Caught 2 Vintage Gruen Ocean Chief

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I have been wanting to acquire the Gruen Ocean Chief for quite sometime already and it came as a surprise that two pieces were offered to me last week. Both are in very good condition specially the dials. The cases appear to be unpolished and the other watch came with a beads of rice bracelet without the Gruen Logo. It looks exactly like the one in old Gruen print ads so could it be that the bracelets originally used did not have the logo?

In fact, I bough a third one but its missing the desirable concave bezel. What is intriguing is the sterile dial which under the loop does not show any sign of printing that was erased or radium lumes applied.

The Gruens are indeed great additions to my collection.

Gruen 1

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Gruen 2

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Gruen 3

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That first one is nice!. I've got a couple of Gruen pocket watches but now I must have a look at the wrist watches aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif
 
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That first one is nice!. I've got a couple of Gruen pocket watches but now I must have a look at the wrist watches aussie-emoticon1%20copy.gif
I'm a fan of the concave bezel

I just love the unique gloss dial design with snake head hands.
 
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Great watches ! I love these hands and indices 👍 and we don't see them for sale very often, at least not in France or Germany
 
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It appears you've cornered the Market.

Good show!


mine, close but no cigar

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It appears you've cornered the Market.

Good show!


mine, close but no cigar


Nice Gruen. Is it also a radium dial?
 
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I have been wanting to acquire the Gruen Ocean Chief for quite sometime already and it came as a surprise that two pieces were offered to me last week. Both are in very good condition specially the dials. The cases appear to be unpolished and the other watch came with a beads of rice bracelet without the Gruen Logo. It looks exactly like the one in old Gruen print ads so could it be that the bracelets originally used did not have the logo?

In fact, I bough a third one but its missing the desirable concave bezel. What is intriguing is the sterile dial which under the loop does not show any sign of printing that was erased or radium lumes applied.

The Gruens are indeed great additions to my collection.

Gruen 1

l2GBkcm.jpg
4OEPaB0.jpg
U9v6KLw.jpg
gVaMnmS.jpg

Gruen 2

5kaHh5A.jpg
I7eu59T.jpg
l7HAaiq.jpg
BxGGBWA.jpg

Gruen 3

FckSTnq.jpg


so nice! DIBS please! the bezel in the 2nd picture looks a little blueish? or is it just the lighting/angle?