Swiss made pocket watches camero railroad style pocket watch gold plated, eta 64971 movement swiss made. The movement contains a coiled steel spring, the main spring in a metal container or barrel. Fitting of the era the advertisements were not shy in extolling the virtues of the allproof claiming it had been dropped 3400 feet from an aeroplane exposed to rain for 30 hours and still running perfectly and later there were claims that allproofs had. The first watch made under the hamilton name was an 18size 17jewel pocket watch in 1893. The watchmaker holds a decorated swiss made movement ronda startech 5030. This swiss made style railroad watch, uses the eta 64971 movement. The companys first series of pocket watches, the broadway limited, was. Syncing helps make sure that pocket is fully uptodate with the latest changes or additions that youve made. The watch itself measures 50mm diameter excluding the winding stem and the loop. Plans, technical instructions and more as free pdf download. Ive dated it vaguely at about 1930s to 1940s, and the movement is somewhere between a cal.
I have cleaned this piece and it is a super clean and well running wittnauer swiss made pocket watch and it comes with the mint original selling box. Part sheets available via the document downloads department. A ligne is 112 of an old french inch and is about 2. The very clear white enamel dial has arabic luminous numerals with blued luminous hands and a subsidiary seconds dial at the six. The cases were also typical for that era, being either gold plated or chrome plated. From 1966 to 1969, hamilton lancaster and buren switzerland were. Part buren imperial pocket watch for spares or repair. As the spring unwinds it makes the outside of the barrel revolve. This is the watch face that mimics the antique gold pocket watch. The barrel has teeth like a gear wheel, and these teeth engage with a toothed pinion. Welsbro watches were typically good quality swiss watches with jeweled movements from one of a few swiss movement manufacturers. The movement is geared up significantly from the winding spring spring barrel. The new collectors 2 guide to pocket watches although water may appear to drip at a steady, fixed rate, in fact the more water is in the vessel the faster it leaks out due to the pressure exerted by the weight of the water.
The term jewel refers to the industrial grade gemstones used as bearings for gears. Please click on the calibre number to view more details about the movement and spares available. Swiss buren 10 jewel acme lever keyless pocket watch movement 1905 gwo. Manufacturers didnt stick to exact ligne sizes and would usually round up or down to the nearest half ligne, or quarter ligne for smaller. Dueber watch company pocket watch dueber watch co pocket watch with swiss made movement, genuine mother of pearl dial with moon phase, gold plated steel demi hunting case 442241 engraving available. Swiss made 17 jewel buren manual wind movement signed buren grand prix. It goes back to the cortebert 616, which was produced in switzerland in the 1930 and 1940ies, whose machines probably were sold to russia afterwards. Most vintage swiss pocket watches did not have serial numbers and cant be dated by this method. Sold archive buren buren swiss military style watch 1940s. When i looked at this dial under a loop it looked about as close to factory condition. Printable wall art, vintage map old americas instant download. Antiques atlas swiss antique and vintage pocket watches. A beautiful piece of time, a buren movement the buren pocket watch, converted to wrist mounted by revenant watches 80% silver case, watch face is approximately 48mm diameter.
Burenwatch c2 7 jewels swiss 2 adjustments now the case. Bevelded glass crystal is free of any scratches chips or cracks. Its swiss, small about 10s or 18 ligne, 6 jewels, and marked two adjustments. Maker is l reymond locle probably les reymond dial. Your banner watch case at the time your watch was made, most movements and cases were sold seperately is of canadian manufacture. They were the inventors of the microrotor and a list of other calibers. A vintage 1937 silver buren grand prix pocket watch.
Vanburen swiss pocket watch is running and keeping good time. As i understand the set was recorded by sheer capriciousness. The first project id like to show everyone is a rather fine pocket watch i serviced for a colleague. Buren mechanical handwinding pocket watches for sale ebay. One is a buren 7 jewel pocket watch that i am trying to date and or grade. But now it seems, that your browser does not support frames. This analog watch is high utility which has handles. Amazing buren silver pocket watch converted to wrist mount. By jafd88 own work cc0, via wikimedia commons ferrari photo 20305 geneva motor. Buren calibre movement and spare parts movement original. After thinking about it a lot i have now decided to create these pages entirely frame orientated. I also have one of these, marked van buren on the dial and van buren watch co. These schaffhausenmade pocket watches were primarily sold in the united. The number of adjustments meaning the calibrations a watch has to keep it running accurately regardless of the position in which it is held add to the watchs value.
