VERY RARE LUXURY VINTAGE HY MOSER & CIE MILITARY GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

VERY RARE! VINTAGE H.Y MOSER & CIE MILITARY GENTS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1930'S

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE H.Y MOSER & CIE MILITARY GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1930's

MODEL: VINTAGE

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC LENS

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: HY MOSER 16 RUBIES MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT Cal.H20

DIAL COLOR: CHAMPAGNE GOLD TONE/KEEMASAN

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: SUB SECOND DIAL AT 6:00

HANDS/JARUM: BLACK METAL BREGUET HAND/ LOGAM HITAM

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: RAISED BLACK TONE ARABIC MILITARY

CASING : GOLD TOP & STAINLESS STEEL BACK / EMAS SADUR DIATAS DAN KELULI BELAKANG

LUGS: 22mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 39mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 40mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: S/N 925607

CROWN: ORIGINALGP/ SADUR EMAS

STRAP/TALI: NEW MILITARY BLACK TEXTILE BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & VERY RARE AND VERY HARD TO FIND

PRICE/HARGA: RM1,450.00 (SOLD TO SAIFUL HAKIM, PARIS, FRANCE)

SOLD: RM850.00

BRIEF HISTORY OF H.Y MOSER THE WATCHMAKER

Johann Heinrich Moser was born and grew up in Schaffhausen in the traditions and experience of a watchmaking dynasty that had become established over the generations. Son and grandson of watchmakers he learned the traditional watchmaker’s craft from his father, Erhard Moser and from his grandfather Johannes Moser.

In 1824, he left Schaffhouse to set up in Locle where he perfected his knowledge in the presence of the greatest watchmakers of the time. Two years later, he tried to return and set up business in his home town, but the Municipal Council rejected his request to be given the honorary post of watchmaker to the town in favour of someone else.

Heinrich Moser & Co. came into being in 1828 and in 1829, Johann Heinrich Moser founded his watchmaking business in Locle to manufacture pocket watches.

As an ambitious and visionary watchmaker, Johann Heinrich Moser decided to set up in business in Russia. Tsarist Russia at the time was regarded as an excellent labour and sales market and as a sound trading base for watches.

After several employed positions as a watchmaker, he founded his own company in St. Petersburg at the end of 1828. This marked the hour of inception of the greatly successful brand, Hy Moser & Cie. Alongside precision watches and watches designed as pieces of jewellery, Johann Heinrich Moser also offered a range of simple watches.

As he built up his trading network, he came to realize that a successful wholesaler should also be a manufacturer. Johann Heinrich Moser accordingly established a watch factory in Le Locle in 1829, which produced watches exclusively for his businesses. This allowed him to guarantee the high quality of his products. Eventually, he was made an honorary citizen of Le Locle in acknowledgement of his services to the town in the Swiss Jura.


The 1st internationally active company founded by Johann Heinrich Moser was the St. Petersburg trading company, Hy Moser & Co. From this name, he developed the company signature in Latin and in Cyrillic script, which was almost always accompanied by a medallion. Until about 1918, these symbols were the standard signature on all watches supplied by Heinrich Moser’s watch company. In 1829, Johann Heinrich Moser opened a watch factory in Locle, which also bore the name “Hy Moser & Co.”.

The Russian operation had to be abandoned in 1917 in the aftermath of the October Revolution.

In about 1920, Moscow founded the “Central watch repair workshop” on the ashes of the Moser watchmaking factories of old Tzarist Russia. For the seventy-year period of the “Soviet Union” Henry Moser watches would remain synonymous with work of a superior quality for the leaders of the eastern bloc. As proof of this, in 1966, the USSR presented one of its high-ranking military staff a Moser pocket watch in 18-carat gold, dating from before 1917 (this collector’s piece has now been bought back by Moser Schaffhausen AG).

The name of Henry Moser also died out in this branch of the family in 1923 with the death of Heinrich Moser’s only son, who had no male offspring.

In 2002, Dr. Jürgen Lange and the great-grandson of Johann Heinrich Moser, Roger Nicholas Balsiger, jointly with private investors, founded the watch company Moser Schaffhausen AG. Dr. Lange also registered the original brand H. Moser & Cie again internationally.It was a time of renaissance for the Moser Schaffhausen AG and the reintegration of the Henry Moser lineage.

