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. 
 

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