VACHERON & CONSTANTIN INVAR The 20th century began with a major breakthrough: The Frenchman Charles Edouard Guillaume invented a material called “Invar,” a nickel-steel alloy. (Guillaume was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1920.) Invar (derived from “invariable” due to its particular characteristics) was the ideal material for balances as its coefficient of[…]
GERMAN-EIGENTUM-DER-FLIEGERTRUPPEN.pdf ALPINA ca. 1915: 182597 WITH MILITARY BLACK DIAL SIGNED EIGENTUM DER FLIEGERTRUPPEN ALPINA 60 MINUTE OUTER TRACK BORDER WHITE ARABIC NUMERALS EVERY 5 MINUTES } WHITE ARABIC NUMERALS 1-11 MILITARY/ALPINA LOGO AT 12 HASH MARKS EVERY 5 MINUTES SUB-SECONDS DIAL 60 SECOND OUTER CHAPTER RING STEEL BREGUET HANDS DIAL SIGNED MILITARY/ALPINA TRIANGLE LOGO[…]
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SIMILAR ZODIAC SEA WOLF CASE BACK GOLD FILLED GSW JEWELRY NEXT TO A SEIKO 6105 8000 READY TO WEARRESTORED & OVERHAULEDALL FEATURES WORKINGEXCELLENT CONDITIONVINTAGEVIETNAM ERA1969PX/R&RGMA24 HOURWATER RESISTANTALL STEEL AND GOLD FILLEDHACKING AUTOMATICDIRECTLY FROM VIETNAMWITH70/7217 JEWELHACK SETSHOCK PROTECTEDMANUAL WIND&AUTOMATICZODIAC MOVEMENT WITHBLACKTOP LINECONTRAST STITCHEDOVER STITCHEDDOUBLE NATURAL GRAINLEATHER HIDEHD CHRONOGRAPHWRIST STRAP 33×42mmW/OCROWN AND ***************************************************[…]
BLACK NO DATE WHITE DATE 24 HR HACK ALL THREE HAVE 1968/69 70-72 HACKING AUTOMATICS RESTORED & OVERHAULED ALL FEATURES WORKINGEXCELLENT CONDITIONVINTAGEVIETNAM ERA1969PX/R&RZODIACSEA WOLFALL STEELHACKING AUTOMATICWHITE DIAL WITH DATEDIRECTLY FROM VIETNAMWITH70/7217 JEWELHACK SETSHOCK PROTECTEDMANUAL WIND&AUTOMATICZODIAC MOVEMENT WITH VINTAGE VIETNAM ERA BLACK LEATHER CUFF STRAP WITH VIETNAM ERA ZIP LIGHTER ENGRAVED IN 1968-1969[…]
PARTIAL MATTY COLLECTION H CHRONOGRAPH A RETOUR GEISMAR CHRONOGRAPH A RETOUR GEISMAR With Breitling 639 Base This Bomber stopwatch mechanism was considered specialized equipment utilized by many European Airforce in the 1920’s and ’30s. Producers included **Breitling, Minerva, Leonidas, Universal, Zenith, and **Geismar The French Lip company created a different movement then those above that[…]
READY TO WEAR RESTORED & OVERHAULED ALL FEATURES WORKING VINTAGE WWII 1936-1945 ILLUMINATED SEIKOSHA H ——— 2 MILITARY NAVAL TIMER WITH FREE ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY WITH The Rise Of Japan 1905 – 1945 Imperial Army Imperial Seal Seal & Flag Imperial Flag Manchuria , along[…]
RESTORED & OVERHAULED ALL FEATURES WORKING EXCELLENT CONDITION VINTAGE 1938-1945 JAPANESE IMPERIAL PERIOD HATTORI-SEIKOSHA MILITARY POCKET WATCH WITH RARE WWII JAPANESE COMPASS POCKET WATCH WRIST STRAP WITH 15 JEWEL SEIKOSHA MANUAL WIND MILITARY MOVEMENT IN ITS ORIGINAL 100% FINE NICKEL CASE WITH RESTORED LEATHER SEIKOSHA JAPANESE POCKET WRIST STRAP WITH COMPASS AND GREEN FELT[…]
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I PERSONALLY OFFERED A SEIKOSHA WWII MILITARY SEIKO WATCH RECENTLY WITH THIS DIAL STRAP AND BADGE. WHEN A NEW PATRON INVESTED IN IT, OUR SERVER WENT DOWN WITH OVER 50 GIGS OF DATA. IN MY FRANTIC RUSH TO DISCOVER THE CAUSE , I ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED THREE WATCHES THAT PURCHASED OVER THE WEEKEND [13TH[…]
RESTORED RARE 1931-1945 WWII IMPERIAL JAPANESE SEIKOSHA SEIKO with WWII IMPERIAL JAPANESE LEATHER MILITARY STRAP OUTER PROTECTIVE CASE SUPER RARE STRAP COMPASS with FREE PROFESSIONAL ONLINE APPRAISAL [HISTORY INCLUDED] AND FREE ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY with 19.00 US SUBSIDIZED DOUBLE BOXED INSURED WITH SIGNATURE DELIVERY! 26.00 INTERNATIONAL SUBSIDIZED SHIPPING WITH SIGNATURE AND INSURANCE […]
GALLET.htm GLYCINE.htm WESTEND.htm WYLER.htm GALLET WWI/WWII 11AM – 7 PM EST USA Gallet is the world’s oldest watch and clock making house with history dating back to Humbertus Gallet, a clock maker who became a citizen of Geneva in 1466. The Gallet & Cie (Gallet & Company) name was officially registered by[…]
[2] GLYCINE WWII GALLET.htm GLYCINE.htm WESTEND.htm WYLER.htm Glycine is a Swiss wristwatch manufacturer formed in 1914 in Bienne, Switzerland by Eugène Meylan.. Meylan was an uncompromising watch engineer who strove for perfection and produced extremely precise, small movements for ladies watches. Glycine would combine these fine miniature movements with cases fabricated from gold[…]