VINTAGE AUTHENTIC OMEGA HAMMER GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE OMEGA HAMMER GENTS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1949 (S/N 11763893)

MODEL: HAMMER

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: OMEGA 17 JEWELS AUTOMATIC BUMPER MOVEMENT CAL . 350 (THIS MOVEMENT FIRST INTRODUCED IN 1949)

DIAL COLOR: CREAM /KRIM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI:

HANDS/JARUM: GOLD TONE DAUPHINE/ KEEMASAN

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU:GOLD TONE ARROW HEAD MARKERS

CASING : GOLD FILLED TOP & STAINLESS STEEL BACK/EMAS TAMPALAN DAN KELULI DI BELAKANG (SOME GOLD FILLED FLAKE OFF ON TH LUGS AND BEZEL NEAR THE LUGS - VIEW THE PICS)

HINGING LUGS: 18mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 34mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 40mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: -

CROWN: ORIGINAL SS OMEGA CROWN

STRAP/TALI: GENUINE BLACK LEATHER STRAP FITS 8.5" WRIST WITH ORIGINAL GOLD PALQUE OMEGA BUCKLE

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL & VERY RARE AND VERY HARD TO FIND

PRICE/HARGA: SOLD TO MR GANSEH FROM USJ

LISTING:RM1600

History of Omega Watch Co

The History of a Successful Company Omega was founded by Louis Brandt at La Chaux – de – Fonds, Switzerland in 1848 as a assembly workshop. In 1879, after his death, his two sons Louis Paul and César started the in-house manufacturing so they started having total production control. One year later, Omega moved into a small factory that became a huge one when 12 months later they bought the entire building. In 1903, they both died leaving the company in 24 years old, Paul Emile Brandt’s hands. Because of the crisis that the Second World War left, he had to work really hard in order to face the economic difficulties. He merged Omega with Tissot calling the new company SSIH. The SSIH group continued to grow and multiply under his leadership and, by the seventies, it had become Switzerland’s number one producer of finished watches and number three in the world.

In 1985, the holding company was taken over by a group of private investors under Nicolas Hayek leadership. It was immediately renamed SMH (Société suisse de Microélectronique et d'Horlogerie). SMH had a rapid growth and success becoming today's top watch producer in the world. Named Swatch Group in 1998, it now includes Blancpain and Breguet.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE UNIVERSAL GENEVE VERY SLIM GENTS DRESS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC VINTAGE UNIVERSAL GENEVE VERY SLIM GENTS DRESS WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 1950's

MODEL: DRESS WATCH - 677-330

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: ACCRYLIC

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: UNIVERSAL GENEVE 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDINGMOVEMENT

DIAL COLOR: CREAMY WHITE/PUTIH KRIM

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: DRESS WATCH

HANDS/JARUM: BLACK METAL/ HITAM

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: BLACK ROMAN/ROMAWI HITAM

CASING : GOLD PLATED TOP & STAINLESS STEEL BACK/SADUR EMAS ATAS DAN KELULI BELAKANG

LUGS: 16mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 33mm DIAMETER INCLUDING CROWN and 38mm LUG TO LUG

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING: S/N 21613706

CROWN: GP/ SADUR EMAS

STRAP/TALI: NEW CROCO DESIGN BROWN LEATHER BAND

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: 8.5"

EXCELLENT CONDITION, WORKING, KEEPING TIME, DISCONTINUED MODEL

PRICE/HARGA : SOLD TO TN. HJ. RAIS FROM PJ

LISTING: RM750.00 SOLD: RM650.00

BRIEF HISTORY OF UNIVERSAL GENEVE WATCHES

In Locle, one of the most important watch centers in Switzerland, located in the mountains of the Jura on the 18th of January 1894, 8 o'clock in the morning on a Thursday, the company "Universal Watch" was founded. The two watch manufacturers Numa-Emile Descombes (born at Locle in 1863) and Ulysse Georges Perret (born at Locle in 1868) registered the name "Universal Watch" at the rue du Collège for the "production of watch-cases, domes, watch dials, movement, fitted boxes and packaging for watches". This was a classical formula at that time, which enabled the protection of the make and all related promotional material. In the same year they patented a 24 hour indication watch. Just three years later Numa-Emile Descombes died at the early age of 34. Consequently on the 22nd July 1897, all makes were transferred to the names of Ulysse Georges Perret and Louis-Edouard Berthoud.

