Chronographe Suisse & the forgotten Brands of the Quartz Crisis
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- Chronographe Suisse is well known in the world of vintage watches, but what is about the many different unusual names from long -forgotten brands on the dial?
In todays video we will give you a lot of information about the heritage of Chronographe Suisse and share our feelings about the design of a forgotten swiss watch company called Dreffa Geneve.
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Just a guess, but the name "Ferrotex" could possibly imply anti-magnetism technology on board the watch case. "Ferrum" is the word "iron" in Latin, atomic symbol Fe, & perhaps non-ferric, or non-iron based metals were used in the construction of this very cool Chrono, such that it was antimagnetic (like my Milgauss) & didn't wreak havoc on the mainspring. So, a clever fella at the watch plant is on his lunch break or at the H²O cooler, & thinks: "Gee, Harvey, 'Ferrotex' is a swell name, it is! Why, EVERYbody will be on time so long as they're wearin' a FERROTEX!" ...at Goldammer's, your future vintage watch guys!
Sounds all very logical! For me you are from now on the vintage Sherlock Holmes :D
Thanks Felix, I have one of these in my collection and love it. Agree with all you say on this.
Love your content! Thank you!
Thank you! It’s much appreciated 🙏
Love the history you shared on your videos. Very educational. Keep the videos coming. Thank you.
Thanks so much Robert! We are glad you like our content! Have a great weekend ☺️
Thx for sharing 🙏
Welcome, we’re glad you like it
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I have a Chronographe Suisse watch and it is one of my favorites in my collection. And it’s 18K!
I can understand why! They made some good Chronographs at a fair price point! 🙏😊
Also don‘t have the answer to the „Ferrotex“ issue, but like the fact that you also focus on „uncommon“ brand like this one.
Definitely a unique surface of the main dial. Nice piece!
Thanks man, new horological knowledge is never wrong :-) we’re glad you like it!
Great video again! Cheers 🥂 😃
Much thanks buddy 🙏🙏
I have one, also with the Ferrotex on the dial :)
Nice 🤗
As far as I understand, Ferrotex was a revolutionary textured mainspring. Purported to be unbreakable. But as we know today, such a mainspring doesn't exist. Many watch manufacturers made use of this new technology and gladly embossed dials with the Ferrotex name. The little mainspring under the Ferrotex name actually gives it away
Thanks so much for your comment! I searched so hard for any information and found nothing. What’s your source? 🙏
I have a Commodor with landeron (I think) 51 after my grandfather and I also can't find anything on that brand... And also service of Landeron movement cost up to around 800 euros (at least here in Denmark)... But I'm so glad for my watch... It's a very beautiful timepiece 🙂
I can understand why you’re glad for your timepiece, especially when it’s giftet to you from your grandfather 🙌
@@GoldammerVintageWatches It's not actually gifted from him... He died in 1997 and then 3 months ago my grandmother gave it to me 🙂
So this watch will always have a special place in your heart. There is nothing better to remember certain memories and people. 🫶😊
@@GoldammerVintageWatches Yes and I think it's a very very beautiful watch 🙂
I just saw one of these on ebay 😊
Beautiful pice. It seems you often in videos call alpha hands as leaf hands. Is there some perticular reason for this? I find that interesting, im not criticising*
No perticular reason. You’re right , in this case alpha hands would be the better term ;-)
Hello! Have you heard abou a swiss brand called Doval? I've got one, but know nothing about him.
Cheers Otacilio. I think you mean “dUval”?! I found a Hodinkee article about the company: “Not much is known about the Duval brand - a sign of all the research that has yet to be done in the world of vintage watches. Our Super Compressor cased diver here is signed "Duval" on the dial and "Duval Jewelry Co" on the inside caseback and movement. Searching around, you can pick a couple of different answers to what all this means. There's reference to a Duval Jewelry Co. operating out of Tampa, Florida from the 1930s through the 70s; the store, or chain of stores, advertises selling of watches. Otherwise, Heuer is reported to have purchased a distributor in the UK by the name of Duval in 1997 after a long run of successfully marketing watches from Heuer and other brands to the British market. Looking for Duval branded watches that have sold around the web, some come out of the UK, and some come from the US. A few movements are stamped with US import codes, but most are not. The exact story has remained untold.
What we do know is that Duval partnered with Swiss brands to create its watches, that much is obvious. A few examples of Nivada Grenchen's rare Datomaster model have popped up with "Duval" branding and Super Compressor divers, like the one we have for sale here, with the Duval name looking very similar to other retailer brands, like Baylor for Zales. In the era that Duval watches were created, really centered on the 1960s, Swiss watchmaking was a bit of a cottage industry with movement, case, and dial suppliers coming together to create timepieces of high quality. This Duval is a great example of that collaboration; the entire watch was likely manufactured through supplier contracts.”
Best ,Felix
@@GoldammerVintageWatches Hey Felix, thanks for answered me! I’ve found the DUVal brand before, but my watch is named DOVAL, with “O”. It’s a mastery to me!
Ahhh.. same here. Never heard it before. Sorry:(
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Hehe maybe it helped you a little ;)
Today i bought exactly this watch. 😂
Hehe nice!!!