WESTEND WW1/WWII The West End Watch Company was created in 1886. The West End, a district of the centre of London, inspired its name to Mr. Arnold Charpié who was the Bombay representative of the Alcide Droz & Sons firm, a watch company established at Saint-Imier (Canton of Bern) in[…]
GALLET.htm GLYCINE.htm WESTEND.htm WYLER.htm Paul Wyler presented his first 16 and 19-line precision movements to the public in 1927. The particularity of these was the ICAFLEX balance wheel, which was legendary at the time. The Wyler Incaflex balance wheel is protected along its diameter by two curved, elastic arms, which absorb any shocks to[…]
RESTORED 2009-6105-6119-8119-SHARK-PLATE-SEIKO-DIVE IN THIS ORIGINAL GETTING IT READY TO WEAR 6119-8119 SEIKO DIVE WATCH AUTOMATIC WITH SUPER RARE JAPANESE-SEIKO PERMANENT SHARK PLATE STAINLESS STEEL DIVE BAND NOW IN MINT CONDITION THIS BEAUTY WAS INVESTED IN 1974 THE PATRON WORE IT DIVING WORLD WIDE 20 YEARS HE WENT DIVING AND WAS BITTEN BY[…]
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In 1882, Armando Río y Cuervo and his brothers ran a watch-making workshop founded by their uncle Ramón in Havana. Cuervo y Sobrinos soon became a reference and a rival for the most prestigious watchmakers of New York, Paris and Rome. In the 1940s, Havana became the meeting point for intellectuals, businessmen[…]
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ONLY TWO HAVE BEEN FOUND BY GSW THE FIRST SOLD FOR 3000.00 INVEST FOR ONLY 1200.00 WE PAY SHIPPING FREE SHIPPING [s2Member-Security-Badge v=”1″ /] THE GOLDSMITHWORKS COMMITMENT GOLDSMITHWATCHWORKS /GOLDSMITHWORKS AND /MILITARYWATCHBOX OFFER ONLY THE BEST RESTORED AND WARRANTED TIMEPIECES AVAILABLE. GSW OFFERS ALL BUT A FEW OF OUR ONLINE ADVERTISED TIME[…]
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THESE WERE NON US CONTRACTED\ ONLY THE CANTEEN AND TORNEK WERE CONTRACTED U.S. NAVY DIVE WATCHES WHAT TO LOOK FOR HOW THEY LOOK NOTE. THE 2 DOXA 300T THE BLACK WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE UTILIZED THE EARLY ZODIAC NON-DATE WAS THE TOP VIETNAM ERA MIL DIVE RARE NON HACKING VERSIONS WERE THE FIRST ZODIAC[…]
GERMAN-MILITARY-WATCHES.pdf THE QUESTIONS THAT FACE BOTH BUYER AND SELLER OF VINTAGE WWII GERMAN MILITARY WATCHES IS THEIR AUTHENTICATION. I MUST SAY, IF YOU INVEST IN A WATCH THAT IS BLACK DIALED, HAS OLD DEAD RADIUM ILLUMINATED NUMBERS AND HANDS, A SUB SECONDS REGISTER ABOVE THE 6 POSITION, HAS A STEEL OR CHROME CASE WITH WIRED[…]
US GOVERNMENT ISSUED VIETNAM WAR WATCHES WITH A SECTION ON FAKE & COUNTERFEITS READ BEFORE BUYING VIETNAM ERA MILITARY WATCH THERE WERE NEVER ANY NAMES ON DIAL OR US NAVY US ARMY US MARINES OR AIR FORCE EVER OK, I HAVE PUT A VIETNAM MILITARY WATCH PDF TOGETHER IT IS FREE FREE DTU-2 EDUCATIONAL[…]
J LSYF GSW GSWW GST FREE HELP & WATCH ID ROCK BLOG FREE PDF AVAILABLE ALL WATCHES RESTORED BY ROCK WWI: 1915 -1918 -German Fliegertruppen German Aerial Detachments WWI: Pre-Luftwaffe” Was Called The LuftstreitkräFte And Very Early In The War As Die Fliegertruppen Deutschen Kaiserreiches (The Flier Troops [Of] The German Empire) 1915 WWI[…]
GLYCINE AIRMAN Founded by Eugène Meylan in 1914, Glycine produced watches at a factory in Bienne, Switzerland. Glycine began producing specialty ladies watches with precise, small movements in cases of gold and platinum dressed with diamonds and precious stones. In 1931 Glycine created an automatic movement based on the Hardwood 180 degree “Bumper” which had[…]
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A QUICK GUIDE TO THE BRITISH MILITARY WATCH A FREE PDF IS AVAILABLE Board of admiralty app 1810. The same board room in use today THE BRITISH ADMIRALTY REMAINED THE NATIONS PREMIER MILITARY POLITICAL FORCE AND MILITARY POWER UNTIL THE AGE OF AIRCRAFT AT THE END OF WWII, IT WAS THE ADMIRALTY[…]
US GOVERNMENT ISSUED VIETNAM WAR WATCHES WITH A SECTION ON FAKE NOTE: THE ONLY DIVE WATCH US MIL CONTRACTS WERE THE CANTEEN AND THE TORNEK. IF SOME ONE CAN PINT ANOTHER I WOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW. FROM ROLEX TO SEA WOLF, MANY DIVES WERE UTILIZED BY NAVY DIVERS UDT ETC, HELIO AND JET PILOTS ALSO[…]
