Casual Watches

A. HIRSCH Co. Achille Hirsch was a French that emigrated to La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland in the 1870's. He was an employee in the watchmaking industry. At first he worked using the local traditional watchmaking methods. Sometime in the 1880's, Achille...

HELBROS WATCH COMPANY Helbros watches are a fantastic part of the US watch story, "one of the most popular brands of the 50's and 60's" Helbros was a major US watch company, founded in 1913 by the Swiss-German Helbein brothers,...

ILLINOIS Watch Co. The Illinois Watch Company was one of the premier American watch manufactures. It was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bun, and various additional financiers. Twenty years later, Jacob...

ILLINOIS Watch Co.   The Illinois Watch Company was one of the premier American watch manufactures. It was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bun, and various additional financiers. Twenty years later,...

SINDACO Sindaco S.A. Watch Factory, also known as Sindaco SwissLine, was a watch manufacturer founded in Muralto (distric of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino) , Switzerland around the 1930's. Sindaco was a watch factory where they finished movements and...

CIVIC WATCH Co. Rumors say that Civic Watch Co. was used by Omega Watch Co., New York on some of their less expensive watches which were exported to the U.S.A. from WWI to the 1920's. Also, another story says that...

PLAYBOY Diamond BezelWristwatchA very UNIQUE timepiece, an original PLAYBOY wristwatch. It is a battery (quartz) wristwatch, central second hand, Japan made. Nice and perfect silver dial with matching hands. The dial has the popular bunny logo, also signed with PLAYBOY...

WASHINGTON Watch Co. Made by Illinois Watch Co., in Springfield, Illinois; the Washington Watch Co. was a "fictitious company", a private label brand that Illinois placed on some of its watches. Most of these watches were manufactured for Montgomery Ward...

ELGIN Diamonds & Rubies Dial Wristwatch This is an UNIQUE and STUNNING timepiece, an art deco vintage Elgin wristwatch, the movement serial number indicates that it is dated from 1920. It is a manual-winding watch caliber grade 431, 7 jewels...

PULSAR P2 AstronautLED WristwatchHitting the scene in 1973, as the more reliable predecessor to the limited production, yet WILDLY sought after Pulsar P1, the P2 found IMMEDIATE success. Initially it was made available in two different submodels - The Astronaut...

ENDURA From wiki/Endura: "Endura SA is Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1966 by General Watch Company (GWC) in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland, for the purpose of manufacturing watches under 'private label'. This company was also part of the merger between ASUAG and...

PLAYBOY Quartz AccuracyDate IndicatorWristwatchA very UNIQUE timepiece, an original PLAYBOY wristwatch. It is a battery (quartz) wristwatch with date indicator, caliber Miyota 1 jewel movement, central second hand, Japan made. Nice black dial dial with hour mark applied, minute marks...

SEIKO Quartz Date Indicator A very attractive and good looking watch, 38mm Seiko water resistant -diver style- wristwatch. It is a vintage Seiko watch dated from January, 1998. It is a battery (quartz) wristwatch date indicator, caliber Seiko 7009A, 2...

ILLINOIS Watch Co.   The Illinois Watch Company was one of the premier American watch manufactures. It was founded on December 23, 1870, in Springfield, Illinois by John C. Adams, John Whitfield Bun, and various additional financiers. Twenty years later,...

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...

CYMA The harshness of the climate in the high valleys of the Jura gave rise to watchmaking activity during the long winters of isolation. "During the 18th century, the efforts of the region’s industrious and ingenious inhabitants gradually led to...

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...

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...

DUEBER - HAMPDEN Watch Co.   In 1866, Donald J. Mozart founded the Mozart Watch Company in Providence, Rhode Island, to manufacture timepieces. The company failed very soon and in 1867 Donald has to reorganize the firm as the New...

ELGIN Cavalier This beautiful timepiece is an Elgin Cavalier wristwatch, reference 2837. The serial number indicates that this watch is dated from 1939. It is a manual wind watch 8/0 size, 17 jewels movement, caliber grade 524, sub-second hand, U.S.A....

ENICAR In early 19th century, the two small towns La Chaux-de-Fonds and Granges (Switzerland) became the centers of Swiss watchmaking. In 1854, Racine was well-known family of watchmaking in Granges, playing an instrumental role in the development of mechanical watches....

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...

"In every home in America it's Bulova watch time! 108 powerful radio stations broadcasting BULOVA WATCH TIME every hour... every day... 365 days a year"   1936 BULOVA Breton   "A service to a nation of busy people to whom...

"The right watch at the right price at the right time! New action-proof SEA KING by BULOVA"   1961 BULOVA Sea King "J"   "The watch with the Bulova secret -made for today's man of action-" This MAGNIFICENT timepiece is...