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Hello and welcome to Watches
'n Such! This unique site specializes in
interesting and affordable
Antique, Vintage, Mid-Century, '60s and '70s, Novelty, New and Pre-Owned Modern wristwatches
for everyday wearing or collecting. You will also find some pocket watches and
interesting watch bands.
A constantly changing variety of
these types of items are offered for sale at below retail prices!
You can learn about the very
interesting history of wristwatches, how watches are graded and even "talk
the talk" of watch terminology (recently updated) right here on this site.
Visit the Personal Collection pages (I spent a lot of time collecting
these various pieces, taking pictures and writing descriptions and it seems like I'm always
adding and updating things.) I'm sure you'll find some really different
and unique items - so stop on by. "Constructive Criticism"
or any comment is
always welcome.
Please look around you might find a
deal!
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Watch and
Clock Collectors.)
Featured Watch of
the Week (from my Personal Collection)
| Brera
- RARE Rotomatic 30 Jewel, Automatic, Featuring the
Wind Indicator at the 9
o'clock Position,
Date Window at the 3 o'clock Position in Fantastic Overall Condition. (circa '50s) |
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| Description/Comments: |
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Here is a unique 1950s wristwatch featuring a super
rare Wind Indicator located at the 9 o'clock position. It also has
a very high
quality Swiss 30 jewel automatic movement.
This watch is in excellent cosmetic and running condition, and is
an absolutely beautiful timepiece. It keeps accurate time.
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| Case: |
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The round shaped heavy gold plated case measures 1 1/4"
across (including the crown) and 1 9/16" (lug to lug.) It is
1/4" thick. The original crown is located at the 3 o'clock
position and marked 100% W-P"RW". The back of the screw down case is marked
Unbreakable Mainspring, Stainless
Steel Back, Antimagnetic, Waterproof, Made and Timed in
Switzerland, and Incabloc. |
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| Dial: |
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The dial on this piece is an absolute
masterpiece of the watch making art. It features a rare wind
indicator located at the 9 o'clock position that is marked in
increments of 44, 33, 22, 11 and 0 hours. The
hour makers at the 12, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 o'clock positions are a very moddish
style form of Arabic numerals. The other hour markers are in
the form of a rectangular lines and located at the 1, 5, 7, 9, and 11
o'clock positions. There is a 60 seconds/minutes scale along the
edge of the dial with small luminous dots marking each of the 12 hour
markers. The date window is at the 3 o'clock position and features
red Arabic numerals.
The dauphine-style hour and minutes hands are gold in
color with a sharp central angle. And the sweeping seconds hand is gold in color.
The crystal has a flat surface with a slight curvature on the
sides and is raised
3MM
above the case at its center.
It is marked Brera, Rotomatic, 30 Jewels below the 12 o'clock position,
and UM, Automatic, Waterproof, and Incabloc above the 6 o'clock position, and Swiss Made below the 6 o'clock position.
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| Band: |
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Brand new 18mm Genuine Gallo Skin front and padded and sewn
in a medium
brown in color. Made by IW with a gold tone buckle. The total length is 9." |
| Movement: |
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High Quality Felsa S. A., Grenchen Swiss Ebach, 30
Jewels, Adjusted in 3 Positions, and Automatic. |
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