Not a watch but a older Chinese made American branded watch band. A Timex "Fast Fit" adjustable expansion band I picked up NOS in the box. If you run across one of these, and there were several available on Ebay in silver or Gold tone, these are nicely made, comfortable and very convenient . I had to remove two links for my slender wrist but the adjustment feature can be used to fit the band to much larger wrists than mine should I sell or gift the watch its on. Its now on the Shanghai watch Factory ZSH I picked up recently and blends perfectly with the semi horned lugs of that case style like it was made for it.
Thought I would add a better photo came with extra link card papers and invoice for work done well happy
DW picked it up at her favorite Estate Jeweler for $1.00+tx. Quite a surprise...I believe it came out to compete during the Quartz revolution but can't find out much about it. Bob
Ref. 2517. I was not terribly knowledgable about this reference until I was offered this beauty by a good old WIS-friend this past week. Disregard the ref. # in the ad though, but it's the same watch [and thanks to @gatorcpa for a copy of the advert]. BTW: 340 Swiss francs in 1950 is equivalent to about $3980 in 2018.
Here is a 1906 Dueber Hampden lever-set seventeen jewel "The Four Hundred" pocket watch movement re-cased back in the day as a wristwatch. It's going off to the watchmaker next week for a new crystal. It measures 31mm in diameter, 37.5mm lug-to-lug, and 10.5mm thick case back to top of the crystal. For those not familiar with lever-set movements, the time is set using the crown, but rather than the crown being pulled out and away from the movement to activate the setting mechanism, instead a lever at the "five o'clock" position of the movement must be pulled out. The photos below show the lever in both positions. For the history minded.....Dueber was an Ohio based watch case manufacturer that ran afoul of the powerful U.S. watch trust in the late 1800s, and was boycotted by the trust's members. In response, in 1886, Dueber purchased one of its customers, the Hampden Watch Company of Springfield, Massachusetts. Dueber then moved six hundred Hampden employees and their families, and Hampden's equipment, to a new factory in Canton, Ohio. As noted in one of the DH advertisements below, this move created "The Largest Complete Watch Factory in the World" -- i.e., DH produced movements and cases in the same facility, while most watch companies of the time manufactured movements and bought cases from outside vendors. During the transition period between the popularity of pocket watches and the predominance of the wristwatch, companies sprang up that offered conversion kits that allowed pocket watch owners to convert their pocket watches into wristwatches -- the kits typically included a wristwatch case and conversion dial. An advertisement for a conversion kit for DH pocket watches appears below. Although Dueber Hampden went on to make complete wristwatches, it ceased operations in 1930 when it was purchased by the Soviet Union state owned Amtorg Trading Company. Amtorg relocated DH's equipment and work in progress inventory to Moscow along with twenty-one DH employees to teach the art of watchmaking -- thus was created in1931 the First State Watch Factory, the basis of the Soviet watch industry.
Nice pickup I missed out on this one when it came up for sale at the start of the year. Enjoy the watch and if I may....DIBS!
Omega Seamaster Chronostop 145.007 In its original box, the watch is pretty much spotless and on its original strap. I’ll take it to time 4 a pint