Ollech & Wajs Silverknight Vintage Chronograph, 1967 Fully Serviced

Description: Ollech & Wajs Silverknight Vintage Chronograph, 1967 Fully Serviced. Condition is Used. Dispatched with Royal Mail Special Delivery (TM) 1:00 pm. Rare fully original, Ollech & Wajs Silvernight Vintage Chronograph. Valjoux 7730 manual wind, Fully serviced. This is a stunning vintage O&W Silvernight 1960's Chronograph with all the charm you could want and a perfect 38mm size. It was Fully serviced last year and running perfectly. I have a youtube link to the service performed by my watch servicer. These are highly collectable and increasing in value. Read the history below. Just check that dial from the golden radial sub dials to the outer white telemeter tachymeter printing. The famous O&W partitioned hour and minute hands & the vanilla aged lume. Finally that etched unidirectional bezel that can be used as a dual time zone GMT or for elapsed time. The chunky and perfectly proportion vintage all steel case. I have paired it with a new ZRC French hand made leather strap with contrasting yellow stitching and piping at a cost of £30 new that really compliments the watch. Dimensions: 38mm without crown Lug to lug:44.5mm Lug width:18mm Thickness: 13mm including domed acrylic crystal. Brand:Ollech & Wajs (OW) Model:Silvernight 2006 Chronograph (Valjoux cal 7730) Swiss Made circa 1960s Case: Solid stainless steel case with screw-down back is approximately 38mm excluding the original winding crown. Dial: Big-eye" tri-color sub dial yachting regatta countdown register (white/blue/red) with 30-minute chronograph recording capability; small running seconds register at 9 o'clock; original stainless steel case with rotating etched 12-hour bezel, attractive matte black reverse-panda dial with telemeter and tachymetre displays; original handset with luminous chronograph sweeping-seconds hand; oversized solid stainless steel case with domed acrylic crystal. Movement: Valjoux cal. 7730 manual-winding chronograph movement (17 jewels); 18,000 BPH; Swiss Made; correct LBA import code for Ollech & Wajs It's no secret that the yachting regatta countdown is one of our all-time favourite complications, If you haven't been out yachting recently we'll break it down for you: The white, blue, and red segments each represent 5-minute intervals within the 15-minute countdown. In the 15 minutes leading up to a race, yachts are jockeying for position behind a starting buoy - The tri-color coding makes the chronograph easy for skippers to read at a glance, letting them know when they can cross the starting line. Given the relative obscurity of the sport, tool watches designed specifically for this purpose are all the more rare. I absolutely love this OW with its incredible dial with big-eye regatta register and large case with stainless steel bezel. Ollech & Wajs History: In the 1950s, Albert J. Wajs founded the company as a supplier of stainless steel bracelets. He partnered with Joseph Ollech in 1956 and expanded into the manufacture of wristwatches from retail space in Zurich. Watches were offered by mail order from Switzerland through magazine ads to customers in the United States and UK. The company specialised in automatic & manual-wind mechanical military & dive watches. They were sold in PX's on US military bases during the 1960s. The company's M 65 military watch was popular with US soldiers. The Vietnam War marked an all-time high in sales. Breitling Navitimer stock was used to produce Ollech & Wajs chronometer-style watches, called "Aviation". . Wajs. and subsequently OW. New models were successfully introduced, such as the M4 diving watch and the Mirage Valjoux 7750 chronograph. In 2006 a collector of OW became the distributor of the brand for the French market, and in 2017, Albert J. Wajs passed the company over to him. BUY THE SELLER Please add me to your favorite sellers as I am always adding both Vintage & new watches. Feel free to contact me for any more details on 07838406766 If you want the watch delivered Internationally and as quickly as possible, such as FedEx Express and not through the global shipping programme then please message me. I can make arrangements at whatever the extra courier cost is with all relevant customs paperwork completed on your behalf. I have sold many, many watches on Ebay and if you read my 100% customer reviews you can appreciate that I sell in the correct manner and I am transparent with all details. No vague descriptions on the performance of the watch or rotten cheap straps. I take pride in my watches as I am a watch lover, enthusiast and collector at heart and therefore want to treat buyers the same way I would when buying a timepiece. Note that all pictures are taken on the macro setting.This makes even the slightest imperfections and specks of dust appear much more prominent then they are and are often not visible to the naked eye or without camera magnification. I own and have bought watches privately and to sell on for many years now so be sure after trying on initially and inspecting the timepiece you are certain of keeping before wearing them permanently. I will have no option to dispute any damage if its been worn and damaged then returned. Be advised I have taken detailed photos and video of the watch, case, movement, etc. I will accept returns within three days of delivery of the watch, buyer pays for return.Delivery Import duties, taxes, and charges are not included in the item price or shipping cost. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding or buying. PLEASE NOTE: All vintage watches may lose or gain a few minutes each day, so if you require the precision timekeeping of a modern quartz watch, then a vintage timepiece may not be for you. I can guarantee that the watch will arrive to you running as described. Please understand that purchasing vintage watches requires some commitment.

Price: 1850 GBP

Location: Crouch End

End Time: 2024-09-26T21:13:40.000Z

Shipping Cost: 134.46 GBP