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Benrus Calendar/Day/Date
	Benrus made a very cool "Calendar" watch! There were many versions of this watch and this is one of the nice ones.  We buy every one we find because our customers can enjoy a watch with more complications for not a lot of dough.  This one has a very nice Art Deco, stepped lug case which is yellow gold filled (with a stainless steel back for longevity) measuring 32mm in diameter by 38mm lug to lug . The movement has 17 jewels and is in perfect condition and so clean that you could eat off of it. Notice the little window just below the 12, this is the aperture where the the day of the week is displayed. Now take a look at the slender hand with the red tip, this indicates the date by pointing at the numbers printed on the outside of the chapter ring. The small round dial at the 6 o'clock position is the "seconds bit" that indicates passing seconds. During the 1940s, when this watch was made, Benrus produced some of their most interesting and most complicated watches. The most famous of these is their calendar watch which was introduced in the late 1940s. These were manual wind watches that we see in this excellent example. To easily set the date (a much more complicated task on most watches) you pushed the crown in, and this action would advance the date without having to rotate the hands 24 hours. This Benrus "Calendar" was so successful that it became the most mass produced “complicated” watch of all time. Yes, it was someone's prized possession and gently used over its lifetime and now our master watchmakers have restored it to like-new performance.  It is running, winding, and keeping time like the day it arrived on these shores from Switzerland. Remember all of our timepieces come with our famous one year warranty for parts and labor so that you may buy with confidence! ZOOM IN
	Price $995.00 Order or Inquire   SKU: W2789
Angelus Chronodato Triple Date Oversize Chronograph
	"We were low on fuel....we got hit..... But, thank God, I had my Angelus Chronograph!"  Did she believe it? Why not? It's a plausible story! Ha! Yep, this is an aviator's watch that has all the bells and whistles! I'm taking a deep breath as I post this entry. It is because this particular Angelus "Chronodato" is breath taking. Take a look at the "Zoom-In" photos for a good look. This chronograph is pristine! It even has a great looking champagne colored dial that has aged perfectly from its original bright silver to a nice evenly acquired patina. Angelus is a great Swiss company started in 1891 by the Stolz brothers in Le Locle, Switzerland. Their reputation for excellence and accuracy became legend and around the start of WWII they produced a now famous chronograph named the "Chronodato". It was a stellar timepiece and it earned a place in horological history for its unusual features. Not only is it a large, and handsome wristwatch, but complicated to boot! This is an aviator's watch that was used for timing approaches in IFR conditions when visibility was low and precision timing was a mandate. It has the triple complication of day of the week, date, and month, not to mention the standard chronograph features of recorded minutes and on-demand timing. There is a 45 minute register at the three o'clock position records elapsed time, a constant seconds at the nine o'clock position, and, of course, a central sweep second hand that may be started by pressing the upper pusher, then stopped (if the timed event is intermittent) and finally zeroed out by the lower pusher. There are also small buttons for immediately advancing the day, date, and month on the middle portion of the gold filled case (with stainless steel back for longevity). The movement is a caliber 217 made only by Angelus and rather unusual for its day, circa 1940. The case measures 46mm lug to lug by 38mm in diameter not including the crown. This is truly a man-sized pre-war chrono for the fella that wants something you don't see on every wrist. This is the watch that made Angelus' reputation world-wide and you can be a part of that history. Yes, it is an expensive watch but this is a scarce chrono of a nice size that we rarely see. Remember all of our timepieces come with our famous one year warranty for parts and labor so that you may buy with confidence! Don't miss this one it is definitely a keeper. It has a calendar function - day and month display. Hopefully you'll never need this watch to get ya home safe and sound but you could rely on it if ya had too! ZOOM IN
	Price $4,650.00 Order or Inquire   SKU: W2761
Omega Automatic
