Some very faint numbers can just be seen on one of the case back photos.Īs always, I urge you to examine the High Definition photos carefully as they form the major part of the watch's description. Numbers or initials used to be scratched on the outside of the case back. Made in the 1930s.Fine, rare and unusual, tonneau-shaped, curved, 14K.pink gold wristwatch with a 14K pink gold partially.expandable link bracelet.
If you have one of these watches, it is very rare. Vintage Swiss Made Tavannes Manual Wind 15J Wrist Watch Movement lot.t. TAVANNES CYMA MOVEMENT PINK GOLD.Tavannes Watch Co., Swiss, movement by Cyma, No.87651. Amazingly, the face and case remain untouched.
Partisans made their own! Other than that the watch has original patina. It had no strap so has been fitted with a WW2 military type. Henri departed from the company in 1891 for unknown reasons and another family member, Jules Sandoz, continued the business. The movement has just been serviced and the face has had a new plexiglass fitted. The Tavannes Watch Company entered into a partnership with Schwob Frres for sales and marketing, and the brand Cyma was created for this purpose. The case is silver and there are Continental silver marks inside the case back, together with the name Tavannes. The watch measures 28.5mm diameter excluding the winding crown and the fixed wire lugs. FOR SALE 32.70mm silver case, case lugs are removed, its a pendant watch now. TRAVANNES WRIST WATCH and patented, along with unadjusted, swiss AND 15 fifteen jewels stamped directly on the movement. These were lightweight as they needed to be dropped with weapons to the partisans. Antique silver ladies Cyma wrist watch from the Tavannes Watch Company The watch has a good quality hand-winding movement, signed Cyma, which is working nicely. VINTAGE CYMA TAVANNES 0.935 Silver Hinged Case Trench Watch READ lot.i - 46.37. 0 Comments Antique pocket watch tavannes 80 listings. This resulted in an order for 500 small watches from Tavannes. In 1943 the OSS ( US Office of Strategic Services) had problems co-ordinating raids and rescues with the Yugoslav partisans who had very few reliable timepieces. This is a rare "military" watch that has seen action.