Superb swedish military steel pocket watch swiss made 1940. The watch has a stemwinding movement which is working nicely. Swiss made, 21 jewels, manual wind, copper plated, circa 1960s70s. Here you can find the list of calibres manufactured by buren. Im about to post mine in hopes of finding information but so far i could only guess early 1900s on yours and mine. The movement is fully signed and is protected by an inner hinged cover. Unfollow buren watches to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. More to the point really you must know that i am unsure, buren was a swiss pocket watch and clock manufacturer born at the tail end of the 1800s. The swiss lead the way in postwar wrist watch technology.
Find the perfect style for any occasion from the best watch brands with overstock your online. In 1926, wittnauer manufactured the allproof, which was heralded as the worlds first shock and waterproof antimagnetic wristwatch. The movement is stamped buren, 15 jewels, swiss made. A large movement often found in pocket watches as well as wrist watches.
The molnija 3602, which was produced for almost half a decade, between 1960 and 2008, is the most popular russian pocket watch movement. That indicates that this dial was original to this watch. The hamilton watch company is a swiss manufacturer of wristwatches based in bienne. Find the perfect style for any occasion from the best watch brands with overstock your online watches store. Fast forward to 1966, and the brand was sold to hamilton and was part of the changes that brought hamiltons manufacturing from the us to switzerland. These minimize friction and subsequent wear on the inner watch mechanism. Incomplete buren quality swiss watch movement 15 jewels adj. The watch has a stemwinding movement which is ticking away and the time keeping is good to around 2 3 minutes over 24 hours. From 1966 to 1969, hamilton lancaster and buren switzerland were operated as a joint concern, with hamilton using a number of swiss movements for their american watches and buren utilizing a number of. Vintage and antique watch how to information by renaissance watch repair, provides a large amount of info on identifying, dating, evaluating vintage pocket watches specific makes or styles how to identify an original simon willard clock by ben e fulbright, adobe acrobat 23kb. The case was made by the dennison watch case company and it was one of their better quality cases being 14 ct gold plated and originally guaranteed to wear 25 years.
Buren grand prix chrome and steel vintage wristwatch, circa 1945 duration. Used my many manufacturers of high quality watches, in this case breitling. I aquired a buren pocket watch under the same circumstances and have found it easy to find information on the watches in general but hard to find my exact watch. Number written on back of dial matches the movement number. When youre ready, use the search for items button to see results.
The essential timekeeping mechanism, the swiss lever escapement, works. Until this time, they mostly produced pocket watches and table clocks. Williamson ltd, producing pocket watches and table clocks of all types. Capitol buren watch co open face 16 size railroad pocket watch swiss movement. The lip pops open perfectly when the crown is pushed in. The case is silver and there are silver import marks inside the case back for london with the importers mark w. The back cover says rolled gold with a number 1045, also under rolled gold it says 10 year garanty. There were produced pocket watches of all types and table clocks. Twotone metal dial looks clean and has black arabic hour markers. An early 1900s, 10k rolled gold, open face case pocket watch by buren.
The movement is stamped buren grand prix, 15 jewels, swiss made. Measure the d in millimetres and then use the calculator below to convert this into lignes. There is a number at the bottom of the movement 12s. Late 1930s to 1940s welsbro watches shared the same cases used by other quality swiss watch manufacturers. Read on wikipedia edit history talk page print download pdf. The watch has a signed stemwinding movement which is working nicely. The blue moon style hour and minute hand as well as second hand are in very good condition. Superb swedish military steel pocket watch swiss made 1940worldwide shippingyou are bidding on a superb swedish steel military pocket watch, made in switzerland in 1940. On the back side of the case is a etched design of a steam engine. They made large numbers of movements for the english and canadian markets. Buren grand prix pocket watch 17 jewel sign in to follow this. The dial has the three crowns logo from the swedish royal family.
Please reach out to me by email if you are unable to find the info about any specific calibre. History of buren watch, buren watches, vintage military. For example, the only railroad grade pocket watch that elgin was making in the 1950s was the grade 571, and they didnt start selling the b. Buren pocket watch swiss 12 size 7 jewel antique 1930s runner jb336. I searched for and bought the album swiss movement that had been recorded by atlantic at the montreux jazz festival in 1969. The generally accepted dates for the last run of grade 571 would place it in 1954. The hamilton watch company is a swiss manufacturer of wristwatches. Swiss quartz, pocket watch mens watches find great watches. Buren antique and vintage pocket watches antiques atlas. Vintage 1937 silver buren grand prix pocket watch 317795.
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