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#5900 Rare Bucherer 70’s Vintage Automatic Lemania 1340 Chronograph

Status: Available for CAD $3250 / USD $2270

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This is a rare and collectible Bucherer ref 9803 automatic chronograph with the famous 1340 Lemania movement which was jointly developed by Lemania and Omega. Watch is dated to circa 1970-1972 vintage. Watch has been tested and both time and chronograph, including registers and date work perfectly. The watch has a quick change date function from the second crown position. The piece is in nice aesthetic condition and the original gold tone dial on this piece is absolutely pristine. The original Omega style hands are great. The watch is powered by the highly sought after Lemania 1340 automatic 12 hour chronograph, which features an unusual centrally based 60 minute sweep chronograph totalizer hand, rather than the conventional 30 minute counter. This caliber was a collaboration by both Bucherer and Omega (the Omega equivalent was the Lemania cal 1040) and is the predecessor of the legendary Lemania 5100. (The watch design itself basically resembles the Omega Mark III.)
The cushion case case is gold filled and has a stainless steel screwback. The Lemania movement serial number puts this watch production date to 1970-1972. This watch sits tall and proud on the wrist, and comes on a new old stock leather strap. The photos are Continue reading “#5900 Rare Bucherer 70’s Vintage Automatic Lemania 1340 Chronograph”

#5888 Heuer Autavia automatic chronograph circa 1972 – freshly serviced

Status: Available for CAD $6500 / USD $4895

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1972 Heuer Catalogue page

Heuer Autavia Ref. 11630MH automatic chronograph circa 1972 with black dial, grey registers and yellow highlights. The watch is powered by Heuer / Buren cal 12 movement and has bi-directional rotating minute / hour (MH) bezel. The stainless steel case and bezel show usage but case has crisp lines and appears to be in unpolished condition. The name Autavia comes from a combination of two words: Automotive & Aviation and was originally associated with Heuer dashboard clocks in automobiles and aircraft. In the early 1960’s the Autavia name was used on Heuer chronograph wristwatches for the first timer. Since its launch in 1962, the Autavia became one of the go to chronographs for the racing community with the first automatic chronograph (cal 11) being launched in 1969. The watch and it’s chronograph are both working well and keeping good time. Watch comes on a black NATO style textile strap. Continue reading “#5888 Heuer Autavia automatic chronograph circa 1972 – freshly serviced”

#5863 Jules Jurgensen Nautical Alarm Watch circa 1970 vintage

Status: Available for CAD $2850 / USD $2270

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Text from 1970 Vulcain Ad “a fine watch product of Jules Jurgensen Corp.”

Vintage Jules Jurgensen Nautical Alarm Watch circa 1970 with attention grabbing multicolor original dial. The orange, red and black spiral design scale on dial is used to calculate decompression stop time required when diver is ascending from various depths and the rotating 60 minute bezel is used to see time-lapse. This Jules Jurgensen timepiece is the rarer version of the nearly identical and well renowned twin, the Vulcain Nautical Alarm of the same period. At first glance it may appear that JJ stole the design from Vulcain but in fact Vulcain was owned by Jules Jurgensen, as referenced in the text from 1970 print ad above. It seems that the association was not often referenced, normally they used the familiar Vulcan branding for alarm watches with no mention of the Jules Jurgensen ownership. Not many of this watches were made with the Jules Jurgensen branding. This watch is massive for a circa 1970 watch at a commanding 42mm across excluding the crown. It operates on a manual MSR S2 movement which has 2 separate winding barrels. It also has a bi-rotational outer dive bezel. The orange, red and black dial is quite something to see with its compression scales – this example is pristine too. The white painted hands are original to the watch. The case back has no factory markings, I do not believe it is original, it fits snugly but watch should not be seen as waterproof and should not be used in or near water. Both the case and outer bezel are in very nice vintage condition. The watch runs well and keeps accurate time, and the alarm buzzes when triggered from a fully wound state. The crown manually winds the time barrel in a counter clockwise direction and the alarm barrel in a clockwise direction. This movement caliber allows the time to be set forward only, and the alarm hand to be set backward only – both of which to avoid damage to the movement. The push button above crown is used to activate set and on mode for alarm, when pushed from the winding position the crown moves out to alarm set mode and turns alarm on and Continue reading “#5863 Jules Jurgensen Nautical Alarm Watch circa 1970 vintage”

