Thursday, April 7, 2011

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE BAYLOR 600f GENTS DIVERS WATCH (SOLD)








VINTAGE SWISS MADE BAYLOR 600f MEN'S DIVERS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN & SHINNING BLACK DIAL WITH DATE WINDOW AT 3:00

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

A.SCHILD 17 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT CAL. 1172-10

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE METAL ARROW HANDS

LUMINESCENT DOT AND ARABIC MARKER

STAINLESS STEEL ROUND CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 39mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 42mm LUG TO LUG

BI-DIRECTIONAL BROWN ROTATING BEZEL

UNSIGNED CROWN

NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, ALMOST MINT CONDITION

PRICE : (SOLD TO CIKGU RAZ FROM NIBONG TEBAL)


Brief Information About Baylor Watch Co.

Baylor Watch Copmany is owned by private jeweler in Switzerland. Some of the watches under Baylor trademark were produced by Heuer Watch Company, these watches being co-branded Heuer & Baylor. It is believed that Baylor Watch Company was and may be still owned by the giant Dallas (Texas) retail jewelry firm of Zales.

Other retailers that had co-branded Heuer included Turler, Abercrombie & Fitch, Beyer and many others.

Saturday, April 2, 2011

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SWISS MONTGOMERY WARD LeGANT GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH (TRADED)








VINTAGE SWISS MEN'S DIVERS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN & SHINNING BLACK DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

SWISS 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE METAL ARROW HANDS

LUMINESCENT STICK AND ARABIC MARKER

STAINLESS STEEL ROUND CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 39mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 42mm LUG TO LUG

BI-DIRECTIONAL BROWN ROTATING BEZEL

UNSIGNED CROWN

NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, ALMOST NEW

PRICE : RM450.00 (TRADE IN WITH CIKGU ZUL FROM KUALA BELUD, SABAH)


BRIEF HISTORY OF LeGant Wrsitwatch


LeGant is a trademark used by Montgomery Ward department stores for watches produced under contract for sale in their chain.

The watches were initially made in Switzerland, and will bear 'Swiss Made' on their dials and movements. Some models, such as the 'QS' were early 'electric' watches, not to be confused with 'electronic' watches, and were an evolutionary step between classic mechanical watches and modern quartz electronic watches. These movements utilized a balance wheel mechanism for timekeeping, as do fine mechanical watches, both vintage and modern. However, the watches were powered by battery (rather than the coiled mainspring to store power, as done in mechanical watches). This hybrid electro-mechanical movement helped to overcome the problem of extremely short battery life in the first electric watches.

The Le Gant name was sold to Seiko in the early 1990's and watches from that era specify 'Japan Mov't', etc. Production was later ceased


AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SWISS ENVOY GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH









VINTAGE SWISS ENVOY MEN'S DIVERS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN & SHINNING BLACK DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE METAL HANDS

LUMINESCENT STICK AND ARABIC MARKER

STAINLESS STEEL ROUND CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 39mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 42mm LUG TO LUG

BI-DIRECTIONAL BROWN ROTATING BEZEL

UNSIGNED CROWN

NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, ALMOST NEW

PRICE : RM300.00

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE MONTEX GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH





VINTAGE MONTEX MEN'S DIVERS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN & SHINNING BLACK DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT (CANNOT SHOW THE MOVEMENT, CASEBACK CANNOT BE OPENED)

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE METAL HANDS AND ORANGE CENTER SWIPE SECOND HAND

LUMINESCENT STICK AND ARABIC MARKER

STAINLESS STEEL ROUND CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 39mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 42mm LUG TO LUG

BI-DIRECTIONAL BROWN ROTATING BEZEL

UNSIGNED CROWN

NEW GENUINE BLACK LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, ALMOST NEW

PRICE : RM400.00

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SWISS WATEX GENTS DIVERS WRISTWATCH






VINTAGE SWISS WATEX MEN'S DIVERS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN & SHINNING DUAL TONE BLACK/ORANGE DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN WITH MINOR SCRATCHES DUE TO NORMAL WEAR

THE SWISS 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE METAL HANDS WITH RED CENTER SWIPE HAND

LUMINESCENT STICK AND ARABIC MARKER

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

BI-DIRECTIONAL BROWN ROTATING BEZEL

UNSIGNED CROWN

NEW GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, ALMOST NEW

PRICE : RM400.00

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SWISS-GERMAN DUGENA DIVER GENTS WRISTWATCH (TRADED)






VINTAGE SWISS DUGENA MEN'S DIVERS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN & SHINNING SILVER TONE DIAL

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE PUW CAL. 1530 21600 bps, 25 JEWELS AUTOMATIC WINDING MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE METAL HANDS

LUMINESCENT ORANGE STICK MARKER

STAINLESS STEEL ROUND CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 40mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 39mm LUG TO LUG

BI-DIRECTIONAL BROWN ROTATING BEZEL

UNSIGNED CROWN

NEW GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME, ALMOST NEW

PRICE : RM900.00 (TRADE IN WITH CIKGU ZUL FROM KOTA BELUD, SABAH)


DUGENA - 100 years history. The roots of the German watch brand DUGENA date back to the 'Union Horlogere', a guild founded by watchmakers in Switzerland in 1900. Some 17 years later, the watch factories in Biel-Genf-Glashutte merged with the united Glashutten ALPINA, which shortly afterwards set up a branch in Germany under the name of 'Alpina Deutsche Uhrmachergenossenschaft' (Alpina German watchmaker's guild).


The circle in the triangle. - The watchmaker's sign of quality. The name 'DUGENA German watchmakers guild' appears for the first time in 1942 in Berlin, when it was decided to change the name Alpina to DUGENA.. Ever since, the circle in the triangle has been the DUGENA logo - the watchmaker's sign for quality in Germany.


Tradition and innovation, skilfully united. Today, the brand-name DUGENA combines watchmakers quality with modern design, and offers not only the popular DUGENA ornament watches but also fashionable sports watches and jewellery.


Brief Information on PUW Movement

PUW stands for Pforzheimer Uhrenwerke (Pforzheim Movements). Pforzheim is one of the cities in Germany, where watchmaking has a strong and long tradition. PUW made a lot of mechanical and quartz movements in the 70ies and 80ies and was very popular. Today PUW is owned by Swatch Group.

AUTHENTIC VINTAGE SHERATON DIVER GENTS WRISTWATCH





VINTAGE SWISS SHERATON MEN'S DIVERS WRISTWATCH CIRCA 1960'S

VERY CLEAN & SHINNING MILITARY BLACK TONE DIAL

RED DATE WINDOW AT 3 O'CLOCK

CRYSTAL IS CLEAN, NO CRACK NO SCRATCHES

THE SWISS 17 JEWELS MANUAL WINDING MOVEMENT

LUMINESCENT SILVER TONE METAL HANDS

LUMINESCENT STICK AND ARABIC MILITARY MARKER

STAINLESS STEEL ROUND CASE MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 40mm INCLUDING THE CROWN AND 39mm LUG TO LUG

BI-DIRECTIONAL BROWN ROTATING BEZEL

UNSIGNED CROWN

NEW GENUINE BROWN LEATHER BAND FITS 8.5" WRIST

DISCONTINUED MODEL... !

WORKING CONDITION, KEEPING TIME AND RECENTLY SERVICED

PRICE: RM300.00