| Customline - 37 Jewel Brass Case and Back, English Made, Wire Lug, Scarce Timepiece (circa '40s) |
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| Description/Comments: |
| Take a look at this rare Men’s wire lug timepiece constructed of solid brass (two-piece case) featuring a 37 Jewel Movement. I’ve never seen anything resembling this piece before! The measurements are 41MM from end to end and 31MM wide (32mm including the crown). The domed plexi-glass crystal is in excellent condition and clear. The all brass case is shiny and in very good condition. |
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| Dial: |
| Original condition with an untouched satin-finish metal dial that is recessed in the center and features a crisp 60 seconds/minutes scale along the outer dial. Applied gold numbers and 'double gold dash' hour indicators, gold Dauphine-style green radium hands and a recessed sub-seconds dial with 5 second markers and 'sweep' gold hand. Signed Customline, and 37 Jewels below the 12 o'clock position and Shock Protected above the sub-seconds dial. The dial is attached to the movement with two little screws where one is above the 12 position and the other is below the 6 position. |
| Band: |
| Black Genuine Leather 'open-ended' band for wire lug watches. Silver tone buckle. |
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| Movement: |
| 37 Jewel English Made mechanical wind. The inside is simply marked KK with a star above the marking and Ten (10) visible red jewel settings on the top plate. The inside of the back cover is simply stamped 18. |