Universal Watch was amongst the first to recognize the enormous potential of wrist-watches and chronographs in particular. In 1898 superior quality wrist-watches with chronograph and 30 minutes recorder were introduced. During the following years the brand "Universal Watch" profitted from rapidly growing reputation in Europe and the two Americas. The company decided to move the headquarter to Geneva, rue de l'Arquebuse in 1919. Research on self-winding systems for wrist-watches was undertaken. In 1925 Universal created the model "Auto-Rem", a self-winding system with an oscillating weight mechanism with spring-buffers, similar to the system of John Harwood. On the 12th of August 1933 Georges Perret died. The management of the company was taken by his son Raoul. Supported by new investors the company changed to "Universal Watch Co Ltd. Genève" in 1934. During the same year the first chronograph wrist-watch with two push-buttons was presented. In 1935 the company moved to 43, Rue du Rhône with an entrance at the famous Grand Quai, next to Patek Philippe. The name "Universal" was registered. Parallel to this, a chronograph with an additional 12 hour register was presented as a world premiere.

With the registration of the brand "Universal Genève" a new logo was introduced in 1937. Despite of the world-wide economic depression, the models "Compur" and "Compax" were such a great success, that the factory in Geneva could no longer meet the demand. As a result a chronograph factory was opened in Pont-de-Martel in 1941. The famous "Tri-Compax" model was presented in 1944. Selling watches all around the world, Universal was getting a synonym for quality, reliability and good taste. Louis-Edouard Berthoud died on the 3rd March of 1947 just before the introduction of the new precision automatic calibre 138 with an oscillating mass with single direction winding. Shortly after the inauguration of the new factory in Geneva on the 28th of April 1954 the model "Polarouter", later on renamed to "Polerouter", was presented. The watch, fitted with above mentioned movement, was used by the SAS crews during their polar flights. On the 2nd of March 1955 Universal Genève patented the calibre 215 "Microtor", a new form of an automatic calibre with the rotor mass incorporated in the movement.

Since the first chronograph wrist watches, Universal's endeavour was to combine quality with good classic taste. The make had many admirer, from Harry Truman to Juan Peron. The artist Jean Cocteaux composed the dedication "Les temps lui-meme regarde l'heure à la montre Universal", which can be found on the dials of the new tourbillons. Various sheiks and arabic ministers ordered luxurious custom made watches. Golden watches with exquisite enamel dials are still very sought after. Gerald Genta, considered to be one of the most famous watch designers of the twentieth century, contributed to the success of this make by, designing two models which have subsequently become world-famous: the "Polerouter" in 1954 and the "Golden Shadow" in 1966. These two watches gained Universal the "New York Diamond Award", the "Golden Rose" in Baden-Baden, the Grand Prix of the "Ville de Genève", the "Città di Basilea" prize and the 1st price in the "Exposition Nationale Suisse" in 1964.

After the company was managed by the heirs of the founders for generations, in 1986 Lennard Oldman was appointed as new President of Universal Genève. In 1988 the headquarter moved to 29, Rue de Jussy in Geneva-Thônex. In the same year the logo changed to its present design. After a prolonged crisis which had struck the Swiss watch industry, Universal was acquired by the Stelux holding group, Hong Kong on the 1st of April 1989. A new production unit was open at Bienne in 1993. After several relocations the head office is now located in Geneva-Acacias. Today Universal Genève is focusing on its qualities and tradition. The actual collection includes several watches in a very attractive "retro-design" with reference to some of the most fascinating models of the company history. The objective is to create new models, derived from the famous Calibre 66, which will become the new generation of Universal Genève watches. Recent highlights besides the revolving Janus models with two dials include complications like Solar-Equation and Tourbillon.

AUTEHNTIC VINTAGE RADO CAPTAIN COOK GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

VINTAGE SWISS MADE RADO CAPTAIN COOK GENTS WRISTWATCH

CIRCA 1960'S

SHINNING BLACK TONE DIAL WITH DATE WINDOW AT 3:00

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE 25 JEWELS SWISS RADO AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT

ORANGE SILVER TONE HANDS

WHITE, YELLOW, RED AND ORANGE INNER BEZEL (BEZEL NO LONGER ROTATE, CROWN FOR ROTATING BEZEL STUCKED/JAMMED)

ORANGE SILVER BATON MARKERS

SOLID STAINLESS STEEL CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 38mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 40mm LUG TO LUG

ORIGINAL SIGNED SS RADO CROWN, 2ND CROWN FOR ROTATING INNER SLIDE RULE

ORIGINAL RADO GENUINE BLACK LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL...

