There Comes a Time in a Watch Collector S Life When He Must Clean out Closets, Sort Through

There comes a time in a watch collector’s life when he must clean out closets, sort through drawers and peek under the mattress (or under the grumpy old dog) to regain some breathing space around the house. My descriptions are honest and succinct, and I take pictures at close range, allowing you to see what the piece really looks like. All watches at Holben's Watch Attic have not been recently serviced and are sold as is – as found – even if they are running at the moment please assume that they will need to be cleaned and serviced by a professional watchmaker.p>The following auction is for an antique timepiece from the Elgin National Watch Company of Elgin, Illinois. This 3/0 size watch dates to 1915 and is in the “Transitional” style, designed to be worn either as a pendant watch (with chain) or as a wrist watch with the proper attachments. It measures 31mm in diameter or about 1-1/4” in width, not including the winding crown or bow. Its 15 jewel, manual wind mechanism winds and sets properly but it does not keep accurate time and will need to be serviced by a watchmaker. p>The original white porcelain enamel dial is in great condition with just a couple faint hairlines near the 2. It features a 60 minute outer track, black enamel Arabic numerals, blue steel original hands and a recessed sub-seconds dial with ‘sweep’ blue steel seconds hand. Signed “ELGIN” below the 12.p>The acrylic crystal is in excellent condition. The three-piece case is 10kt Yellow Gold filled and is in great shape with no wear or brassing, very nice. The winding crown is yellow gold finished and in great shape.p> The back lid is made of 10 karat gold fill and is in very good shape, one small ding near the bow but no wear or engravings. Inside is its original 15 jewel, manual wind mechanism, signed Elgin, U.S.A. – 15 Jewels, Double Roller. Very clean movement with nice damasking. This mechanism is complete and does run but does not keep time and will need to be serviced by a watchmaker. The inside case is stamped Fahys Montauk – Guaranteed 20 Years – 3/0. Fahys was based in Long Island (Sag Harbor) and a 20 year case equals 10kt gold fill, possibly 14kt gold filled. The 3/0 is the movement size…a common men’s wristwatch size during this era (WWI military).p>Sold “as found” so please assume it needs serviced/repaired. Thanks for taking a look and I hope you get a good deal on this nice old vintage wristwatch.Watch sizes: I provide exact measurements in millimeters (the watch industry standard) and inches, and include a U.S. quarter in one of my photos as a size reference. Draw the measurements on paper to help visualize the watch on your wrist. Remember, men’s watches from the 1910s - 1960s were smaller than considered normal today.U.S. winners pay $3.50 for safely boxed USPS First-Class Mail shipping with online tracking (delivery confirmation). Washington State residents (and those with shipping addresses in Washington State) are required to add 8.6% sales tax. Sorry, but no International shipping on Attic items due to the high cost of traceable shipping (it now costs $49 and up). I still provide international shipping on all my watches at holben’s fine watches. Payment is due within three [3] days of auction end, unless you’ve contacted me prior to arrange otherwise. In accordance with eBay policy, payments not received in four days will initiate an unpaid item case through the Resolution. <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"
<td colspan="2"Do you collect vintage watches? Our sister store, <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"Holben’s Fine Watches</font</a, specializes in professionally serviced manual wind and automatic wristwatches from the 1910s - 1960s. Our weekly selection includes men's and women's styles such as wire lug trench WWI; WWII; military; fancy case, art nouveau; art deco; mid-century modern; stainless steel; sterling silver; white, yellow and rose gold; solid gold; platinum; and diamond, ruby and sapphire ladies’ cocktail watches.</font</span</td>
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There comes a time in a watch collector’s life when he must clean out closets, sort through drawers and peek under the mattress (or under the grumpy old dog) to regain some breathing space around the house. My descriptions are honest and succinct, and I take pictures at close range, allowing you to see what the piece really looks like. All watches at Holben's Watch Attic have not been recently serviced and are sold as is – as found – even if they are running at the moment please assume that they will need to be cleaned and serviced by a professional watchmaker.The following auction is for a men’s vintage “hermetic” screw case timepiece from the Wyler Watch Company of Switzerland, a firm that made high quality timepieces but is lesser known to collectors today. This Tank form watch dates to 1940s and is in the late Art Deco style with military influences. It measures 41mm lug tip to lug tip and 23mm in width (25mm with original crown). This works out to be 1-5/8 inches long by 7/8 of an inch wide, without winding crown. This watch winds and sets properly but does NOT run (wound tight). It will need to be repaired/serviced by a watchmaker.p>The original two-tone dial is in great condition, a design that I love and not touched since it left the factory. It features a 60 minute outer track, original silver steel