Cimier Sport

Cimier Sport

Regular price £350.00 Sale

Vintage Gold Plated 1960s Chronograph Watch with Panda Dial by Cimier Sport

Vintage manual wind chronographs are one of the most desirable watches within the vintage watch world. These are the types of watches that will steadily appreciate in the coming years; even after the demands of football games, cycling around the countryside and sharing a few beers with a mate.

It has a black handmade strap made from 100% genuine leather obtained from Pittards in Somerset (UK), it is specifically tailored to this watch with lovely contrast white stitching that matches the panda dial tone. It feels great, will age gorgeously and will mould perfectly to your wrist!

This telemeter watch is a model coming in at 37mm to the crown, it is Swiss Made (see bottom of dial at 6 o'clock) in the 1950's. It some lovely funky pushers, gold hands and a beautiful black dial with silver subdials. White accents, including a telemeter scale and lovely custard coloured lume.

The telemeter scale measures distance over a fixed mile, in miles per hour. This piece has the rarer center snail scale that reads as low as 20 mph. Therefore it has the ability for it's wearer to measure measure the distance to an event that can be both seen and heard, i.e a torpedo strike and/or lightning strikes....should you be so inclined.

MOVEMENT:

This is a one jewel R. Lapanouse movement and keeps accurate time (recently regulated).

Technically this watch is a chronograph, however often being referred to as a "lap timer" by some. The chronograph's upper sub dial registers 45 minute increments while the lower totalizes 6 hours.

One must manually advance the time to 12 o'clock sharp and also allow the seconds hand to reach 12, both chrono registers will now also be at "0". Pressing the top chrono pusher will start the second hand and the bottom one stop it.

Once the pusher is deployed, the time advances until the other pusher is pressed. It can time 45 minutes increments on the top register and 6 hours on the bottom register. To regain the current time, one has to refer to another timepiece and re-adjust using the tradition push-pull crown.

CASE: Watch case is gold plated which is structurally sound, however has slight bubbling and the gold plating is worn away on the side of the case and back of lugs as shown.
DIAL: Great condition
BACK CASE: Great condition
CROWN: Fantastic condition.
CRYSTAL: Brand new, amazing condition.
OVERALL CONDITION: Has been tested, cleaned and checked over and is in excellent working order.
PRESENTATION: Presented in a vintage style presentation box, great for a gift or to simply keep the watch in.
AUTHENTICITY: Certification provided upon request.

Technical Specs:

CASE SIZE: 37 mm to crown
STRAP SIZE: 18mm at lugs
CASE MATERIAL: Gold Plated Case and Stainless Steel Caseback
BRACELET: Brand New Handmade Black Premium Leather Strap with White Stitching, crafted in the UK

Shipping:

Worldwide shipping available, all items are shipped fully insured and sent as priority mail.
For outside of the EU customs or import charges will be paid by the customer (if applied).

T&C's

The watch is guaranteed to be in full functioning good working condition when it is posted from our store.
For your peace of mind Wilberforce Watches offers a 30 day mechanical limited warranty for all watches, please see full terms and conditions for full details, available at email request.

Whether it be two days after the sale or two years, please let us know the issue as we have got your back. However please bear in mind that due to the nature of vintage watches, we do expect reasonable treatment of all watches by their new owners. So, no cave diving or base jumping please.