1960s

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...

WESTCLOXWestclox was an American manufacturer with the plant located in Peru, Illinois. Also, Westclox is a current brand of watches, clocks and alarm clocks. Westclox began as the United Clock Company of Peru, Illinois on December 5, 1885. It was...

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...

"Nivada is a Swiss watch company founded in the town of Grenchen, Switzerland. Nivada is a manufacturer of Swiss watches, their timepieces have been in the watchmaking industry since 1926... In the United States, Croton was formed in 1940 as a distributor for Nivada products,...

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...

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...

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...

 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...

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,...

TUDOR “The Tudor”, a trademark registered in Geneva in February 1926 by Hans Wilsdorf at the house of “Veuve de Philippe Hüther”, a watchmaker and watch dealer. Hans Wilsdorf acquired the exclusive usage rights from the dealer. “For some years...

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 Diver Wristwatches  Elgin Diver watches hold a special place in the history of diving timepieces. Elgin, the renowned American watch company, produced diver watches during the 1950s, catering to the growing demand for reliable timepieces among diving enthusiasts and...

One of Rolex’s oldest and longest running watch models, still in production today, the Air-King. ROLEX Oyster Perpetual Air-King  “Introducing Air-King – The new Rolex Oyster Perpetual.” A number of “Air” models by Rolex were produced during and immediately after World War...

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...

1960 ROLEX Oyster Perpetual Officially Certified Chronometer WristwatchA unique Rolex two-tone case timepiece! This is a vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual Officially Certified Chronometer wristwatch, model reference 6581 and dated from 1960 based on the serial number.  The first waterproof watch...

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...

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...

POLJOT – a historic Russian watch brand that has its roots in the Soviet era. The name "Poljot" means "flight" in Russian, and the brand was established in 1961 as a subsidiary of the First Moscow Watch Factory.  In its...

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...

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...

Hamilton21 JewelsSwiss Antimagnetic, Shockprotected, Waterprotected. Dated from the late 1960s or early 1970s, this is a vintage Hamilton Elipsa automatic wristwatch.It is powered by a reliable automatic Hamilton movement, caliber Hamilton 64A (ETA 2452), 21 jewels, date indicator (sets by...

Nivada SA, Grenchen, founded by Jacob Schneider 1926 in Grenchen, Switzerland. The Nivada Compensamatic was a popular watch model introduced by the Swiss watchmaker Nivada in the 1950s.The watch was known for its accuracy and reliability, thanks in part to...

Gruen17 JewelsCaliber N510SSA classic timepiece, this is a vintage Gruen Precision wristwatch dated from the 1960s. It is a manual wind watch featuring an original Gruen Precision movement caliber N510SS with 17 jewels, a frequency of 18,000 beats per hour (2.5...