#5860 Zenith XL-Tronic electronic circa mid 1970’s

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Zenith XL-Tronic electronic wristwatch circa mid 1970’s in gold plated case with stainless back. The Zenith 50.0 movement was licensed by Bulova and patented by ESA. Continue reading “#5860 Zenith XL-Tronic electronic circa mid 1970’s”

#5859 Poljot Sturmanski 3133 chronograph circa 1976

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Black reverse Panda dial Poljot Sturmanski 3133 chronograph from approximately 1976 by the movement bridge serial number. Watch works perfectly and has a rotating inner bezel. The watch and its chrome filled case is in nice shape overall. It’s unusual to find one of these in Continue reading “#5859 Poljot Sturmanski 3133 chronograph circa 1976”

#5779 Caravelle manual wind by Bulova – 1976 vintage – freshly serviced

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Caravelle manual wind by Bulova with great condition original black dial, dated by date code on case and movement to 1976 vintage. The 17 Continue reading “#5779 Caravelle manual wind by Bulova – 1976 vintage – freshly serviced”

#5838 Jules Jurgensen Valjoux 7733 two-register racing dial chronograph

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Great looking Vintage Jules Jurgensen Valjoux 7733 two-register racing dial chronograph with original matte grey reverse panda dial with contrasting white subdials. Watch is in very good condition, presents nicely and dates back to 1969-1971. Powered by a pristine Valjoux 7733 manual wind movement which runs very well and keeps good time. The chronograph starts, stops and resets as it should. Watch comes on a leather strap, pictured. Continue reading “#5838 Jules Jurgensen Valjoux 7733 two-register racing dial chronograph”

#5693 Omega Seamaster Memomatic Alarm watch circa 1971

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Great looking 40 mm Omega Seamaster Memomatic Alarm watch in good working condition and dated by serial number to 1971. The automatic winding powers both the alarm and the watch movement and the alarm can be set for both hours and minutes. The Omega case reference is Continue reading “#5693 Omega Seamaster Memomatic Alarm watch circa 1971”

#5767 Mortima Super 28 Datomatic 70’s Vintage World Time Divers Watch

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Mortima Super 28 Datomatic 70’s Vintage World Time Divers Watch with inner rotating bezel and an outer world time bezel with tachymetre scale. The black dial is original and looks great and has luminescent hour markers and hands. The very simple one Continue reading “#5767 Mortima Super 28 Datomatic 70’s Vintage World Time Divers Watch”

#5593 Mortima Mayerling – 70’s vintage new old stock

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This Mortima Mayerling – NOS – new old stock watch is from a retired jeweller’s estate. This is a 1970’s vintage manual wind watch with a Continue reading “#5593 Mortima Mayerling – 70’s vintage new old stock”

#5737 Dugena black dial Chronograph Valjoux 7733 circa 1970

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Great looking black dial Dugena chronograph with round pushers, screw back, and Valjoux 7733 movement circa 1970. Dugena is an acronym of the German Watchmaker Association, founded in 1917, moved to Berlin in 1927, moved to Darmstadt after WW2. It was disbanded and the name was sold in 2009. The watch is Continue reading “#5737 Dugena black dial Chronograph Valjoux 7733 circa 1970”

#5766 Marine Time diving style watch by Sicura

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1970’s vintage Marine Time diving style watch by Sicura with bi-directional bezel and nice original jet black dial with luminescent hands and hour markers. The Sicura name appears on the case back, this watch would have been produced on contract but a 5 point variation of the Sicura crown logo does appear on dial. The automatic ETA 2459 movement works well and Continue reading “#5766 Marine Time diving style watch by Sicura”

#5595 Mortima day-date 21 Jewels -70’s vintage new old stock

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This Mortima Day/Date – NOS – new old stock watch is from a retired jeweller’s estate. This is a 1970’s vintage manual wind watch with Continue reading “#5595 Mortima day-date 21 Jewels -70’s vintage new old stock”

#5679 Candino chronograph by Dugena 1970’s Vintage

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Vintage stainless steel Candino chronograph by Dugena, case reference 136 and with valjoux 7734 chronograph movement, we estimate this watch was sold circa 1973. Great looking grey T V screen dial with red accents, note the crystal has a slight abrasion on the outer edge above the 1 0’clock marker. The dial is Continue reading “#5679 Candino chronograph by Dugena 1970’s Vintage”