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Gallet Rare Regulator Dial Decimal Chronograph, All Original, 15j, c.1935
 

Early and rare, this Gallet two button chronograph has the very collectable regulator dial and an early 15 jewel movement and was a special purpose chronograph. The large sweep hand in the center of the factory original silvered dial is on a 1/100 minute register, with 30 minute elapsed time sub dial at 6:00 and real-time dial at 12:00. This was a specialty chronograph and useful for scientific and industrial applications to measure events to the fraction of a MINUTE, so an event may take say, 2.75 minutes instead of the customary 2 minutes 45 seconds. 34mm stainless steel snap back case signed by Gallet with original oval pushers and crown, all in excellent condition with no damage or personalization and only light use showing. Inside beats a Gallet 15 jewel movement that is running properly with all functions working as they should and keeping good time. New black croc grain leather strap.

Item #G406647
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Baylor Men's Chronograph, bi-compax 17 jewel Gold Filled, Near Mint, c.1968
 

Late 1960s Baylor two-register Swiss chronograph that is in near mint condition. The case is yellow gold filled with a stainless steel screw down back with no wear thru or deep scratches. 38mm x 44mm with 20mm lugs. Original crown, pushers and crystal. Factory Original finish light honey toned dial with chronograph seconds and 45 min. elapsed time indicator and tachymeter scale. Original gold hands are clean and corrosion free. Inside beats the origianl Landeron caliber 149 Swiss 17 jewel movement signed by Baylor and is freshly serviced and keeping good time. Fitted with a new tan leather padded leather strap.

Item #B598292
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Movado Solid 18 karat Rose Gold Triple Calendar, All Original, c.1940
 

Solid 18 karat rose gold Movado triple calendar from the war years in extra fine condition with it's factory original two-tone dial. These are very difficult to find in decent original condition and in the 18k not the 14k case. The solid gold Movado signed case measures 32mm x 39mm and is superb with no dents, scratches, personalization or damage to case or back. Back snaps on snugly. Original rose gold crown. Very handsome original two-toned dial is excellent and shows only the lightest of age under close scrutiny around 2:00 and the sub seconds dial. Day and month windows at 3:00 and 9:00 and date register around circumference of dial. Sub seconds at 6:00. Original solid gold hands and applied Arabic numerals. Original Movado 15 jewel Swiss movement is bright and clean and freshly serviced and is keeping good time with all calendar functions and pushers operating properly. Fitted with a new 16mm brown crocodile calf strap.

Item # M486915
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Movado Ermeto Moon Phase Triple Calendar Manual Wind, Near Mint, c.1950
 

Ermeto's are just so hard to find in decent original condition where the leather covers have not shrunken away from the case edge or been torn or damaged. This example is in superb original condition. Beautiful brown genuine crocodile leather cover is snug fitting and in wonderful mint condition. Factory original white and silvered two tone dial with gold applied numerals and minute register surrounding the 31 day date register with windows for day and month and moon phases. Dial is crisp and clean and pristine. Gold filled case with easel stand and chain loop. Case is excellent with no damage, scratches or personalization, it closes snugly and is clean and straight. We did not get a photo of the pristine original Movado Swiss movement that is bright and clean and keeping very good time with all pushers and complications working properly. Factory original crown. This is a manual wind Ermeto that does not wind the watch when opening and closing. These were available as an option later in the Ermeto line to provide a more reliable purse or pocket watch with fewer parts to go wrong, the automatic winders almost always needed to be hand wound anyway. Fitted with the factory original braided leather watch chain with button clasp in excellent condition.

Item # M537K483
$2,350.00
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Leonidas (Heuer) One Button Regulator Dial Chronograph c.1939
 

Very scarce and all original Leonidas (by Heuer) one button chronograph with the highly collectable regulator dial from the mid to late 1930's. Pristine factory original silvered dial is untouched and in mint condition showing very light aging. Sunken constant time dial at 12:00. Blue telemeter scale and black Arabic numerals for chrono seconds around the outside of dial and blue tachymeter snail scale at center. Signed Chronographe Leonidas Swiss Made. Sunken accumulated 30 minute chrono dial at 6:00. Original blued steel hands are mint. Stainless steel snap back case with chromed bezel is excellent and measures 33mm x 40mm x 10mm. The crisp and clean 15 jewel Swiss movement is unsigned, guaranteed original to the watch and is identical to the Heuer model of this watch. This movement is running well, keeping good time and all chronograph functions are operating properly with hands snapping back to zero smartly. Fitted with a new alligator print black leather 14mm strap.