hands and sub-seconds dial with 60 second chapter. Signed “Wyler Incaflex” below the 12 and “Waterproof Antimagnetic” above the seconds dial. It is further signed Swiss at the base of the dial. The lidded, hermetic acrylic crystal is in excellent condition. The two-piece case is solid stainless steel and is in very good condition with some light scratches. This is a hermetic style case, held together with four screws on the back side. The stainless winding crown is original and in great shape, setting the hands smoothly but fully wound.p> The back lid is made of stainless steel and is in very good condition with a few light scratches. It is stamped Acier Inoxydable – Stainless Steel, 82476. Inside is its original 15 jewel, manual wind mechanism, that is clean but not running (the balance is good). It is signed Wyler Watch Co., Swiss, Fifteen 15 Jewels. This mechanism is complete but does NOT run and is sold as is for repair. Attached to the watch is a new 16mm black lizard grain calf leather strap with matching color buckle.Sold “as found” so please assume it needs serviced/repaired. Thanks for taking a look and I hope you get a good deal on this nice old vintage wristwatch.Watch sizes: I provide exact measurements in millimeters (the watch industry standard) and inches, and include a U.S. quarter in one of my photos as a size reference. Draw the measurements on paper to help visualize the watch on your wrist. Remember, men’s watches from the 1910s - 1960s were smaller than considered normal today.U.S. winners pay $3.50 for safely boxed USPS First-Class Mail shipping with online tracking (delivery confirmation). Washington State residents (and those with shipping addresses in Washington State) are required to add 8.6% sales tax. Sorry, but no International shipping on Attic items due to the high cost of traceable shipping (it now costs $49 and up). I still provide international shipping on all my watches at holben’s fine watches. Payment is due within three [3] days of auction end, unless you’ve contacted me prior to arrange otherwise. In accordance with eBay policy, payments not received in four days will initiate an unpaid item case through the Resolution. <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"
<td colspan="2"Do you collect vintage watches? Our sister store, <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"Holben’s Fine Watches</font</a, specializes in professionally serviced manual wind and automatic wristwatches from the 1910s - 1960s. Our weekly selection includes men's and women's styles such as wire lug trench WWI; WWII; military; fancy case, art nouveau; art deco; mid-century modern; stainless steel; sterling silver; white, yellow and rose gold; solid gold; platinum; and diamond, ruby and sapphire ladies’ cocktail watches.</font</span</td>
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There comes a time in a watch collector’s life when he must clean out closets, sort through drawers and peek under the mattress (or under the grumpy old dog) to regain some breathing space around the house. My descriptions are honest and succinct, and I take pictures at close range, allowing you to see what the piece really looks like. All watches at Holben's Watch Attic have not been recently serviced and are sold as is – as found – even if they are running at the moment please assume that they will need to be cleaned and serviced by a professional watchmaker.p>The following auction is for a men’s vintage timepiece from the Wittnauer Watch Company of Switzerland. This watch dates to ca 1960 and is in the Retro Modern style. It measures 41.5mm lug tip to lug tip and 34mm in width (36mm with signed crown). In inches this works out to be 1-5/8” long by just shy of 1-3/8” wide, without the Wittnauer signed crown. When I got this watch a while back it was running pretty good but it is no longer running unless you jostle it (it’ll run a few seconds). It will need a routine service by a watchmaker.p>The original silver, enamel finished dial is a finely engraved (guilloche) style with concentric rings radiating from the center. It is in good to very good condition with an even patina of age. It features raised hour markers and outer track, original silver steel Dauphine style hands and ‘sweep’ silver steel center seconds hand. Signed WITTNAUER below the 12 and “SWISS” at the base of the dial.p>The hardened acrylic crystal is in excellent shape. The two-piece case is stainless steel and in great – excellent condition, really clean and crisp. The winding crown is Wittnauer (W) signed and in excellent condition. The back lid is made of stainless steel and is in great – excellent shape with no wear or engravings. Inside is its original 17 jewel, manual wind mechanism, signed Wittnauer Watch Co., Inc., Swiss – Seventeen 17 Jewels, AXA. This mechanism is clean and complete but requires servicing from a watchmaker to run. The inside case is stamped Wittnauer Watch Co., Inc. Swiss – Stainless Steel, 6117/2 with serial number below. Attached to the watch is a 17mm tobacco color calf leather strap with matching chrome steel buckle.Sold “as found” so please assume it needs serviced and/or repaired. Thanks for taking a look and I hope you get a good deal on this nice old vintage wristwatch.Watch sizes: I provide exact measurements in millimeters (the watch industry standard) and inches, and include a U.S. quarter in one of my photos as a size reference. Draw the measurements on paper to help visualize the watch on your wrist. Remember, men’s watches from the 1910s - 1960s were smaller than considered normal today.U.S. winners pay $3.50 for safely boxed USPS First-Class Mail shipping with online tracking (delivery confirmation). Washington State residents (and those with shipping addresses in Washington State) are required to add 8.6% sales tax. Sorry, but no International shipping on Attic items due to the high cost of traceable shipping (it now costs $49 and up). I still provide international shipping on all my watches at holben’s fine watches. Payment is due within three [3] days of auction end, unless you’ve contacted me prior to arrange otherwise. In accordance with eBay policy, payments not received in four days will initiate an unpaid item case through the Resolution. <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"