DAVIDs RESTORED MILITARY CHRONO AVIATION WATCHES ROCK IS NOW RESTORING/SERVICING THIS COLLECTION THE FOLLOWING WATCHES ARE FROM ONE PATRON’S [DAVID] COLLECTION WILL UPDATE AS EACH TIME PIECE OF THIS INCREDIBLE EDUCATION PDFSTORED POCKET TRENCH CONVERSIONS VIETNAM US GOV ISSUE WATCHES GERMAN SUBMARINE WATCHES WWII NON-ISSUE MILITARY WATCHES GERMAN MILITARY WATCHES JAPANESE MILITARY WATCHES BRITISH WWI[…]
BELOW JAPANESE WWII ISSUE CHRONOGRAPH BEFORE RESTORE FOR FREE PDF DOWNLOAD A HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE MILITARY WATCH Imperial Japan 1930 – 1945 watches restoredby rock & co Imperial Army Imperial Seal Seal & Flag Imperial Flag While Japan provided SEIKOSHA made, SWISS made & Hybrid [Japan Case/Dial, w/Swiss and Japanese Movement] watches,[…]
DIVE WATCHES COLLECTIBLE DIVE WATCHES WHAT TO LOOK FOR HOW THEY LOOK NOTE. THE 2 DOXA 300T THE BLACK WOULD HAVE BEEN THE ONE UTILIZED THE EARLY ZODIAC NON-DATE WAS THE TOP VIETNAM ERA MIL DIVE RARE NON HACKING VERSIONS WERE THE FIRST ZODIAC MILITARY THE BULOVA AND BLANCPAIN WERE ALL DESIGNED FROM[…]
GERMAN-MILITARY-WATCHES.pdf THE QUESTIONS THAT FACE BOTH BUYER AND SELLER OF VINTAGE WWII GERMAN MILITARY WATCHES IS THEIR AUTHENTICATION. I MUST SAY, IF YOU INVEST IN A WATCH THAT IS BLACK DIALED, HAS OLD DEAD RADIUM ILLUMINATED NUMBERS AND HANDS, A SUB SECONDS REGISTER ABOVE THE 6 POSITION, HAS A STEEL OR CHROME CASE[…]
OCT 30TH 2014 TOP RESTORATIONS 2014 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUNE JULY AUGUSTUS SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOV 2013 JAN– FEB–MAR–APRIL–MAY– JUNE–JULY–AUG–SEP OCT NOV DEC 2012 JAN –FEB–MAR–APRIL –MAY–JUNE–JULY–AUG–SEPT–OCT–NOV–DEC 2011NOV DEC TEN YEAR WATCH POLICY http://helpme.lsyf.com/ Limited Alpina production-For Goering Luftwaffe Hacking Sweeps BY ALPINA HONORING HITLER SEIKOSHA CHRONO SEIKOSHA SUB TIMER WWII SEIKOSHA Alpina[…]
GOLDSMITHWORKS IN BIZ FOR 30 YEARS ONLINE SINCE 1992 ONLY OFFERS OUR PRODUCTS ON EBAY WATCH SALES REPAIRS RESTORATIONS APPRAISALS ALL GSW OFFERS ARE ON EBAY 800-438-6894 OUTER CASE – INNER BOX – CLOTH POCKET WATCH AND POCKET WATCH LANYARD HOLDING KEY ***************************************** JUST THE CASE 46.01 MM 1.81 INCHES W/NECK/BUTTON 54.99[…]
GOLDSMITHWORKS HAS BEEN ONLINE TRADING & RESTORING WATCHES SINCE 1992 SINCE JOINING EBAY TEN YEARS AGO WE- HAVE POSTED OVER 150,000 PERMANENT IMAGES PLUS HISTORIES OF ALL OF OUR RESTORATIONS PICASA -PHOTO BUCKET -GOOGLE WE MAINTAIN 13 WEBSITES PROVIDING OUR PATRONS WITH FREE DETAILED INFORMATION, HISTORY/CLEAR PICS ON WATCHES RESTORED THE LAST TEN[…]
THE POPULARITY OF THE UNIQUE PERSHING DIAL MADE THAT DIAL THE PERSHING DIAL. NOTE THE POCKET STYLED / CASED PERSHING ABOVE. WE STILL DISCOVER SPECIAL “PERSHING DIALED” WATCHES IN MANY FORMS IT SEEMS THAT MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, SOMEONE, USUALLY FROM A WATCH FORUM,WILL CONTACT ROCK TO INFORM HIM THAT SOMETHING/EVERYTHING IN AN OFFER IS[…]
THE RAREST WWII GERMAN WATCH A SMALL RUN OF THESE POCKET WATCHES WERE MADE IN GERMANY BY ALPINA HONORING HITLER.–\FEW SURVIVED FEWER STILL ACTUALLY RUN DUE TO PARTS THIS ALPINA WAS/IS NOT SIMPLY A FASHION OR HONOR WATCH THE FACT THIS ALPINA HAS A MILITARY HACKED SWEEP SECONDS HAND AND THIS RARE MILITARY GRADE[…]
WELCOME TO GOLDSMITHWORKS EBAY STOREFRONT. GOLDSMITHWORKS AND MILITARY WATCH BOX, WITH A BEAUTIFUL STUDIO AND GALLERY LOCATED IN SUWANEE GA ARE STATE LICENSED PRECIOUS METAL DEALERS, JEWELERS, GOLDSMITH AND WATCHMAKERS, AND ARE IN$URED THROUGH JEWELERS MUTUAL. WE ARE A MEMBER OF JEWELERS OF AMERICA, THE SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN GOLDSMITHS,POLYGON, THE DIAMOND NETWORK[…]
New Page 5 FACT. GOLDSMITHWORKS HAS BEEN ONLINE TRADING & RESTORING WATCHES SINCE 1992 SINCE JOINING EBAY TEN YEARS AGO, WE HAVE OFFERED OUR VINTAGE TIME EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE WITH EB WE HAVE ALSO POSTED OVER 150,000 IMAGES OF OUR RESTORATIONS PICASA -PHOTO BUCKET -GOOGLE FREE WARRANTY AND APPRAISAL VERIFYING THE AUTHENTICITY OF OUR TIME[…]
