Collectible Watches

A homage to the famous Hanhart-Tutima Flieger Chronogrpah Watch Luftwaffe Flieger Chronograph From the WWII era, the Luftwaffe Fliegerchronograph pilot’s watch was issued to Luftwaffe pilots, notably pilots of the Stuka diver bomber. It was first produced in 1939 by Hanhart, a Swiss-German watch...

BREITLING  "Watch of a famous Swiss luxury watch manufacturer.” When it comes to luxury timepieces that seamlessly blend aviation-inspired design with precision craftsmanship, Breitling is a name that often soars above the rest. Breitling is a Swiss luxury watchmaker founded in 1884 in Saint-Imier,...

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, it...

HELBROS WATCH Co. – “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...

"Waltham Watch Company made over 40 million watches, clocks and other precision implements between the years of 1850 and 1957." Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Waltham Watch Company, was founded in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1850. The company played...

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...

AEGLER - GRUEN - ROLEX Aegler S.A. was a watch movement maker in Bienne/Biel. For decades, Aegler S.A. was the primary supplier of movements for Rolex, until finally it was bought by Rolex S.A. in 2004.  In 1878, Jean Aegler -a...

CROTON NIVADA GRENCHEN – is in fact the result of a business deal between two companies: NIVADA SA, A Swiss company, and the Amerian company CROTON WATCH CO. INC.  Nivada SA is a watch company that was founded in the town...

“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.”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...

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...

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...

MIDO  Mido – from Spanish “Yo mido” which translates “I measure.”  Mido is a Swiss luxury watch company with a rich history dating back to 1918. The brand was founded by an ingenious Swiss watchmaker George G. Schaeren in Biel/Bienne,...

HELBROS WATCH Co. – “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...

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...

“Elgin, The Watchword for Elegance and Efficiency.”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...

CITIZEN WATCH Co. "...in 1976, we created the world’s first light-powered watch. The technology was named Eco-Drive.""Eco-Drive converts any kind of light into energy to power a watch, storing the surplus on a power cell. On a full charge, an Eco-Drive...

ZODIAC  Located in Le Locle (Switzerland), Ariste Calame (the son of a watchmaker) in 1882 founded a workshop to produce specialized watches with his name "Ariste Calame" and it was until 1908 when Calame patents the name Zodiac as a...

"The Hamilton Watch - The Watch of Railroad Accuracy."1926 HAMILTON RAILROAD WATCHPocket Watch "The 992 in its various forms is one of the finest movements around.."It was only after a railway crash in the late 1800's, involving two trains between...

SOLVIL et TITUS SM8605 Quartz Wristwatch  This is a vintage Solvil et Titus quartz wristwatch. It has the original gold tone dial with gold stick hour marks and gold matching hands. Also, the dial is signed with the Solvil et...

Art DecoArt Deco was a style of arts, architecture and design popular in the 1920s and 1930s, characterized by geometric forms and rich decorations. An Art Deco watch is characterized by geometric shaped case, most of the time square, rectangular...

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,...

"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,...