1960s

Jaeger-LeCoultre  Jaeger-LeCoultre, a Swiss luxury watch and clock manufacturer founded by Antoine LeCoultre in 1833 when he set up his eponymous workshop in Le Sentier, Switzerland. Antoine LeCoultre was a skilled craftsman and soon invented industry-leading precision tools that enabled...

JULES JURGENSEN "Jüles Jürgensen, Chronometer and Watchmaker - Established at Copenhagen, winner of 32 Distinguished International Awards - EST. 1740"  "And so the story begins in the year 1745. At that time Christian VI was King of Denmark and Norway,...

WYLER WATCH CO.  Paul Wyler, born in Basel, Switzerland, he was a pioneer since 1896 in the development of the balance. “His aim was to improve its reliability and sturdiness and make his timekeepers available to a greater number of...

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...

SEIKO Watch Co. - Seiko Watch Corporation is a Japanese company that specializes in the production of wristwatches, clocks, and electronic devices. The company was founded in 1881 by Kintaro Hattori in Tokyo, Japan. Originally named Seikosha, the company started...

Hamilton Watch Company, which was a major American watch manufacturer that was known for its innovative designs and produced a wide range of high-quality timepieces from the late 19th century to the late 20th century.  HAMILTON 1963 Thor II Asymmetrical WatchOriginal JB Champion...

BULOVA  The Bulova Watch Company is a renowned American watchmaker with a rich history that spans over a century. The company was founded in 1875 by Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old Czech immigrant, in New York City. Initially, Bulova focused on...

“Whatever the occasion you say it better with a BULOVA.”  1967 BULOVA  Sea Flight 'M'17 Jewels   Wristwatch    "BULOVA... The world's Finest Timepiece" This is a vintage Bulova Sea Flight "M" automatic wristwatch dated from 1967.    It is a...

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 Movado...

ETERNA-MATIC Watch Co. - "First gents automatic-family with ball-bearing rotor".  Eterna-Matic movement, one of a number of innovations by Eterna, was developed in 1948 as an improved self-winding mechanism using five strategically placed ball bearings in order to reduce friction...

GRUEN  -  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."  GRUEN Precision 17 Jewels  This is a vintage timepiece,...

"FAVRE-LEUBA Genève - Since 1815, The Swiss Watch For All Climates" FAVRE-LEUBA Sea-King 17 Jewels TwinPower Cal. 253 Wristwatch  This is an interesting timepiece, a vintage Favre-Leuba Geneve Sea-King wristwatch dated the late 1960's early 1970's.  It is a manual wind watch powered by an original...

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...

CARAVELLE  Caravelle watches are often known as Caravelle by Bulova. Bulova, founded in 1875 as J Bulova Company by Joseph Bulova and became under the name Bulova Watch Company in 1923, it is an American timepiece (clocks, watches and accessories)...

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,...

BULOVA The Bulova Watch Company is a renowned American watchmaker with a rich history that spans over a century. The company was founded in 1875 by Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old Czech immigrant, in New York City. Initially, Bulova focused on...

BULOVA Accutron  “ACCUTRON – To-morrow’s Watch.” In the Accutron movement there is a tuning fork where the old watch work used to go, it has no balance or balance spring. Instead, it uses a tuning fork oscillator, driven by a transistor-controlled...

Timex Watch Co. "By the 1960s, Timex watches were handsome and durable, every third watch sold in America was a Timex." Timex is a well-known watch brand that has been around for over a century, and they have produced many...

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, fine watches since 1791”GIRARD-PERREGAUX...

GRUEN Watch Company 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...

BULOVA The Bulova Watch Company is a renowned American watchmaker with a rich history that spans over a century. The company was founded in 1875 by Joseph Bulova, a 23-year-old Czech immigrant, in New York City. Initially, Bulova focused on...

CLEBAR Watch Co. The Clebar name was trademarked in the 1920's by Edward Trauner in Le Locle, Switzerland. The brand produced everything from chronometers to wristwatches. Arround the time when the US government had a expensive regime for import watches...

JUBILEE Diamond Dial 17 Jewels Wristwatch  This is a vintage Jubilee mechanical wristwatch and dated from the 1960s.  It is a manual-wind watch powered by an mechanical movement with 17 jewels and sweep-second hand.  Cased in a very good-looking 33.7x31.3mm 'TV' octagonal shape case,...