Vintage Men's Swiss-Made Hertig Mechanical Watch // Gold Plated Watch // With A Seconds Subdial
Regular price
£145.00
Sale
This is a beautiful vintage men's Swiss-Made Hertig mechanical, gold plated watch with a seconds subdial.
About This Watch:
During the 1930's a man called Charles Hertig established and began the selling of watches in portugal. He manufactured watches under the brand Hertig and caused a popularity of them throughout Portugal. Hertig would go on to rebrand specific Certina watches by using Certina Swiss-Made movements in their watches. Somewhere between 1930 to 1950 Hertig started used several Certina movements in their watches - included the 15 Jewels KF330 which is found in this watch. The KF330 was used in Hertig watches from around 1948 and consists of mechanical winding an a seconds subdial (registering 60 seconds).
This watch is in good working order with it keeping accurate time and the 'wind-up' function being tested. The watch's dial has acquired beautiful light patina over the many years (patina refers to this natural aging process of the timepieces that generally alters the hands, hour markers, and dials of the watch face. Collectors believe this patina adds character as every scratch, faded numeral and discolouring represents a story of the watch's past. Complementing this the gold plating on the watch case and bracelet has faded in specific places, leaving behind a beautiful vintage look.
MOVEMENT: Mechanical, has been time checked over 24 hours.
CASE: Great condition - small amount of fading, however adds to the vintage look.
DIAL: Great condition - has acquired beautiful light patina over the many years adding to the vintage look.
BEZEL: Great condition.
BACK CASE: Great condition.
CROWN: Excellent condition.
CRYSTAL: Great condition.
BRACELET: Great condition - small amount of fading, however adds to the vintage look.
PRESENTATION: Presented in a vintage style presentation box, great for a gift or to simply keep the watch in.
OVERALL CONDITION: Has been tested, cleaned and checked over and is in excellent working order.
TECHNICAL SPECS:
CASE SIZE: 35mm - including crown.
LUG WIDTH: 18mm.
BRACELET LENGTH: Adjustable bracelet, able to stretch to fit any almost wrist size, alternatively, segments can be taken out of the band to shorten it by a local jeweller for a small fee, or by us.
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.