APPRAISALS http://value.lsyf.com KEYSTONE THE GSW GOLDSMITHWORKS APPRAISAL IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS YOU CAN POSSESS AS TO YOUR VINTAGE WATCH. NOT ONLY IS THE WATCH DETAILED AS WELL AS OUR OFFERS, IT IS GOOD ENOUGH TO UTILIZE IN INSURING YOUR VINTAGE WATCH AND FOR INSURING THAT YOU RECEIVE THE VALUE IF YOU[…]
THE GSW GOLDSMITHWORKS APPRAISAL IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS YOU CAN POSSESS AS TO YOUR VINTAGE WATCH. NOT ONLY IS THE WATCH DETAILED AS WELL AS OUR OFFERS, YOU MAY UTILIZE IN INSURING YOUR VINTAGE WATCH. IT IS A DETAILED DOCUMENT IN CASE OF THEFT OR REPLACEMENT. IT DEMONSTRATS IT WAS WAS RECENTLY[…]
THE KEY PORTION CONCERNING ELIJAH REEDY”S CRITICAL MISTAKES ARE BELOW HE ACCEPTS RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS THIS PAGE INCLUDES ROCK’S ORIGINAL 2016 RESTORATION WORKS THE 2017 WARRANTY FACTS ARE WHERE ELIJAH REEDY WAS INVOLVED ELIJAH REEDY AGREED TO HANDLE A BASIC FREE WARRANTY REPAIR FOR ROCK THIS IS WHERE HE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PATRON[…]
CHECKING THIS WEEK’S BATCH OF RESTORATIONS CHECKING THIS WEEK’S BATCH OF RESTORATIONS HAVE AN AGED VINTAGE SEIKO HERE WITH CROWN ISSUE: PROBLEM WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE CROWN PROVED IT WAS SO TIGHT EVEN USING VICE GRIP TOOL WOULD NOT BUDGE IT. REMOVED CRYSTAL WITH BEZEL, HANDS AND CASE BACK THEN GOT READY TO IMPROVISE..[…]
Illinois Pennsylvania Special 1905 1921 Pennsylvania Special 1921 Illinois Pennsylvania Special 1905 1921 ILLINOIS POCKET WATCHES 1921 1905 CLICK IMAGE ABOVE FOR FULL HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE Washington Post, Nov 21, 1919 Kay Jewelry Store to Open Premises at 407 Seventh Street Are Remodeled for New Business. The Kay Jewelry store, 407 Seventh[…]
LEN_MULLER_6105_8009 Len Muller 6105 – 8009 SEIKO DIVE WATCH LEN MUELLER 6105 8009 KEEPS GREAT TIME LOOKS LIKE IT IS A NEAR NOS TIME PIECE 99% OF CASE FLAWS, DINGS, DENTS, IMPERFECTIONS REMOVED FILING AND SANDING THEM MEASURED THEN POWER ROUGE CUTTING AND POLISHING WITH 4 DIFFERENT ROUGES REMOVED MANY DINGS[…]
Vietnam 6105 Seiko Diver 2016 6th Cavalry Custom Strap Vietnam 6105 Seiko Diver 6th Cavalry Custom Strap I MASHED MY THUMB 4 TIMES SETTING THE RIVETS.. HOLES ARE FOR BREATHING AND ABILITY TO USE LEATHER OR NYLON CORD TO CARRY AROUND NECK OR ATTACHE TO FIELD GEAR OR OTHER SUCH CARRYING ABILITY […]
THE MOST VALUABLE SEIKO 6105 DIVE WATCH IS THE 6105_*B-8000 WITH “PROOF” ON DIAL AND 6105B DAINISEIKOSHA CO LTD SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS UNADJUSTED JAPAN ON ROTOR ASSEMBLY * DENOTES THE MODEL WITH HACKING ABILITY index.html NOTE THE “PROOF” JAPAN 6105 -8000 T ON DIAL 6105B DAINISEIKOSHA CO LTD SEVENTEEN 17 JEWELS UNADJUSTED JAPAN ROTOR WEIGHT[…]
FRANK PAVE GENUINE 6105-8110-B *HACKING DIVE WATCH MODEL IS THE 150M WATER RESISTANT I recommend that YOU click here then when page opens select file in browser tool bar then select SAVE AS WEBPAGE and save this to YOUR hard drive! http://goldsmithtraining.com/SIK/ FRANK 6105 APPRAISAL * MANUAL/AUTOMATIC MECHANICAL WRIST WATCHES DO NOT STOP LIKE A[…]
RESTORED & OVERHAULED ALL FEATURES WORKING EXCELLENT CONDITION VINTAGE 1938-1945 JAPANESE IMPERIAL PERIOD HATTORI-SEIKOSHA MILITARY POCKET WATCH WITH RARE WWII JAPANESE COMPASS POCKET WATCH WRIST STRAP
WITH
15 JEWEL SEIKOSHA MANUAL WIND MILITARY MOVEMENT
IN ITS
ORIGINAL 100% FINE NICKEL CASE
WITH
RESTORED LEATHER SEIKOSHA JAPANESE POCKET WRIST STRAP WITH COMPASS
AND
GREEN FELT MAHOGANY FINISH HINGED WITH CLOSURE WALL AND DESK MOUNTING MILITARY WATCH BOX TO STORE & SHOW THIS AWESOME SEIKOSHA
THIS IS A COLLECTORS WRIST WATCH, THOUGH IT OPERATES AS IT SHOULD AND IS IN EXCELLENT TO FINE CONDITION, AND CAN BE USED AS A WEAR WATCH, THIS SEIKOSHA SHOULD NOT BE AN EVERYDAY WEAR WATCH. SIMPLY PUT, IT IS EXTREMELY RARE AND PARTS ARE DIFFICULT TO FIND.
THE STRAP THAT IS A MAJOR PART OF THIS OFFER IS IN EXCELLENT OVERALL CONDITION BUT SHOULD NOT BE TREATED AS IF IT IS MODERN. IT IS EXTREMELY RARE. THAT IS WHY IT WILL COME IN A DISPLAY CASE THAT OPENS TO REMOVE WATCH. THIS MWB CAN BE WALL MOUNTED OR DESK/SHELF/STAND DISPLAYED.