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE: (SOLD TO AHMAD FROM PENANG)

LISTING RM650.00 SOLD RM450.00 COST

Rado is a Swiss manufacturer of watches, with headquarters in Lengnau, Switzerland. It is noted for its use of scratch-proof materials, a field in which it is considered a pioneer. Today the company produces about half a million watches a year with a staff of about 300 in total.

Formed in 1917 as Schlup & Co., Rado initially produced watch movements only. In 1957 the company launched its first collection of watches under the Rado brand. In 1962 the Rado Diastar, the world's first scratch-proof watch, was launched. It has been in production ever since, now sold as DiaStar The Original.

In 1983 Rado became part of the SMH group which was renamed in 1998 as the Swatch Group.

RADO differs from the traditional Swiss watch makers in that it leans towards innovative uses of high tech materials in distinct design. RADO has focused on pioneering the use of a number of materials that are unique within the watch making industry, such as e.g. hardmetal (tungsten and titanium carbide), ceramic, lanthanum and sapphire crystal.

In 2004 the RADO vision was realized with the introduction of the V10K. Coating the watch with high tech diamonds made the V10K the hardest watch on Earth, realized by the Guinness Book of World Records.

The newer RADO watches are also distinct from the traditional Swiss watch industry in that their aesthetic is unique. Market reaction tends to be mixed to such a strong aesthetic, with many who appreciate the unique and distinct RADO look and those who do not.

During their time, RADO has received more than 20 elite international design awards, from the RED DOT Award to the iF Design Award, for both their product and most recently, their collaboration with Jasper Morrison for an innovative watch box that mimics the shape of the human wrist.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 18WGT BEZEL AND DIAMONDS DIAL GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE ROLEX OYSTER PERPETUAL DATEJUST 18WGT BEZEL AND DIAMONDS DIAL GENTS WRISTWATCH

BRAND/JENAMA : ROLEX
MADE IN/BUATAN : ROLEX MONTRES SA, SWITZERLAND
MODEL NO : RARE MODEL 1601
SERIAL NO : 321xxxx
MOVEMENT : ROLEX 26 JEWELS AUTOMATIC MOVEMENT CAL. 1570
CIRCA/TAHUN BUATAN : 1971
FUNCTION/FUNGSI : LUXURIOUS CASUAL WATCH
CRYSTAL : SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL WITH ENLARGED LENS FOR DATE AT 3:00
DIAL : ROLEX
DATE WINDOW : YES AT 3:00, NON QUICKSET
DAY WINDOW : NO
CHRONOGRAPH : NO
MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU : 10 GENUINE DIAMOND VVS1 MARKERS FACTORY FITTED
HANDS/JARUM WAKTU : LUMINOUS SILVER TONE HANDS
CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL
SIZE : 35mm EXCLUDING CROWN and 44mm LUG TO LUG
BEZEL : SOLID 18K WHITE GOLD FLUTTED BEZEL
CROWN : ORIGINAL 18K WHITE GOLD 2 STEPS SCREW DOWN ROLEX CROWN STRAPS/TALI: ORIGINAL ROLEX JUBILEE STAINLESS STEEL DOUBLE CLASP LUGS SIZE: 22mm
CONDITION/KONDISI: EXCELLENT WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED
COMMENTS: BEAUTIFUL MINT CONDITION. RETAILED PREOWNED FOR RM25,000
BOX & PAPER : NO
PRICE/HARGA: RM15,000 (SOLD TO MAYA BECKER FROM DUBLIN, CARLIFORNIA, USA)

BRIEF HISTORY OF ROLEX AND TUDOR WATCHES

The Rolex brand was created by a visionary named Hans Wilsdorf, who was born in Bavaria in the year 1881. Just before the turn of the century young Hans moved to Geneva, and at the age of nineteen discovered the industry of watchmaking. At that time the wristwatch was considered vulgar and uncouth; gentlemen of the day carried pocketwatches. Wristwatches were worn only by women, and the tiny delicate movements were unreliable and imprecise. Leading watchmakers were convinced that the challenges involved in creating an accurate timekeeping device in such a small package were insurmountable. Hans Wilsdorf disagreed. He saw much room for improvement in an industry dominated by traditional thinking.

