I had an early century Omega Trench watch and regrettably sold it. Immediately went looking for that wire lug style again. Finally- I found this universal watch. A leftover 16'3/4 ligne movement manufactured by Universal into a wristwatch circa 1920's. 42mm Silver cased, enamel dial. Red white and... bronze hands. Blue has faded over 90+ years. Amazing to hear it still tickticktick as it goes. If anybody has any kindred to this guy please post them up. I'll post some pics of the ancient movement up when I get time to crack it open. Happy 4th americanos!
Sunday couldn't come fast enough for me- I finally got to spend some time with this fellow. Here he is straight out of Sala: I may have overwound this but not sure- I heard a small pop-I was trying to figure out the max power I could squeeze out of it so pushed it a bit- it seems to run dead after 8 hours or so- the chrono still works and resets for the short durations I tested. May have to take it in to the watchman after more examinations. Case made in Germany... Who is JP??? My favorite part the onion : Thanks for checking it out!
Reccomend a service anyway if you are going to wear it. My Longines 13.33 needed a balance staff and two trips to the spa to set it right. Remember .. no antishock so watch the bumps!
Nice! Case made in Germany you say? I always thougt the crown and moon symbol was a German import mark
Yes my mistake- you're right. The crescent and crown next to the Grouse indicate Swiss made German import according to this:http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/casemarks.php#german @Larry S please post some pics of the 13.33 if you can. Anyone else with early monopushers?
@Larry S - that is amazing man. I look and think how did it last so long in this world... I know we take care of them now but they were made back then to go 100+ years
What I know is that it was sold by a dealer in Italy in 1918, gifted to a Physician and that it spent most of its life in one family. I still can't believe i got my hands on it. This will never be sold ( by me anyway) ...