HISTORY
THE LONG HISTORY BEFORE AND AFTER THE OFFER PICS AND INFO WILL BE PART OF YOUR FREE APPRAISAL. IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT SHOULD ASSIST YOU IF YOU EVER DESIRE TO EARN A PROFIT FROM THIS INVESTMENT.
YOUR APPRAISAL WILL BE STORED ON A DEDICATED SERVER. YOU MAY PRINT, DOWNLOAD OR EMAIL YOUR APPRAISAL ANYTIME 24/7 WHEN IT IS PLACED ONLINE. AVERAGE TIME IS 10-15 DAYS AFTER WE SHIP YOUR WATCH/BOX/JEWELRY. IT IS AN IMPORTANT EXTRA THAT WILL ASSIST YOU IN INSURING YOUR INVESTMENT AND IN THE EVENT YOU EVER WANT T0 SELL YOUR INVESTMENT
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Kintaro Hattori
881 — Kintaro Hattori opens the watch and jewelry shop “K. Hattori” (Hattori Tokaiten in Japanese; currently named Seiko Holdings Corporation) in the Ginza area of Tokyo, Japan.
1892 — Seikosha is established in Tokyo as the clock manufacturing arm of K. Hattori.
1917 — K. Hattori becomes a company (K. Hattori & Co., Ltd.).
1937 — The watch production division of Seikosha is split off as Daini Seikosha Co., Ltd. ( “Daini” = “The Second” Seikosha).
1942 — Daiwa Kogyo, Ltd. is founded in Suwa, Nagano by Hisao Yamazaki.
1943 — Daini Seikosha establishes a factory in Suwa for manufacturing watches with Daiwa Kogyo.
SEIKOSHA * Almost every Japanese military timepiece seen to date has carried the mark of watch manufacturer ‘Seikosha’ or ‘K. Hattori’, the forerunners of the modern day Seiko Co. Ltd. Ginza Tokyo, Japan.
THE 1917 ADVERTISEMENT DEMONSTRATES THE GENIUS OF THE JAPANESE MIND. FOR THE JAPANESE WOULD, AND ***CONTINUE TOO, PRODUCE SOME OF THE MOST AMAZING WATCHES AND WATCH MOVEMENTS. THEY IMPROVED UPON THE TECHNOLOGY OF THE WEST. THE DEFEAT OF RUSSIA ASTOUNDED THE WORLD.
* THERE ARE A FEW BRANDS SUCH AS WALTHAM THAT WERE UTILIZED FROM WW1 TO WWII. THEY WE RE PERSONAL WATCHES IMPORTED AFTER 1917 SEE THE VINTAGE ADD BELOW ** S12345 *** POST WWII HI-BEAT – 1969 QUARTZ – 2007 SPRING DRIVE
SEIKO MILITARY WATCH ONE OF FIRST BRANDED “SEIKO”.
FROM 1874 TO 1917, JAPAN HAD SHED HER ANCIENT OUT-DATED WAYS AND MOVED WITH UNEXPECTED FORCE INTO THE MODERN WORLD. JAPAN HAD BECOME A BUILDER OF HER OWN ARMAMENTS, SHIPS, PLANES AND HAD EVEN IMPROVED UPON THE ADVANCEMENTS OF THE MODERNIZED WORLD. IN FACT, AFTER THE 1904-05 ANNIHILATION OF TWO VAUNTED AND POWERFUL RUSSIAN FLEETS, SHE HAD BECOME A WELCOME TREATY PARTNER OF THE USA, BRITAIN AND THE WORLD AT LARGE. BY 1917, DAINI SEIKOSHA WAS SEEKING WESTERN TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE THEIR CAPABILITIES TO PRODUCE MODERN WATCHES. THEY INVITED SWISS AND AMERICAN WATCH COMPANIES TO JAPAN. THEY DID WHAT THE JAPANESE DO BEST. UNDER THE BANNER OF POSSIBLE EXPORTS, THESE COMPANIES WOULD, IN FACT, TEACH THE JAPANESE WOW TO MAKE WATCHES THAT, BY THE 1950’S, WOULD COMPETE TOE TO TOE, WITH THE ENTIRE GLOBAL WATCH COMMUNITY.
IN 1917, JAPAN HAD AGREEMENTS WITH THE MOST ADVANCED COMPANIES IN SWITZERLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. THE ABOVE ADD IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO THIS OFFER AND ITS HISTORY. MANY SEIKOSHA MILITARY WATCHES CONTAINED WALTHAM MOVEMENTS! IN ADDITION, SWISS TECHNOLOGY AND FINISHING TECHNIQUES CAN BE FOUND IN THE LIMITED ANTIQUE VINTAGE JAPANESE TIME PIECES AVAILABLE TODAY, SUCH AS THIS SEIKOSHA SEIKO TIME PIECE WITH SEIKOSHA MOVEMENT THAT HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SWISS OR AMERICAN TIME PIECE OF THE DAY.\
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WE BEGIN WITH YOUR SEIKOSHA MILITARY POCKET WATCH
JAPANESE IMPERIAL PERIOD [1938 – 1945] HATTORI-SEIKOSHA EMPIRE
WITH ORIGINAL CLEAN MINT CONDITION WHITE PORCELAIN DIAL WITH OUTER BUTLER STYLE CHAPTER RING
THIS SEIKOSHA MILITARY POCKET WATCH
HAS
BLACK NUMERALS RED MILITARY 24 HOUR TIME
FAMILIAR SEIKOSHA BLACK STEEL MOON HANDS WITH BLACK SUB-SECONDS REGISTER AND BLACK STEEL SECONDS HAND
THE SKS CASE IS 100% FINE NICKEL THIS SEIKOSHA IS SIGNED SKS FINE NICKEL 622517 AND WHEN YOU SEE THE STRAP YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THE RARITY OF THE COMBINATION
THE TWO TONE SEIKOSHA MOVEMENT WITH SWISS BARS IS ALSO SIGNED SEIKOSHA 15 JEWELS
WHEN YOU READ THE HISTORY AT BOTTOM YOU WILL KNOW MOST EARLY SEIKOSHA MOVEMENTS WERE “COPIES” OF SWISS & AMERICAN MOVEMENTS
CASE BACK HAS WEAR
WE COULD POLISH OUT BUT KEEPING THESE RARE JAPANESE TIME PIECES AS CLOSE TO ORIGINAL IS IMPORTANT FOR PROFIT AND HISTORY