In 1905 Wilsdorf relocated to London and founded Wilsdorf & Davis in association with his brother-in-law Alfred, a company which manufactured watch cases and distributed wristwatches. Wilsdorf always maintained a very high standard for the quality of his products, so he was continually seeking ways to improve the design of his cases and movements. In cooperation with the firm of Aegler in Bienne, Switzerland, he developed and improved the small-caliber lever escapement movement, and was confident enough to stake a loan of five times the total capital of Wilsdorf & Davis in the first order. From then on, Wilsdorf made and sold watches; his own cases with movements imported from Switzerland. After the turn of the century as wristwatches started to enter the mainstream (as soldiers wore watches on their wrists and the general perception changed from the earlier notion that wristwatches were strictly feminine), Wilsdorf quickly saw how he could take advantage of their emerging popularity by offering a variety of case designs: formal, sporty, casual, etc. He also realized the importance of brand recognition. Until then the custom had been for the retailer�s name to appear on both the dial and the movement, but Wilsdorf wanted to distinguish his watches from those of his competitors, which he considered inferior since they did not submit their products to the exacting tests which he insisted be performed on all of his own. Hence in 1908 he coined the name Rolex, which would henceforth appear on all parts of the watch, including dial, movement, case, and bracelet. No one knows for sure where he got the name; there are many theories on the subject. But everyone agrees that Rolex is a name anyone in Europe or the world at large could easily pronounce, and is short enough to fit comfortably on the dial of any wristwatch.

History was first made by Rolex in 1910 when a movement was sent to the School of Horology at Bienne, and was awarded a chronometer bulletin. This was the first time a wristwatch had ever received the chronometer rating, and suddenly Hans Wilsdorf's brand earned the respect of horologists the world over. Four years later a Rolex movement was awarded a Class A Certificate by the Royal Observatory at Kew, again the first small caliber watch movement to receive the award. Thereupon Wilsdorf decided that all Rolex timepieces should be submitted to similar tests carried out by impartial institutes. No Rolex watch would ever again be sold without its Official Timing Certificate. After World War I, Wilsdorf moved his operation to Geneva to avoid the exorbitant import taxes in England, and renamed his company Montres Rolex S.A., and later simply Rolex S.A. The Aegler company of Bienne provided watch movements to many companies, but only Rolex demanded that each and every movement undergo a weeklong battery of meticulous tests before they would be accepted. Any irregularity whatsoever meant the movement was returned to the workshops. It was due to these stringent methods of quality control that Rolex was able to achieve such high standards in accuracy and make such advancements in the world of horology.

Wilsdorf had long ago realized that for a watch to be accurate over the long term, its case would need not only to withstand the attack of dust and water, but would need to be self winding to protect the mainspring from stress caused by overwinding. The first problem was overcome in 1926 with the creation of the Rolex "Oyster", in which the winding crown was screwed down onto the case using a twin lock system. This brilliant watch was totally protected from the environment since the case was air tight as well as waterproof. In a well publicized event the following year, the Oyster was celebrated after being worn on the wrist by Mercedes Gleitze when she swam the English Channel. The watch made world headlines for keeping perfect time after being immersed in salt water for 15 hours. The Oyster was displayed in jewelry shop windows inside aquariums; keeping time while fish swam through the bracelet.

The first self-winding movement was invented by Abram-Louis Perrelet in the mid 1800's, and later perfected by Abram-Louis Breguet, but was never widely adopted because the mechanism was too delicate for daily use. In 1923 a British watchmaker named John Harwood patented a self-winding watch movement based on a "hammer winding system", which had a semi-circular weight that pivoted at the center of the movement and swung through a 300 degree arc. The swinging weight was actuated by the movement of the wearer. Wilsdorf discarded this system as too impractical. For one thing, Harwood's watch was unable to be set except by turning the bezel, and it used an unreliable friction plate to prevent overwinding. According to Wilsdorf, a truly self-winding watch should be completely automatic, silent, able to revolve in both directions, smooth in action and completely free of buffer springs. These obstacles were surmounted in 1931 when Emile Borer, the technical head of Rolex, invented the "Rotor", whose winding mass could turn both clockwise and counter-clockwise and pivot freely on its axis. The new movement was dubbed the Rolex Oyster Perpetual, and immediately became the world standard, imitated by every watchmaker since.

