Rare Watches

MWC (Military Watch Company) - A Legacy of Excellence Founded in 1974 by Wolfgang Obrigheimer, MWC began as a specialist watch company focused on producing rugged military-specification timepieces. Initially, the company made hand-wound mechanical watches, but in 1978 the company...

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...

ERNEST BOREL Ernest Borel, a Swiss watch manufacturer founded in 1856 In Neuchatel, Switzerland, it builds its reputation by 165 years of watchmaking savoir-faire and heritage. Inspired by the corporate ethos of ‘Romantic Moments’, the creations of Ernest Borel are...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

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...

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...

VORTIC Watches Vortic Watch Company, founded in 2013 by Tyler Wolfe and Logan C. Williams in Fort Collins, Colorado, specializes in transforming vintage American pocket watch movements into modern wristwatches. Their unique approach combines historic craftsmanship with contemporary design, using...

"ETON - Watches of unsurpassed quality"  LORD ETON  Day/Date Indicator  Wristwatch NOS - Box & Papers! NOS! - This is a vintage Lord Eton quartz wristwatch "A product of Phillips time Corp." and dated from the 1980s.  It is a quartz...

BUCHERER Carl F. Bucherer is a Swiss watch company founded in 1888. Based in Lucerne, Switzerland, manufactures luxury mechanical watches. Something very particular about Bucherer in that it has been wholly owned by the Bucherer family, founding by the luxury...

Rockford Watch Company  The Rockford Watch Company was a watchmaking company based in Rockford, Illinois, that operated from 1874 to 1915. The company was founded by a group of local businessmen, including former employees of the Waterbury Watch Company, who saw...

The Minute Man - Extremely Thin Model  - 12 Size   One of the notable pocket watches produced by the company was "The Minute Man" watch. It was named after the iconic symbol of American patriotism, the Minutemen, who played...

Hampden - "The world's Greatest Watch Works"  HAMPDEN Art Deco Lever SetDIADEM RARE! This is an unique timepiece, a vintage Hampden lever set wristwatch dated from 1910s. It is a manual wind watch with a Hampden lever set movement caliber grade Diadem, model...

ELGIN B. W. Raymond The BW Raymond Watch was named after Elgin's founder, and former mayor of Chicago, B. W. Raymond. The B.W. Raymond moniker only appeared on watches that Elgin believed represented the absolute pinnacle of engineering and accuracy. ...

BUCHERER  Bucherer, a Swiss luxury watch and jewelry company founded in 1888 by Carl-Friedrich Bucherer in Lucerne, Switzerland. The company is still family-owned and operated and is known for producing high-quality timepieces and jewelry. Bucherer has a long history of watchmaking...

Dated from mid-1800s, this is an antique M. J. Tobias Liverpool key wind open face pocket watch. The key is included. Swiss movement, Swiss case, and with the name "M. J. Tobias Liverpool" on the dust cover, this is a...

"Your curved wrist deserves the world's only truly curved watch"  Gruen Watch Company, one of the most important and prestigious American watch manufacturers, founded by a brilliant German horologists, Dietrich Gruen  and later by his sons Fred and George Gruen....

Rockford Watch Company  The Rockford Watch Company was a watchmaking company based in Rockford, Illinois, that operated from 1874 to 1915. The company was founded by a group of local businessmen, including former employees of the Waterbury Watch Company, who saw...

Rockford Watch Company  The Rockford Watch Company was a watchmaking company based in Rockford, Illinois, that operated from 1874 to 1915. The company was founded by a group of local businessmen, including former employees of the Waterbury Watch Company, who saw...

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...

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....