1940s

OMEGA  Omega is a Swiss luxury watchmaker known for producing high-quality and prestigious timepieces. The company was founded in 1848 by Louis Brandt in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland; Louis Brandt started as a watchmaker, and he produced key-wound pocket watches. Originally,...

1940s DEFENDER17 Jewels Manual WristwatchThis a rare timepiece, double signed by Defender Watch Co., it is a vintage Defender mechanical wristwatch dated from the 1940s.  It is a manual-wind watch with Defender Watch Co. movement, caliber 005, 17 jewels, sub-second,...

GIRARD-PERREGAUX & Co."Girard-Perregaux is a high-end Swiss watch manufacture since Jean-Francois signed his first watch in 1791." Girard-Perregaux is best known for constant innovation, exceedingly high design standards, and superior precision engineering. GIRARD-PERREGAUX 17 Jewels Wristwatch "Observe the FACE, the...

GIRARD-PERREGAUX & Co."Girard-Perregaux is a high-end Swiss watch manufacture since Jean-Francois signed his first watch in 1791." Girard-Perregaux is best known for constant innovation, exceedingly high design standards, and superior precision engineering. GIRARD-PERREGAUX 1791 17 Jewels - Cal. GP911940s Wristwatch...

"Your curved wrist deserves the world's only truly curved watch" Gruen Watch Company, one of the most important and prestigious American watch manufacturers, founded by a brilliant German horologists, Dietrich Gruen and later by his sons Fred and George Gruen....

MOVADO - "Always in Motion" Tracing its origins to La-Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland when in 1881, Achilles Ditesheim, a 19-year-old entrepreneur, hired six watchmakers and opened a small workshop in the village of La Chaux-de-Fonds. In 1905, Ditesheim renamed his young company...

From omegawatches website – “An automatic first 1931. Affecting the design of movement for generations to come, OMEGA prototyped the first automatic movement to use two weights. This new design enabled the winding of the movement in both directions, dramatically...

CLINTON Watch Co. To talk about Clinton Watch Co., we should start talking about the Wein family, a Russian family, formally Weinzieher. They emigrated to the US. "Hersh Wein had a large family that would diverge and go on to...

PAUL BREGUETTPaul Breguette was a well-known jewelry and watch retailer, formerly based in Pennsylvania. Leon Dunleavy, a past employee of Kay Jewelers, stated that the company purchased the name “Paul Breguette” in Switzerland in 1938.  The company was owned by...

Hello there! Thank you for looking, we are Second Hand Horology, founded by Steve and Genesis, we have been together since 2020 and in the very beginning, we started this watch business adventure with SHH. Today, we are engaged, and...

ELGIN WATCH Co. "Elgin was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end. The first watch Elgin made, an 18 sized B W Raymond railroad grade watch, was finished in 1867 and over the next...

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...

BENRUS Watch Company -Founded in New York City in 1921, The Benrus Watch Company is a former American watchmaker founded by three Romanian immigrants: Benjamin Lazrus, his brother Ralph Lazrus, and their friend, Jacques Reymond. The company was named by...

ULYSSE NARDIN CHRONOMETER Co. "Ulysse Nardin is the pioneering Manufacture inspired by the sea and delivering innovative timepieces to free spirits."  Ulysse Nardin SA is a Swiss luxury watchmaking company founded in 1846 in Le Locle where its headquarters are still...

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 until...

DELFIN Tank Case 15 Rubies Wristwatch This timepiece is a vintage private label signed “DELFIN” wristwatch dated from the 1940s.It is a manual-wind watch powered by a Swiss made movement 15 rubies, sub-second – based caliber Bulova 10AX, 38 hours...

CYMA Watch Co.Cyma was a Swiss watch company that was founded in 1862, and the company produced a wide range of watches with different movements and designs. Cyma Tavannes is a former Swiss watchmaking company that was created when two separate...

GRUEN  One of the most important and prestigious American watch manufacturers! Gruen watch company was an American watch company founded in 1874 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA by German-born watchmaker Dietrich Gruen. “On December 22, 1874, Gruen obtained a patent for...

GIRARD-PERREGAUX & Co."Girard-Perregaux is a high-end Swiss watch manufacture since Jean-Francois signed his first watch in 1791."GIRARD-PERREGAUX Cal. 86 AE 17 Jewels Vintage Wristwatch Girard-Perregaux, a timeless tradition of innovation. – Girard-Perregaux is best known for constant innovation, exceedingly high...

ELGIN WATCH Co. "Elgin was founded in 1864, right as the civil war was coming to an end. The first watch Elgin made, an 18 sized B W Raymond railroad grade watch, was finished in 1867 and over the next...

ZENITH – “The foundation, in 1860, Georges-Favre Jacot envisions the future of watchmaking with ZENITH, a new vertical approach to Swiss watchmaking.” Today, Zenith is still a Swiss luxury watchmaker with +150 of tradition and recognition in the horological world. Favre...

INGERSOLL – Ingersoll Watch Company, one of the oldest American watchmakers, founded in 1882 by the two brothers Robert H. Ingersoll and his brother Charles. Pioneers of industry and invention in the field of watchmaking. Ingersoll & Disney Production Disney Mickey Mouse...

CLINTON Watch Co. To talk about Clinton Watch Co., we should start talking about the Wein family, a Russian family, formally Weinzieher. They emigrated to the US. "Hersh Wein had a large family that would diverge and go on to...

CORTEBERT – A watch brand with a legacy in cutting edge watchmaking.  Cortebert was a Swiss watchmaking company that was established in 1790 in the town of Courtelary, located in the Swiss Jura Mountains. Known for its high-quality timepieces, Cortebert...