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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.

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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:
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:
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:
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.

               
Band:
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:
High Quality Felsa S. A., Grenchen Swiss Ebach, 30 Jewels, Adjusted in 3 Positions, and Automatic.

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