Gents 1950s Parker Chronograph Wrist Watch

Gents 1950s Parker chronograph wrist watch.

UK POSTAGE ONLY

The watch has a 17-jewel Venus 175 hand-winding movement, signed Parker, which is working nicely.

The watch measures 38mm diameter excluding the winding crown, buttons and lugs. The case is chrome plated and it is in good condition, just very light marking, nothing serious at all. The case back is stainless steel and it is signed with the Parker name.

The Parker Watch Company was registered on 1 January 1927 by the importer Saul Parker of New York City. Saul came from watch making stock as his father was Louis Parker (Bercovici-Parkewitz) who had been a partner in the Etna Watch Company with his brother in law, Harry Friedman.

The lens is in lovely condition.

The dial is in its original finish with original hands. Two subsidiary dials, one for constant seconds and the other to record up to 45 minutes. This recording dial has three large markers at three, six and nine minutes. These were aimed at the businessman who made international telephone calls which were very expensive at the time. The calls were rounded to chargeable chunks of three minutes and so watchmaking companies came up with this scale to help people control their talking duration.

There is some age related marking and darkening to the dial.

A new leather strap has been fitted.

The watch comes in a new presentation box.

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All of our watches are checked over before listing, and are also checked for accuracy which is usually within around +/- two to three minutes over 24 hours (unless otherwise stated), which is considered respectable for a vintage watch.

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