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NOW FOR THE STRAP
THE FOLLOWING PICTURES SHOW A RARE AWESOME RESTORED CLASSIC JAPANESE MILITARY WATCH STRAP
ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND RAREST
THE JAPANESE EMPIRE PERIOD [*1905 – 1945]
WRIST STRAP FOR ONLY A SEIKOSHA POCKET WATCH
[*THE YEARS FROM DEFEAT OF RUSSIA TO THE END OF WWII]
NOTE THESE ARE GSW/GSWW/MWB ARCHIVAL PHOTOS
ORIGINAL JAPANESE STRAPS HAVE HIGH INVESTMENT VALUE THIS IS NOT CHINESE REPLICAS OR “NOS” THIS STRAP WAS WORN DURING THE JAPANESE IMPERIAL MILITARY PERIOD
NOTE THESE ARE GSW/GSWW/MWB ARCHIVAL PHOTOS
ROCK USES WATER, OILS, WAXES AND DYES COMBINED WITH HEAT FROM VARIOUS WOOL AND COTTON BUFFING WHEELS TO EMBED IN AND REFINISH ANTIQUE LEATHER
NOTE THESE ARE GSW/GSWW/MWB ARCHIVAL PHOTOS
THE STRAPS BECOME AWESOME USUALLY FEELING & WEARING LIKE NEW & THEY LOOK AWESOME
NOTE THESE ARE GSW/GSWW/MWB ARCHIVAL PHOTOS
THIS IS PART OF THE REASON HIS HANDS LOOK TERRIBLE THE BUFFING AND FINISHING EMBEDS INTO HIS SKIN… **********************************************************
THIS WWII/IMPERIAL JAPANESE MILITARY STRAP WAS BROUGHT BACK FROM THE NEAR DEAD
MOST STITCHING WAS RESCUED
THIS SEIKOSHA FITS PERFECTLY
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW HARD IT WOULD BE TO FIND A TIME PIECE THAT FITS THIS AWESOME STRAP
THERE IS A DOUBLE TONGUE THE NORMAL END AND THE PULL DOWN END
HERE IS THE COVER PULL DOWN IT PULLS THE CAP OVER THE WATCH AND OVER THE GENUINE WORKING JAPANESE COMPASS THROUGH TWO KEEPERS AND INTO BUCKLE
THEN THE NORMAL TONGUE FITS ITO THE BUCKLE PRETTY COOL JAPANESE ENGINEERING
THIS KANJI COMPASS WAS NOT A TOY AND IT ACTUALLY STILL WORKS
ANOTHER SHOT
HERE WE SEE HOW THE COVER HAS AN OPENING TO SET AND WIND WITHOUT EVER REMOVING
THE LIGHT IS WAY OFF MAKES FELT GREEN LOOK BLUE!!!!!!!!!!!
THE BOX HOUSES THE WATCH SO YOU MAY DISPLAY THIS RARE SEIKOSHA
IT OPENS AT BOTTOM AND LIFTS UP
WITH TWO NICE BRASS HINGES ON TOP
YOU MAY MOUNT THE BOX ON A WALL OR STAND ON A DESK OR SHELF
WE UTILISED SOFT RUBBER FLAT BUNGEE CORD IT IS SUPER EASY TO REMOVE
THERE IS ROOM FOR JAPANESE MEMORABILIA DEPENDING ON PRICE POINT WE MAY ADD SOME “STUFF”
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CONDITION OF WATCH – EXCELLENT- WATCH WINDS SETS & KEEPS TIME
CONDITION OF STRAP GOOD TO EXCELLENT CONDITION
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WITH YOUR INVESTMENT YOU RECEIVE:
C) FREE A ONE YEAR GSW LIMITED WARRANTY
D) 1275.00 PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE **APPRAISAL
** APPRAISALS ARE STORED ON A GSW DEDICATED SERVER APPRAISAL WEBSITE WHERE YOU MAY DOWN-LOAD, COPY-TO OR FORWARD TO YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY OR JEWELERS MUTUAL ONLINE 24/7
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HISTORY
The Rise Of Japan 1905 – 1945
Imperial Army
Imperial Seal
Seal & Flag
Imperial Flag
Manchuria , along with other borderlands of the Chinese Empire such as Mongolia and Tibet, came under the influence of colonial powers such as Britain which nibbled at Tibet, France at Hainan and Germany at Shandong. Meanwhile the Russia encroached upon Turkestan and Outer Mongolia, having annexed Outer Manchuria. Inner Manchuria also came under strong Russian influence with the building of the Chinese Eastern Railway through Harbin to Vladivostok.
Due to the Russo-Japanese War in 1904–1905, in which Japan surprised the world powers by decisively defeating Russia on the ground as well as out at sea,virtually annihilating the Russian Far East Fleet and the The Russian Second Pacific Squadron (The Russian Baltic Fleet Renamed) , Japan replaced Russian influence in the southern half of Inner Manchuria.
Great Empire of Manchuria
With the erosion of Qing China influences in the 19th century, Korea began to show greater independence, partly to avoid western domination, but also to avoid Japanese control, while Japan was rapidly modernizing in the second half of the 19th century and showing a keen interest in Korea.
By the 1880s there were pro-Japanese and pro-Qing factions influencing decisions by the Korean court. With the defeat of Qing forces inside Korea in 1895 and the murder of Empress Myeongseong by Japanese agents, and the subsequent defeat of Imperial Russia by Japan in 1905, Korea came firmly under the control of Japan and would be occupied by Japan for 35 years.
