Runs Rare Vintage 1940 ' S GRUEN CURVEX Precision 10k Gold Filled Swiss Wristwatch
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:935919 | Model: Gruen Curvex |
| Year of Manufacture: 1940-1949 | Style: Vintage |
| Brand: Gruen | Movement: Mechanical (Hand-winding) |
This Wrist Watch is in good vintage cosmetic condition.
Mechanically Movement is in running condition. Crystal is in good shape. 10k GF Case measures - 35 x 25.4mm with crown. Watch comes as shown. See all photos.
Please note: we cannot guarantee accuracy of timekeeping for vintage and antique timepieces. All vintage and antique watches sold AS IS.
"...The most famous Gruen wristwatch was the Curvex. These watches are one of the greates...t examples of 1930s streamlined design. The patent for the movement was applied for (in both Switzerland and the U.S.) in 1929. U.S. patent 1, 855, 952 was granted on April 26, 1932 to Emile Frey of Bienne, Switzerland, but assigned to the Gruen Watch Company. It was later reissued as Re. 20, 480 under Gruen President Benjamin Katz's name in 1937, after Frey's death. The first watches went on sale in 1935..."
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