My Dad's old watch
Discussion
This is my Dad's watch which I have inherited. It is a gold manual wind chronograph, which I guess dates from the 1940s or 1950s? Cosmetically it seems in very good condition. Apologies for the poor photos.
It does not work at the moment so I am planning to get it serviced. I'm not intending to sell, as I think it is an attractive watch and I will wear it on occasions. I would be curious to know what it is and whether it has any value.
The markings on the back appear to be as follows:
In the top box 18K 0.750
Under that 2997
Under that in the odd shaped box - difficult to make out but maybe 167
It does not work at the moment so I am planning to get it serviced. I'm not intending to sell, as I think it is an attractive watch and I will wear it on occasions. I would be curious to know what it is and whether it has any value.
The markings on the back appear to be as follows:
In the top box 18K 0.750
Under that 2997
Under that in the odd shaped box - difficult to make out but maybe 167
Sir
I've done some digging about and I think this might be a Butex... there isn't much on them on the internet. But it does have very distinctive hands which led me to this conclusion.. Butex is a brand of BWC 'Buttes watch company' Pronounced 'Boots'.
Second possibility is a Landeron 48 Chronographe (at least the movement might be that)
One way to tell for sure would be to prize off the rear cover... or get any half decent jeweller to do it. The company name should be seen on the movement.
It would help even more if you had a photo of the inside....
Cheers
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I've done some digging about and I think this might be a Butex... there isn't much on them on the internet. But it does have very distinctive hands which led me to this conclusion.. Butex is a brand of BWC 'Buttes watch company' Pronounced 'Boots'.
Second possibility is a Landeron 48 Chronographe (at least the movement might be that)
One way to tell for sure would be to prize off the rear cover... or get any half decent jeweller to do it. The company name should be seen on the movement.
It would help even more if you had a photo of the inside....
Cheers
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AndrewCrown said:
Second possibility is a Landeron 48 Chronographe (at least the movement might be that)
Good call. It's a Landeron 48 and was stopping because the hammer had cracked and lost the stud / eccentric that disconnects the clutch. So, with the chrono stopped, it was trying to drive against the hammer. All sorted reasonably painlessly.Other than that, nice watch and in surprisingly good nick
Sir
Oh good.... Mystery solved....
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Oh good.... Mystery solved....
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Variomatic said:
Good call. It's a Landeron 48 and was stopping because the hammer had cracked and lost the stud / eccentric that disconnects the clutch. So, with the chrono stopped, it was trying to drive against the hammer. All sorted reasonably painlessly.
Other than that, nice watch and in surprisingly good nick
Other than that, nice watch and in surprisingly good nick
Edited by AndrewCrown on Saturday 8th November 21:55
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