<td colspan="2"Do you collect vintage watches? Our sister store, <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"Holben’s Fine Watches</font</a, specializes in professionally serviced manual wind and automatic wristwatches from the 1910s - 1960s. Our weekly selection includes men's and women's styles such as wire lug trench WWI; WWII; military; fancy case, art nouveau; art deco; mid-century modern; stainless steel; sterling silver; white, yellow and rose gold; solid gold; platinum; and diamond, ruby and sapphire ladies’ cocktail watches.</font</span</td>
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There comes a time in a watch collector’s life when he must clean out closets, sort through drawers and peek under the mattress (or under the grumpy old dog) to regain some breathing space around the house. My descriptions are honest and succinct, and I take pictures at close range, allowing you to see what the piece really looks like. All watches at Holben's Watch Attic have not been recently serviced and are sold as is – as found – even if they are running at the moment please assume that they will need to be cleaned and serviced by a professional watchmaker.p>The following auction is for a men’s vintage timepiece from the Delaware Watch Company, an American import firm who had its watches made in Switzerland. This stainless steel watch dates to the early 1950s and is in the military style. It measures 39mm lug tip to lug tip and 31.5mm in width (34mm with crown). In inches this works out to be just over 1-1/2 inches long by just shy of 1-1/4 inches wide. It winds and sets smoothly and keeps very good time over the last 24 hours but has NOT been recently serviced and would benefit from such.p>The original dial is a silver enamel finish in great condition. It features a 60 second outer track, Arabic numerals, original gold hands with fill and a ‘sweep’ RED center seconds hand. Signed DELAWARE – PERMA SPRING below the 12 and “17 Jewels, Incabloc – Antimagnetic” above the 6. It is further signed SWISS at the base of the dial.p>The acrylic crystal is in excellent condition. The two-piece case is solid stainless steel/b> and is in excellent shape. The winding crown is original and shows wear/brassing on the surface but is fully functional, winding and setting smoothly. The back lid is made of stainless steel and is in excellent condition, stamped All Stainless Steel – Shock Resistant – Antimagnetic – Water Resistant. Inside is its original 17 jewel, manual wind mechanism, signed Delaware Watch Co., Swiss – Seventeen 17 Jewels, AYL. This mechanism is complete and clean, running well the last 24 hours (2 minutes fast) but has not been recently serviced. Attached to the watch is a new 16mm dark brown calf leather strap with matching chrome steel buckle.Sold “as found” so please assume it will need serviced sometime in the near future. Thanks for taking a look and I hope you get a good deal on this nice old vintage wristwatch.Watch sizes: I provide exact measurements in millimeters (the watch industry standard) and inches, and include a U.S. quarter in one of my photos as a size reference. Draw the measurements on paper to help visualize the watch on your wrist. Remember, men’s watches from the 1910s - 1960s were smaller than considered normal today.U.S. winners pay $3.50 for safely boxed USPS First-Class Mail shipping with online tracking (delivery confirmation). Washington State residents (and those with shipping addresses in Washington State) are required to add 8.6% sales tax. Sorry, but no International shipping on Attic items due to the high cost of traceable shipping (it now costs $49 and up). I still provide international shipping on all my watches at holben’s fine watches. Payment is due within three [3] days of auction end, unless you’ve contacted me prior to arrange otherwise. In accordance with eBay policy, payments not received in four days will initiate an unpaid item case through the Resolution. <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"
<td colspan="2"Do you collect vintage watches? Our sister store, <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZholbensfinewatches" target="_blank"Holben’s Fine Watches</font</a, specializes in professionally serviced manual wind and automatic wristwatches from the 1910s - 1960s. Our weekly selection includes men's and women's styles such as wire lug trench WWI; WWII; military; fancy case, art nouveau; art deco; mid-century modern; stainless steel; sterling silver; white, yellow and rose gold; solid gold; platinum; and diamond, ruby and sapphire ladies’ cocktail watches.</font</span</td>
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