and model named in honor of Dr. William Osler, the Father of Modern Medicine.What makes this watch...

Golay, Fils & StahlPendant WatchSwiss"Golay Fils & Stahl was founded in 1837 in Geneva by Auguste Golay Leresche and sold at the turn of the century to Mr. Stahl, hence the name Golay Fils & Stahl. In 1961, the company...

HAMILTON Contour "Curved to Fit the Wrist" WristwatchThe New Three-Way “Contour” – “For the side or top of the wrist.” Only produced for two years -1938/39, this is for sure one of the interesting watch design produced by Hamilton in the...

Bulova’s most famous Art Deco design of the 1920's, the “Lone Eagle”. Fly on Bulova time - In 1926, Ardé Bulova offered the prize of $1,000 to the first pilot to successfully make a nonstop flight across the Atlantic using a...

BergBerg was founded in 1909 by Wilhelm Beuttler in Pforzheim, Germany, and was registered in 1927. They produced jewelry, pocket, and wristwatches. After being destroyed during World War II, the production plant was re-established in Rosenfeld, Germany. Berg produced watches...

1934 OMEGAJumbo Tank WatchCaliber T17 Wristwatch"Vintage Omega watches are very highly regarded for their quality, particularly their movements which are outstanding."From the CK series and dated from 1934, one of the first ever produced, this is a vintage oversize jumbo...

WESTFIELDWestfield is a brand owned by Bulova; the Westfield brand was purchased in the 1930s. Since 1931, the published annual report listed Westfield Watch Company, Inc. as a Bulova subsidiary. Also, “Bulova trademarked the Westfield name in 1927 and reported...

HAMILTON 1935 SCOTTWRISTWATCHIn 1933 Hamilton released the Hamilton Scott, it was the first of three different Scott models produced by Hamilton Watch Co. The other two were made in the 1950s and 1960s. Some references said that the original Hamilton...

“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.” ELGINLEGIONNAIREMODEL 402 WATCHMECHANICAL WRISTWATCHWith original leather strap and original Elgin display box, this is a GORGEOUS timepiece!This is a vintage Elgin Legionnaire wristwatch, model 402 and dated from 1931.It is a manual wind...

The Precision Watch .- "The Gruen Precision is a nice elegant watch with a movement that may not be seen as modern. Nonetheless, it offers an innovative style that is simply spectacular." Further, Gruen watches were known for their elegant...