Why on earth are there so many franken Cuervo & Sobrinos out there? Seems like every one you see is a redial of some sort, and most being from the 1960s...years after the brand went out of business in 1959 meaning they are some sort of fake.

It just seems so off to me as to why there is the large amount of these watches floating around.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated...

 

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Yes, I know it wasn't a brand, it just seems so odd that so many crap watches have the name slapped on the dial as if it were a brand. Just so odd to me.

 

Me too!

 

Interesting thread I was just asking myself after a newer one showed up in an eBay search what is the big deal about the name....people market it and mark it up

 

Ha, the answer to the question seems simple: it's because Cuba has become fashionable, so people are cooking up all sorts of stuff in order to sell.
And also I would submit the humid weather may be quite unforgiving.

Cuervo y Sobrinos as a store still exists today in old Havana but it is now a state property, owned by the government tourism conglomerate Habaguanex (which uses tourism proceeds to fund the restoration of old Havana and various social works in the city).

I was actually planning on posting a "balad in Havana" post after a visit in November -- that included a visit to the watch stands in the Plaza des Armas, where I could only find ONE original "Cuervo y Sobrinos" dial on a Roskopf watch. I decided against the purchase as I thought the watch was too damaged for the price.
Here are the pics.... with a surprise at the end as it seemed we had a rendez vous with history.