Japanese General Kuroki and his staff, including foreign officers and war correspondents 1904
AFTER THE Russo-Japanese War the European powers and the United States recognized Japan as a colonial power and a valuable ally during World War I., In Japan, this led to the rise of ultra-right wing and nationalist leaders, such as Fumimaro Konoe and Sadao Araki, who advocated uniting Asia under the rule of the emperor. Known as hakkô ichiu, this philosophy gained ground during the 1920s and 1930s as Japan needed increasingly more natural resources to support its industrial growth.
Japan entered World War I in 1914, seizing the opportunity of Germany’s distraction with the European War to expand its sphere of influence in China and the Pacific. Japan declared war on Germany on August 23, 1914. Japanese and allied British Empire forces soon moved to occupy Tsingtao fortress, the German East Asia Squadron base, German-leased territories in China’s Shandong Province as well as the Marianas, Caroline, and Marshall Islands in the Pacific, which were part of German New Guinea. The Siege of Tsingtao and a swift invasion in the German territory of Jiaozhou (Kiautschou), proved successful and the colonial troops surrendered on November 7, 1914. Japan then gained the German holdings.
Terauchi Masatake Prime Minister of Japan 1916-1918
In July 1918, President Wilson asked the Japanese government to supply 7000 troops as part of an international coalition of 25,000 troops planned to support the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. (the western powers acting against the Russian Revolution) Prime Minister Terauchi Masatake agreed to send 12,000 troops, but under the Japanese command rather than as part of an international coalition
To keep the economy growing, an emphasis was placed on arms and weapons production with much of the raw materials coming from the United States. Rather than continue this dependence on foreign materials, the Japanese decided to seek out resource-rich colonies to supplement their existing possessions in Korea and Formosa.
Manchuria was (and still is) an important region for its rich mineral and coal reserves, and its soil is perfect for soy and barley production. For pre-World War II Japan, Manchuria was an essential source of raw materials. Without occupying Manchuria, the Japanese probably could not have carried out their plan for conquest over Southeast Asia or taken the risk to attack Pearl Harbor on the 7th of December, 1941
Around the time of World War I, Zhang Zuolin established himself as a powerful warlord with influence over most of Manchuria. He was inclined to keep his Manchu army under his control and to keep Manchuria free of foreign influence. The Japanese tried to kill him in 1916 by throwing a bomb under his carriage, but failed. The Japanese finally succeeded on June 2, 1928, when a planted bomb exploded under his seven-carriage train a few miles from Mukden station.
On September 18, 1931, the Japanese staged an incident along the Japanese-owned South Manchuria Railway near Mukden (Shenyang). After blowing up a section of track, the Japanese blamed the “attack” on the local Chinese garrison. Using the “Mukden Bridge Incident” as a pretext, Japanese troops flooded into Manchuria.
On October 24, the League of Nations passed a resolution demanding the withdrawal of Japanese troops by November 16. This resolution was rejected by Tokyo and Japanese troops continued operations to secure Manchuria.
the Japanese created the puppet state of Manchukuo with the last Chinese emperor, Puyi, as its leader. Like the United States, the League of Nations refused to recognize the new state, prompting Japan to leave the organization in 1933.
On November 25, 1936, Japan joined with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy in signing the Anti-Comintern Pact which was directed against global communism.
the military, Konoe permitted troop strength in China to grow and by the end of the year Japanese forces had occupied Shanghai, Nanking, and southern Shanxi province. After seizing the capital of Nanking, the Japanese brutally sacked the city in late 1937 and early 1938.
The last Manchu emperor, Puyi, was then placed on the throne to lead a Japanese puppet government in the Wei Huang Gong, better known as “Puppet Emperor’s Palace”. Inner Manchuria was thus detached from China by Japan to create a buffer zone to defend Japan from Russia’s Southing Strategy and, with Japanese investment and rich natural resources, became an industrial domination.
As his brother Emperor Puyi was without a direct heir,, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER, Prince Pujie, was regarded first in line to succeed the Manchukuo throne, and the Japanese officially proclaimed him as heir apparent. He l went to Japan for studies. After graduation from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy, Pujie agreed to an arranged marriage with a Japanese noblewoman. Pujie selected Lady Hiro Saga (1914-1987), who was a relative of the Japanese Imperial Family from a photograph from a number of possible candidates vetted by the Kwantung Army. the wedding had strong political implications, and was aimed at both fortifying relations between the two nations and introducing Japanese blood into the Manchurian Imperial family.
A Japanese propaganda poster for the Tripartite Pact: “Good friends in three countries”. (left AdOolf HiItler, center Fumimaro Konoe, right Benito Mussolini)
On September 22, 1940, taking advantage of France’s defeat that summer, Japanese troops occupied French Indochina. Five days later, the Japanese signed the Tripartiate Pact effectively forming an alliance with Germany and Italy
At the time of the collapse of Manchukuo during the Soviet invasion of Manchuria of August 1945, Pujie initially attempted to escape to exile in Japan with his brother. However, as it became apparent that no escape was possible, he opted to return to Hsinking in an unsuccessful attempt to surrender the city to Kuomingtang forces of the Republic of China, rather than have the city fall into Russian hands. Pujie was arrested by the Soviet Red Army, and was sent to prison camps in Chita and Khabarovsk in Siberia with his brother and other relatives. With the Sino-Soviet rapprochement after the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, Pujie was extradited to China in 1950.Under the People’s Republic of China On his return to China, Pujie was incarcerated in the Fushun War Criminals Management Centre. A model prisoner, he became a symbol of leniency by the communist regime, joined the Communist Party of China, and later served in a number of important posts.In 1978, Pujie became a deputy from Shanghai at the 5th National People’s Congress. He subsequently served as deputy from Liaoning, Politburo Standing Committee Member, and Vice Chairman of the Nationalities Committee of the 6th National People’s Congress in 1983. He was appointed Deputy Head of the China-Japan Friendship Group from 1985. He rose to a seat on the Presidium of the 7th National People’s Congress in 1988. From 1986, Pujie was also Honorary Director for the Handicapped Welfare Fund.