Item # 799309L
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Hamilton L.L. Bean Sportsman's Triple Register Day-Date Chronograph Valjoux 7750 Automatic with Stainless Bracelet, Mint! c.1980
 

This is a special sportsman’s chronograph commissioned and signed by L.L.Bean from the 1980’s. Charcoal black dial with gold sub dials for constant seconds, elapsed minutes and elapsed hours. Day and date at 3:00. Domed sapphire crystal is virtually scratch proof and has minimal reflection due to it’s convex curvature. Uni-directional ratcheted bezel with gold trim. All surgical stainless steel case and bracelet in a special finish that is non-reflective and very tough. Men's length original stainless steel bracelet with now stretch or wear. L.L.Bean wanted a sportsman’s chronograph that would be tough, reliable, waterproof and shockproof, great looking, and as non-reflective as possible to avoid spooking game. This is a nice big watch at 38.5mmx45mmx13mm. Overall mint condition with only a couple of small tool marks on the back, the watch has just been serviced.

Item # H138360
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Tradition Swiss Alarm 17j Mechanical with Date, New-Old-Stock Mint, c.1970
 

Men's large all stainless steel NEW OLD STOCK double crown 17 Jewels Incabloc ALARM watch. Original beautiful satin silver dial in mint condition. Dial signed "Tradition,17 Jewels, Alarm, Swiss Made, Incabloc." Date at 3:00. Upper crown operates red tipped alarm hand. Lower crown for winding and setting time and date. Alarm operated by winding crown and then gently pulling out and rotating counter clockwise to desired time and leaving crown in "out " position. Turn alarm off by pushing crown in. Alarm Function working properly with nice loud cricket sound. Large solid stainless steel case in new condition with a couple of minor tool marks. 36mm x 41mm. Screw down back signed "Alarm, Swiss Made, All Stainless Steel, Water Resistant, Shock Resistant, Antimagnetic." 17 Jewel Swiss mechanical movement is running like new and keeping good time. Fitted with new crocodile pattern brown leather 18mm strap.

Item # Item # T482126
$495.00
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Breitling Premier 797 Chronograph with Rare Spider-Lug Stainless Steel Case, Near-Mint Original Condition, c.1947
 

This stunning Breitling Premier 797 postwar chronograph is in completely original mint condition and in a very scarce stainless steel Breitling case with exaggerated bent-knee lugs. Factory original finish silvered bi-compax dial with just enough faint patina and age to verify it's originality under magnification. Signed Breitling Premier and Swiss Made with tachymeter around outer dial. Original blued steel hands show a couple of spots of age under magnification. Spectacular solid stainless steel case with very scarce and unusual spider or bent-knee style lugs in fabulous condition with no engraving, scratches, wear or damage. 36.4mm x 47mm. Crisp original flat stainless steel pushers and crown. Inside is the original 17 jewel Venus cal. 175 movement signed Breitling Premier that is bright and clean and freshly serviced, keeping good time. Fitted with a new brown padded leather strap that looks great on this very scarce and collectable Breitling Premier 797.

Item # B547820
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Girard Perregaux Swiss Gyromatic with Original Regulator Dial, Very Rare, Extra-Fine Condition, c.1967
 

Very cool Girard Perregaux Gyromatic with factory original black regulator dial in a large size 37mm x 43mm screw back waterproof all stainless steel case with hooded crown. We have never seen this model before. Brushed stainless steel case with polished bezel and hooded crown is in superb condition with no scratches, damage or personalization. Screw-on back with Girard Perregaux cartouche. Excellent factory original black regulator dial that shows the hour on the top register, minutes on the bottom register and center sweep seconds and is signed "Girard Perregaux, Gyromatic". Original GP signed Gyromatic auto movement is very rare in a regulator style watch and this movement is bright and clean and keeping excellent time. Perfect for daily wear and a real attention getter. Fitted with a new 18mm black padded leather Eddie Bauer strap.

Item # GP476698
$1,495.00
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 Endura Tel-O-Timer Rotary Telephone Timer/Watch NOS c.1955
 

Very cool. This is a very unusual Swiss timepiece that was made to attach to the center of a rotary telephone dial. This was a very convenient timepiece that not only gave you the current time, it also let you keep track of the length of your phone calls. This was important in those days as long distance calls were very expensive and you were charged by three-minute blocks of time. We take long distance calls for granted today but they were quite costly in those days and you tried to keep them under three minutes. If you went over, you may as well keep talking because you were already going to be charged for the next three minutes. This neat Swiss watch has the date at 3:00 and a programmable timer at 9:00 and IT WINDS AUTOMATICALLY AS YOU DIAL THE PHONE! Never sold and absolutely new old stock complete with original box and instruction papers. We have never seen one of these before. Very cool, very collectable.

Item # E346016
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