1940s

Hamilton Essex Caliber 980USA-MadeThis Hamilton Essex is a beautiful wristwatch from 1940-1941 in a beautiful coral (rose) gold with fixed, fancy lugs, in excellent condition! The movement is USA-made caliber 980 with 17 jewels, freshly serviced in March 2023. The...

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...

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...

HAMILTON"The fine American watch"HAMILTON 1941 LESTER 19 JEWELS This very nice timepiece, a Hamilton Lester wristwatch dated from 1941. It is a manual wind watch, with an original Hamilton Watch Co. movement, 19 jewels, sub second, U.S.A. made. It has...

Bulova WatertiteCal. 10BCCOne of Bulova's earliest waterproof wristwatches, this military-style 1949 Watertite is a very cool piece to add to a watch collection!  The Swiss movement is a caliber 10BCC with 17 jewels, and is signed Bulova Watch Co. It...

GRUEN GUILD "In 1917 the Gruen company built a new factory on the outskirts of Cincinanti at Time Hill. The building was loosely modelled on a medieval guild hall, and the company adopted the name 'The Gruen Watchmakers Guild', invoking...

IMPERIAL WATCH Co.The company followed the Swiss tradition introduced by Daniel Jeanrichard in 1681. During the freezing Swiss winters, out-of-work farmers would supplement their income by watch parts and selling them to watchmakers to assemble. Imperial was one of the...

Wittanuer is an American watch brand founded in 1880 by a Swiss immigrant, Alber Wittnauer. "That means that while these watches were marketed toward Americans, they incorporated elements of Swiss watch design." WITTNAUER Geneva Manual Wristwatch This is a very...

Bidynator Movement - Bidynator was a brand name for a series of automatic watch movements produced by Felsa from 1942 through the 1960's. It was the first successful movement with bi-directional winding. ENGELTON De Luxe Engelmatic Swiss Made This super RARE timepiece is a vintage ENGELTON De Luxe...

"Decades of Excellence."  The Olma watch company and factory were founded by Mr. Numa Jeannin in Fleurier, Switzerland in 1926.  Olma SwissWaterproof This is a very neat and rare Swiss-made vintage Olma military-style wristwatch that we estimate to be from the...

Bulova OfficerCaliber 10BS15 JEWELS Swiss This is a rare version of the Bulova Officer wristwatch from 1943 due to it being a black dial, as the white dial is more common for this watch. In all black and gold, this vintage...

Warren Diamond DialSwissThis is a very elegant vintage wristwatch by Warren. It features a fantastic diamond dial, with baguette diamonds in place of numerals 3, 9, and 12. A sub second holds the place of 6 o'clock. Round diamonds are...

ElginCaliber 55715 JewelsHere is a very handsome vintage Elgin wristwatch from 1947. The silver dial appears two-toned thanks to the teaked pattern of the dial. It has a light patina. The dial also features gold Arabic numerals for 3, 6,...

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 De...

GUBELIN Ball Pendant Swiss"IT ALL STARTED WITH A SMALL WATCHMAKER'S SHOP IN LUCERNE..." "Known for its exquisite high-end jewellery, gemstone expertise, and as purveyors of some of today’s most sought-after luxury watch brands the Swiss, family-owned House of Gübelin’s story...

"Your curved wrist deserves the world's only truly curved watch"GRUEN CURVEXThe Precision WatchCal. 440 WristwatchGruen 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...

VulcainStroboscopicSwiss"The Vulcain watch manufacturer was founded in 1858 and is the inventor of the alarm complication for wristwatches. This innovation made the Vulcain watches popular with American presidents starting with Harry S. Truman, earning the brand its reputation as “The...

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...

Omega Seamaster Seamaster, the longest product line still produced by Omega. It is also, the first waterproof watch Omega and the oldest current Omega's collection, "The Omega Seamaster is a line of manual winding, automatic, chronometer and quartz watches that...

AvalonIncablocSwiss This Avalon military-style wristwatch from the 1940s is truly unique! It features the original black dial, with brown outlined Arabic numerals, minute tracks and the name Avalon with Incabloc and Waterproof also in brown. With luminous syringe-style hands and...

HamiltonEndicott10K GF1940A lovely vintage wristwatch, this Hamilton Endicott from 1940 shines like the gem it truly is! The 28.6mm champagne dial has a light patina and beautiful sheen while the sub second has a champagne sunburst. The Breguet numerals and...

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...

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...

"Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Watch Company, made over 40 million watches, clocks and other precision implements between the years of 1850 and 1957." WALTHAM PREMIER17 JewelsWristwatchEXTREMELY RARE, this is a Waltham Premier timepiece, a vintage wristwatch...