	Omega is one of the best known Swiss luxury brands founded by Mr. Louis Brandt in Switzerland circa 1848. This square automatic is rather an unusual Omega, circa 1959, and is one of the nicest examples of Omega's expertise we have had in a long time. It has a really nice sleek black dial that is distinguished by the elongated gold "arrowhead" hour markers and central sweep second hand. The watch is in pristine condition. The case is yellow gold filled and shows loving care over its life and, after our extensive restoration process is performing flawlessly. Now take a look at the movement. It has the rose gold plating that has become Omega's hallmark. It was originally developed to prevent corrosion and provide a beautiful finish that can endure for generations to come. This 17 jewel movement is as clean as a whistle as you can see from the photo. The gold filled measures 28mm in width (not including the crown) by 40mm lug to lug and bears the interesting inscription "Hasta Leugo" "CMD-KCC 1959". We have chosen a genuine black croco strap that really compliments the overall look of elegance. All-in-all this is a killer automatic that could be living its life on your wrist! Remember all of our timepieces come with our famous one year parts and labor warranty so that you may buy with confidence. ZOOM IN
	Price $2,675.00 Order or Inquire   SKU: W2757
Girard Perregaux Stainless Steel Oversize
	The trend today is towards larger wristwatches and, as a matter of fact, some of them could serve as boat anchors, but this was not the case back in the day.  The watch companies strove to make a thinner less obtrusive elegant watch that would compliment a man's wrist and still fit under his dress shirt cuff.  In America these sizes usually topped out at 33mm in diameter and rarely did you see anything larger. There were however what, today, we call "Oversize" watches that were produced for the South American market. This is one of those watches that is particularly nice. The dial is just gorgeous.  At 38mm in diameter this is certainly over sized for the era.  The 17 jewel movement is in pristine condition. Girard Perregaux is a name to conjure with in the watch world and this stellar company had many firsts and innovative solutions to the problem of accurate timekeeping. The Company produced over 80 patents in the watch-making world.     1880: Constant Girard produced the first ever major commercial production of a wristwatch, made for German naval officers and ordered by German Kaiser Wilhelm I for his German naval officers. Two-thousand such watches were ordered and produced, which represents the first important commercialization of wristwatches.      1965: Girard-Perregaux designed the first mechanic movement at high frequency, at which the balance wheel beats at 36,000 vibrations/hour: the Gyromatic HF.[3]       1967: Girard-Perregaux receives the Centenary Award from the Astronomical Observatory de Neuchatel in recognition of the accomplishments of the Manufacture generally, and specifically for the Observatory Chronometer wristwatch that used the Gyromatic HF movement      1970: Girard-Perregaux presents its first wristwatch to the world to be equipped with a quartz movement and the following year a second one which vibrates at 32,768 hertz, the frequency remaining the universal standard for quartz watches today.      2008: The brand presents a constant force escapement at SIHH (International Show of High-End Watch making), distinguishing itself from all the other known escapements to this day. Suffice it to say that this is a watch company to be reckoned with and here, for your pleasure, is one of their truly classic time pieces for the wrist. Everything about this watch  is pristine and our master watchmakers have it running like the proverbial top! Remember all of our timepieces come with our famous one year warranty for parts and labor so that you may buy with confidence. ZOOM IN
	Price $2,500.00 Order or Inquire   SKU: W2752
Illinois Finalist
	The "Finalist" was for a guy that finishes at the top! That's the kind of watch Illinois made in the 1920's. This watch is white gold filled and white gold was king much as it is today. The case is 39mm long and 23mm wide. The 17 jewel movement was unsurpassed in American watch making at that time. As a matter of fact when Hamilton acquired Illinois in 1927 it was rumored that Illinois was leaps and bounds ahead of the rest of the world in the manufacture of rectangular movements and cases. Illinois was a superb maker of Railroad pocket watches and this quality was also present in their wristwatches, during the short time the made them before being acquired by Hamilton circa 1927      Take a close look at this particular Illinois because you rarely see them with their original dials and hands. The luminous hands and numerals have long since lost their glow, but not their appeal. Many collectors hunt for perfectly aged dials and hands but they are hard to come by. Here you have the best of both worlds...the dial and hands are all original and they still look cool. The hands are slightly lighter (in color) because air can circulate underneath them, while the numerals have a metal backing on the dial plate and age at a different rate. The polished case portion just opposite the top and bottom of the dial add an interesting frame for the dial and the slightly recessed lugs give it some definition. The three part white gold filled case is in great shape and sports an interesting dotted design on the case sides. All-in-all this is a very neat 1920's Illinois that can spend the rest of its life gracing your wrist.  Remember all of our timepieces come with our famous one year warranty for parts and labor so that you may buy with confidence. ZOOM IN
	Price $1,500.00 Order or Inquire   SKU: W2755