NEW IN BOX - AUTHENTIC SWISS ZENO BASEL OVERSIZED PROFESSIONAL DIVERS GENTS WRISTWATCH (SOLD)

BRAND/JENAMA: AUTHENTIC ZENO BASEL CHRONOGRAPH OVERSIZE GENTS PROFFESIONAL DIVER WRISTWATCH

MADE IN/BUATAN: SWISS

CIRCA/TAHUN: 2010

MODEL: CRONOGRAPH PROFESSIONAL DIVERS OVERSIZE Z-1E53/OR

CRYSTAL/CERMIN: HARDEN MINERAL GLASS WITH DATE MAGNIFIER

MOVEMENT/ENJIN: Quartz Chronograph, OS20/FS00

DIAL COLOR: BLACK WITH LUMINOUS MARKERS AND HANDS

FUNCTION/FUNGSI: Hours, Minutes, Subsidiary Seconds - Counters 60 min, centered 60 sec, synchronized 24 hrs - Date at 4:30

HANDS/JARUM: LUMINOUS SILVER TONE

MARKERS/TANDA WAKTU: WHITE LUMINOUS ARABIC & BATON MARKERS

CASING : SOLID STAINLESS STEEL/ KELULI SEPENUHNYA

WATER RESISTANT: 300METERS

LUGS: 24mm

MEASUREMENT/UKURAN: 45mm DIAMETER EXCLUDING CROWN (50mm WITH CROWN)

BEZEL: TWO TOBE BLACK/ORANGE WITH LUMINOUS WHITE ARABIC

DITANDA/ENGARVED BACK CASING:

CROWN: ORIGINAL SCREW IN ZENO SS CROWN

STRAP/TALI: 3-link stainless steel bracelet, deployant clasp with push-buttons and safety

SIZE STRAP/SAIZ TALI: FULL LENGHT

LIMITED EDITION IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, KEEPING GOODTIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

RETAIL PRICE: RETAIL NEW AT EMERITUS FOR RM3500. TO SEE OTHER MODELS AND RETAILERS IN MALAYSIA, PLEASE VISIT ZENO WEBSITE

PRICE/HARGA: RM1,800 (SOLD TO TN. MUZILL FROM IPOH)

ZENO watches - Objects of Pleasure and Quality

It all began in an idyllic house in La Chaux-de-Fonds, where Jules Godat had set up a modest workshop. Like many watchmakers in his day, his spent the cold winter months as a seasonal worker. In 1868, he set up in business on his own and by doing so laid the foundation for Zeno watch production as we know it today. In his little workshop, he made silver pocket watches. After Jules Godat had left, production was converted to the manufacture of railway clocks and watches. In 1900 the workshop was enlarged and equipped with electric power to drive the machines.

In 1920, André-Charles Eigeldinger took over Godat watch production. He specialized in the manufacture of observation watches for military purposes, slide rule watches and pocket watches in silver, gold and platinum. In 1922, Eigeldinger & Söhne registered the Zeno brand. This name is a reminder of the Greek philosopher Zeno of Kition and means „gift of Zeus“ or „god given“.

Demand for wristwatches rose constantly and in the inter-war years production was therefore converted to wristwatches. The first Zeno wristwatches were made of gold and intended solely for export. In 1937, to mark the 15th anniversary of the Zeno brand, the first watches with an integral stop function and acoustic telemeter were made. In 1949, Zeno took part for the first time in the Swiss watch fair in Basel. In the years that followed, the Zeno engineers developed a number of digital watch models with „jumping hours“, pendant watches for nurses and „watches for boys“, until in 1960 production temporarily moved to the Atteslander workshops in Biel where the first mechanical airmen’s watches were developed.

The rapid pace of progress is bringing constant changes to our lives. But in the Zeno watch work-shops, mechanical wrist and pocket watches are still being made by traditional techniques with the exceptional calm and concentration of experienced watchmakers. For over eighty years, Zeno watches have been produced largely by hand.

Source: Zeno-Watch Basel / Switzerland