This is What we Love, Vintage Watches from Omega, Longines, Jaeger LeCoultre, Bulova, Universal Genève, Girard Perregaux
If you stumbled onto this article or video, then you clearly have a love for vintage watches. The six watches you see are unique in their own right, and go way beyond just their aesthetic attraction. Six different brands, and six completely different histories.
Omega reference 511.0474 Oversized Tank De Ville
This Omega De Ville has an extremely unique case shape. The watch was manufactured in 1974. The watch has a gold plated, tank style case in good condition with signs of wear. The caseback is stainless steel. The watches case is long, with no lugs and sits large for a tank style watch. The watch has a white dial with roman numeral hour markers that is in overall good condition. The watch has what appears to be the original cabachon crown. The watch runs on the caliber 625 manual wind movement.
Girard Perregaux reference 8194 Gyromatic in Steel
Gyromatic’s from Girard Perregaux are some of the best vintage automatic watches one can buy. The watch was manufactured in the 1960’s. The watch has a steel case that is in good overall condition with signs of wear. The case is strong, with signs of light polishing, if any. The watch has moderate size lugs that make the watch sit true to size. The watch has a white, silver dial that is extremely clean and attractive. It has applied hour markers in an “Rolex Explorer-esk” fashion. The watch also has a date window at 3 o’clock. The crown is signed with the GP initials. The crystal has some hairline cracks. The watch runs on an automatic, Gyromatic movement.
Universal Genève reference 20508
This Universal Genève was manufactured in 1945. The watch has a steel case made of Enversteel and is in good condition. The case has been polished, which is noticeable by the softer top of the lugs. the bottom of the lugs remain strong. The watches lugs are long and angle distinctly towards the wrist. The watch has a white dial that has aged nicely. The watch has radium filled hour markers and a 24 hour display. The first twelve hours are large, and the second 12 hours are in red font and run around the outside of the dial. The watch has beautifully aged blued-steel hands that match the dial. The watch has an unsigned crown. The watch runs on the caliber 267 manual wind movement.
Longines Time-Only 'Tank' Pink Dial
This Longines was manufactured in 1942. The watch has a 10k gold filled case, manufactured by Star Watch Case Co. that has aged to a pink colour and is in overall good condition with signs of wear. The case is curved slightly, and has moderate-length, but straight lugs that make the watch sit larger on the wrist. The dial is where the watch comes to life. The watches dial has aged to a pink hue, matching the case nicely. It has applied hour markers, thin hands, and a subsidiary seconds dial a 6 o’clock. The watch runs on the caliber 9L manual wind movement.
Bulova 'Rite Angle' in Yellow Gold
This Bulova was manufactured in 1938. The watch has a 10k gold filled, wedge-shaped case that is in overall good condition. The case has a triple-stepped design on it’s sides that add to its unique design. The case is curved and hugs the wrist well. The lugs follow the design of the wedge-shaped case, with the top lugs being shorter and the bottom lugs being longer. The watch has a white dial with applied hour markers and Bulova logo as well as subsidiary-seconds at 6 o’clock. The watch runs on the caliber 8AZ manual wind movement.
Jaeger LeCoultre reference 3150 Memovox Wrist Alarm
This Jaeger LeCoultre was manufactured in 1951 and is the first generation of the Memovox Wrist Alarm’s produced by the brand. The watch has a 35mm stainless steel case in good condition, with signs of wear. The watch has hooded, or sometimes referred to as ‘tube’ lugs that sit below the case, making the case sit taller on the wrist. The watch has a white dial that has aged nicely since the 50’s and has printed text. Both the alarm disc and outer dial match. The watch has sword hands that are likely a replacement. The crowns are unsigned. The watch runs on the caliber P489 manual wind movement.
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