Hi everyone,

I have been sucked into the world of rectangular Clamshell cases by the Schmitz Frêres company. I absolutely adore the quality and design of these cases and haven’t found a dedicated thread for these on here – so i thought, I might just create one.

Here’s my three beauties, hope to see more of these from other collectors. Cheers!

 

Caseback pics? They are clams, after all.

 

You are of course right - here‘s the backside:

 

Is that a curved caseback on the steel bracelet watch?

 

They are all slightly curved. But not very much.

 

Some of mine

 

Let me just say that a post entitled "Rectangular Clams" is absolutely going to get me to click on it

 

Hahaha some horological clickbating.

 

These are great!! I think non-radium ones like your Cyma are relatively rare. Top notch!

 

I have a couple.

 

Fantastic!!! That 2 tone Cyma Sport is out of this world! Also: what‘s the bracelet on it? It looks fantastic!

 

Thanx! It`s a Henry & Cie stretch bracelet if I remember correctly

 

killer combo!!!

 

Aaaand heres the latest entry (excuse the bad, artificial lighting)

 

Aand so a Paul Bjerke found its way to me these were the steel sports of their time.

 

Nice! As you may know urmaker Bjerke is still famoly owned, and in buissness today

https://www.urmaker-bjerke.no/about-us/

 

Indeed And when I see that picture of his shop from way back (maybe even the 30’s), I imagine how my watch might have been in that shop-window

 

Cuba ?

 

nope, norway.

 

Hello fellow clamshell-friends – someone on Instagram reached out to me with a very interesting article. He went into the (now closed) Schmitz Frêres Factory and took some pictures. Incredible. There seems to be so much stuff there! Enjoy the pictures: https://www.lost-place.ch/2021/05/08/uhrenschalenfabrik-schmitz-freres/