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ELGIN WATCH Co. 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 operated from 1864 to...

Watch Overview This is a vintage Lord Elgin mechanical wristwatch, reference 4625 and dated from 1951. It is a manual-wind watch powered by an original Elgin Watch Co. mechanical movement, caliber grade 626 with 21 jewels, small-seconds and one adjustment....

ELGIN WATCH Co. 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 operated from 1864 to...

From omegawatches.com – “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 improving winding...

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,...

In 1950, to commemorate Waltham’s 100th anniversary, as part of the celebration, the company released a special edition wristwatch, the Waltham Centennial, a watch that claimed to have a movement with 100 jewels. This watch was designed to commemorate the...

BENRUS Watch Co. INC.    In the early 1920's worldwide pocketwatch manufacture and sales were on the decline, it was then that three young brothers saw an opportunity to begin a wristwatch company, to produce moderately priced watches for the...

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...

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...

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...

CROTON - NIVADA SA, Grenchen - "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...

ELGIN Durapower"The watch with the heart that never breaks."This is STUNNING timepiece is an Elgin Durapower wristwatch dated from 1950's. It is a manual-winding watch, grade 673, 17 jewels movement, durapower mainspring, sub-second hand, U.S.A. made. It has a SUPER BEAUTIFUL...

ELGIN 19 Jewels Pie Pan Dial This is a very nice timepiece, a vintage Elgin wristwatch dated from late 1950's. It is a manual-winding watch, 19 jewels movement grade 777, sweep second, U.S.A. made. It is all in stainless steel,...

GYCINE WATCH Co."Famous for Accuracy since 1914"Glycine is a Swiss watch company that was founded in 1914. The company is known for producing high-quality, reliable timepieces that are designed to meet the needs of pilots, divers, and other professionals. Glycine...

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...

HAMPDEN Shockprotected Antimagnetic This is an unique timepiece, Hampden wristwatch dated from 1950's. It is a manual wind watch, 17 jewels movement, sub-second, Swiss made. Stunning black dial with gold Arabic Numerals, hour applied and matching hands. Very UNIQUE rectangle...

ILLINOIS Watch CompanyThis timepiece is a vintage Illinois/Hamilton automatic wristwatch dated from 1950's. After +70 years, it still has a very nice white dial with silver applied Arabic Numeral, hour marks and matching hands. It is 32mm round case and...

JUVENIA - “Juvenia is known for its extraordinary, avant-garde, case designs, unusual time indications and architectural inspiration.” 1860 – “the Juvenia watchmaking house is founded.”  Juvenia is a Swiss luxury watch manufacturer founded in 1860 by Jacques Didisheim, an entrepreneur with...

Langendorf Watch Company was a watchmaker located in Langendorf, Switzerland. The company was founded by Colonel Johann Viktor Kottmann, first as Uhrenfabrik Langendorf S.A. in 1873 to produce ebauches -part of movements for watches- for other watchmaker companies. The factory...

MENTOR Bader & Hafner Holderbank - Soleure Mentor is a brand of watches registered by Bader & Hafner S.A. / Bader S.A. on July 11th, 1941. The logo for Mentor was registered on January 10th, 1962.Mentor was a range of...

1950's ROBOT AS 1187 Swiss Made Wristwatch This is a vintage ROBOT mechanical watch from the 1950's. It is a manual watch powered by a Colgor Watch Co. movement caliber AS 1187/94, 17 jewels, sweep second hand, unadjusted, 43 hours...

BENRUS   In the early 1920's worldwide pocketwatch manufacture and sales were on the decline, it was then that three young brothers saw an opportunity to begin a wristwatch company, to produce moderately priced watches for the common-man, BENRUS.  ...

TOWNE WATCH Co. Incabloc 17 Jewels This is an unique timepiece, a vintage Towne wristwatch dated from 1950's. It is a manual wind watch, original Towne 17 jewels movement, caliber AS 1187/94, sweep second, Swiss made. After +70 years, it...