AFTER THE HUMILIATING 1905 DEFEAT OF THE RUSSIANS BY THE JAPANESE, JAPAN WAS MORE OR LESS AWARDED KOREA AND MANCHURIA BY THE WORLD POWERS. IN FACT, RUSSIAN COLONIAL EXPANSION INTO KOREA AND MANCHURIA WERE A DIRECT CAUSE OF THE JAPANESE-RUSSIA WAR AS OUTLINED ABOVE.
AFTER THE JAPANESE VICTORY, THE WORLD, INCLUDING THE U.S., WERE AMAZED AND ASTOUNDED AND THE U.S. WOULD FORM AN ALLIANCE OF SORTS WITH JAPAN AND WOULD BE ONE OF JAPAN’S LARGEST TRADING PARTNERS.
BY 1933, JAPAN BEGAN TO SEE HERSELF ON EQUAL GROUND TO THE WORLD POWERS. NATIONALISM AND MILITARISM WERE AT THE FRONT OF HER AGENDA. JAPAN BEGAN FLEXING HER NAVAL POWER AND EXPANDING IN A WAY THAT THREATENED THE U.S. AND HER EUROPEAN ALLIES.
IN 1936 JAPAN THEN PULLED OUT OF THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS AND RENOUNCED THE WASHINGTON AND LONDON NAVEL TREATIES IN ORDER TO SECRETLY DEVELOP A NEW CLASS OF BATTLE SHIP CALLED THE YAMATO CLASS; A CLASS OF BATTLESHIP THAT WAS THE LARGEST AND MOST FORTIFIED AND GUNNED IN HISTORY.
ON 15 JANUARY 1936, JAPAN WITHDREW FROM THE LONDON NAVEL CONFERENCE WHERE TALKS WERE TO PROCEED ON ARM REDUCTION–PRIMARILY ON BATTLESHIPS.
IN 1936, A WORLD WIDE ARMS RACE HAD BEGUN WITH BATTLE SHIPS BEING THE PRIMARY WEAPON OF CHOICE. FRANCE, GERMANY, ITALY, ENGLAND AND THE US IMMEDIATELY BEGAN PLANS FOR LARGER MORE POWERFUL BATTLESHIPS..
BY 1937, JAPAN WAS CONDUCTING AN UNDECLARED WAR IN CHINA.
THE SEA WOULD BECOME THE BATTLE GROUND FOR JAPAN AND ITS ISLANDS JAPAN’S BASES. THUS THE BATTLE SHIP WAS THE MOST PROMINENT WEAPON OF JAPAN.
IT WAS THE WAR WITH CHINA AND JAPAN’S EMPIRE BUILDING IN KOREA, MANCHURIA AND OTHER PLACES THAT BUILT THE IMPERIAL ARMY. MOST OF THE FIRST FRONT LINE TROOPS, AND OFFICERS IN THE AIR, ONE THE GROUND AND ABOARD SHIPS DURING WWII WERE THOSE THAT SERVED IN KOREA AND CHINA.
THE FOLLOWING PICTURES REPRESENT SEIKOSHA’ ACCUMULATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE; A LINE OF STANDARD & MILITARY WATCHES (THERE WERE MILITARY ACTIONS IN KOREA, CHINA, MANCHURIA AND OTHER PLACES 24/7) WITH UNIQUE NAMES SUCH AS “NATION” [ SIGNIFYING THE JAPANESE NATION] SEIKO [WAS NOT A BRAND YET], DELIKATA AND OTHERS. THESE WATCHES WOULD BE WORN AND CHERISHED JAPANESE SOLDIERS
THE ABOVE PICTURE IS DATED 1929-1930. YOU CAN SEE THE “SWISS BARS” FINISH ON THE MOVEMENTS -ALTERNATING LINES- YOU ALSO SEE THE WIRE LUGS AND TWO WITH PIN-LUGS.
I SPEND MOST OF MY “SPARE” TIME SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR RESTORATION,. I DO NOT COLLECT THEM, I SELL THEM– SO I CAN DO IT OVER AND OVER. SO, I COULD NOT BELIEVE MY LUCK WHEN I DISCOVERED THIS ORIGINAL SEIKOSHA SEIKO
AFTER THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR [1905], WITH JAPAN’S STUNNING VICTORY, JAPAN WAS ON THE MOVE. HER EMPIRE ON THE BUILD -MOTIVATED BY A GROWING RIGHT WING IMPERIAL MILITARY WING – JAPAN, WITH FULL SUPPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, RECEIVED THE RIGHT TO “COLONIZE” KOREA.
IN REALITY, THE US-BRITISH AND FRENCH GOVERNMENTS SIMPLY HANDED OVER KOREA [1910] –WHICH HAD BEEN A RUSSIAN SEMI-COLONY–AS A “REWARD” OR THE LATE “SPOILS RESULTING FROM THE WAR.
IT WAS DURING THIS TIME THAT JAPAN SOUGHT WESTERN TECHNOLOGY IN A BID TO FURTHER WHAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE JOURNEY FROM A BACKWARDS TECHNOLOGY NATION OF 1875, TO A NATION THAT DESTROYED TWO RUSSIAN FLEETS IN 1905.
THE ONE AND ONLY POWERFUL SEIKOSHA COMPANY TRAVELED THE GLOBE ABSORBING ALL THE INNOVATIONS IN TIME KEEPING AND SOON BECAME THE MAIN WATCH AND CLOCK DRIVING AND PRODUCING FORCE IN JAPAN.
THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS THE MILITARY VERSION OF THE SEIKOSHA SEIKO NATION WITH RED 24 HR MIL TIME. THIS MODEL HAS A CHROMED CASE AND PIN/SPRING BAR LUGS. YOU WILL ALSO NOTE THAT SEIKO IS REPRESENTED AS THE BRAND WITH NATION IN SMALLER PRINT BELOW ON THE RIGHT. SEIKO WAS JUST BECOMING A BRAND OF SEIKOSHA, IT WAS A SHORTER NAME FOR SEIKOSHA
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